West African Dance Forms in the Diaspora I

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AAST 190, DANC 190

Instructors:M. Sharpley

Credit hours:Course credits:=3 Course division:=HU

Timeframe:Course semester:=fall semester

Capacity:Course capacity:=25 students

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[edit] Description from course catalog

This course will survey dance movement forms and technique from West Africa, to the New World through dance performance. A survey of dance performance using academic discourse as well as a movement vocabulary will be used. The influence of West African movements on the New World will include forms from Brazil, Cuba and Haiti. This class will be taught from a traditional West African perspective and Pan-African world view.

[edit] Prerequisites / Notes

Identical to DANC 190.

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