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Competentcies:: 5. Research and perform dances as a reflection of life, culture, history, and individual experience.
Objectives:
a. Delineate the unique characteristics of dance in various world cultures.
b. Know major figures of American dance and their choreographic styles (e.g. , Agnes De Mille, Paul Taylor, Jerome Robins, Alwin Ailey, Mark Morris) and emulate their choreographic style.
c. Compare and contrast the role and significance of dance in different social/ historical/ cultural/ political contexts.
d. Understand and value the function and purpose of dance in America.
e. Demonstrate understanding of different theatrical forms of dance (modern, jazz, ballet, tap) and how the forms developed.
f. Demonstrate knowledge of different styles of two contemporary theatrical dance forms (e.g. , Graham versus Lemon, Luigi versus Giordano).