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2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

DAN 325 - Dance History II: Dance in Society


This course provides in-depth analysis of three inter-related dance history topics integral to understanding how dance practices around the world affect, mirror, and influence society. Topics may change from semester to semester to resonate with current events or trends in dance research. Sample topics include: how trends in social dance of different time periods reflect changing values of society; how dance-makers’ contributions to political movements have impacted history; how dance around the world can be used to promote - and harm - human rights. Satisfies the Individual and Society General Education Requirement.

(Cr: 3)