DANC 250 - Hip Hop Dance Culture

4 Credits

1 Units

Hip Hop Dance Culture will expose students to the different families of Hip Hop and how the culture expresses its evolution through movement from Breaking to Stepping integrating this development within social dance forms and in dance halls. Hip Hop Dance Culture is a participatory movement course that will allow students to identify with the culture, its growth, and influences around the world. Course discussions will integrate specific global issuses addressing the oppression and appropriation of the African American, Latino American, other minorities and genders within their community through this expressive movement that unifies a society. The physical movement learned throughout the course will relate directly to the African diaspora and its evolution within the American dance culture. Course work will also integrate readings, written/video recording assignments, dance viewing and performance, class discussions, assessments, and critical analysis to further enhance students’ understanding and experience of Hip Hop through a historical framework and social/cultural context. (M5) (PTK - GLO)

MILE Requirement:

GLO

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