DANCE HISTORY I: DANCE IN THE MODERN ERA

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand dance in social, cultural, political, and economic contexts from the 16th through the 19th centuries Audience: Undergraduate 2. Analyze, discuss, and compare dance practices and discourses in relation to historical and global contexts Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze, discuss, and compare their technical, choreographic, and theoretical training within a greater historical context Audience: Undergraduate 4. Respond critically and thoughtfully to dance scholarship Audience: Undergraduate 5. Find and analyze primary sources to reflect upon and synthesize a personal interaction with historical artifacts with knowledge gained from secondary sources Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand dance in social, cultural, political, and economic contexts from the 16th through the 19th centuries Audience: Undergraduate 2. Analyze, discuss, and compare dance practices and discourses in relation to historical and global contexts Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze, discuss, and compare their technical, choreographic, and theoretical training within a greater historical context Audience: Undergraduate 4. Respond critically and thoughtfully to dance scholarship Audience: Undergraduate 5. Find and analyze primary sources to reflect upon and synthesize a personal interaction with historical artifacts with knowledge gained from secondary sources Audience: Undergraduate