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Dance History
These courses are presented in a lecture format. These are not movement classes. Please see Dance classes.
Attendance at dance productions for which students must purchase tickets is required. Global Motion and Synapse Dance Theater perform at the Broad Stage. The Synapse performance in Nov 3 at 4:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Global Motion will perform Nov 8 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov 10 at 4:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
DANCE 2, Dance in American Culture 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3A (Arts and Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course satisfies the Santa Monica College Global Citizenship requirement.
This course is a comparative and integrative study of world dance styles of the United States. Included is the study of Native American, European American, African American, Chicano/Latin American, and Asian American dance styles from their historical origins to the present. The study of dance traditions from both the technical and cultural perspective is presented in relation to social, theatrical and artistic dance. Observation and descriptive skills are learned through films, live performances and lectures.
1702 2:15p-3:35p TTh PAC 105 Gonzalez G
Above 1702 section meets at the Performing Arts Center, 1310 11th Street.
1703 3:45p-5:05p MW HSS 165 Douglas Judith G
1704 3:45p-5:05p TTh PAC 105 Gonzalez G
Above 1704 section meets at the Performing Arts Center, 1310 11th Street.
DANCE 5, Dance History 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3A (Arts) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course is a historical survey course which covers dance as a religious expression, social form and a performing art. Theatrical, social, and sacred ritual is investigated in different historic periods and places, predominately within Western civilization. Time periods covered include Ancient Egypt, Classical Greek, Dark Ages, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Romantic, Neo-Classic, and 20th Century. Styles and schools of thought include ballet, modern dance, jazz and tap, and world dance forms. Attendance of dance productions for which students must purchase tickets is required.
1705 9:30a-10:50a TTh HSS 165 Douglas Judith G
1706 12:45p-2:05p MW HSS 263 Lee J Y
1707 2:15p-3:35p TTh HSS 104 Tomasic M T