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CS92PROD
American Dance History
DANC 375
Fall 2015 not offered

This course follows the remarkable progression of both ballet and modern dance in Europe and America from the late 19th century until the present. Beginning with classical ballet in Imperial Russia, this somewhat chronological look at the developments in dance will be approached in regard to the sociopolitical and artistic climate that contributed to its evolvement. Choreographers and movements covered will include the ballets of Marius Petipa; Serge Diaghilev's LES BALLETS RUSSES; Isadora Duncan; Loie Fuller; Denishawn; Austrucktanz; modernism and the work of Martha Graham, Doris Humphery, and Charles Weidman; anthropologist/dancers Katherine Dunham and Pearl Primus; Merce Cunningham/John Cage; postmodernism and the Judson Dance Theater; Bill T. Jones; Japanese Butoh; and the German Tanztheater tradition of Kurt Jooss and Pina Bausch. Video and films will be shown weekly in conjunction with assigned readings. Projects include research/analysis of the work of a choreographer.
Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA DANC
Course Format: Lecture / DiscussionGrading Mode: Graded
Level: UGRD Prerequisites: None
Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (DANC-MN)(DANC)

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