Class Number: 1753
Description: Hours: Six hours activity per week
Description: Immersion into the embodied practice of various dance forms and cultures across the globe ranging from indigenous to contemporary. Dance forms will be explored through appropriate lenses of indigeneity, identity, race, racism, racialization, racial stratification, gender, sexuality, white supremacy, ethnicity, ethnocentrism, Eurocentrism, colonialism, decolonization, enslavement, genocide, diasporic communities, equity, indigenous sovereignty, resistance, and liberation.
| Days | Time | Date Range | Location | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T | 03:00 PM - 05:50 PM | 01/24/2026 - 05/22/2026 | Malibu Hall 0120 | Nicholas Centino |
| TH | 03:00 PM - 05:50 PM | 01/24/2026 - 05/22/2026 | Bell Tower 1372 | Nicholas Centino |
Status: Open
Session: Regular Academic Session
Units: 3.00
Class Components: Activity
Career: Undergraduate
Start Date: 01/24/2026
End Date: 05/22/2026
Grading: Letter Grade
Class Availability
Information below is 24 hours old.Enrollment Total: 12
Available Seats: 12
Wait List Capacity: 15
Wait List Total: 0
Textbook / Other Materials
Textbook Status: Required
ISBN: 9780813080765
Title: Rooted Jazz Dance
Author: Guarino
Publish: University Press of Florida
Textbook Status: Recommended
ISBN: 9780520934214
Title: The Power of the Zoot : Youth Culture and Resistan
Author: Alvarez
Publish: University of California Press
Textbook Status: Recommended
ISBN: 9780520261549
Title: Power of the Zoot
Author: Alvarez
Publish: University of California Press
Textbook Status: Required
ISBN: 9780197559307
Title: Between Beats : The Jazz Tradition and Black Verna
Author: Wells
Publish: Oxford University Press C/O I
Textbook Status: Required
ISBN: 9780226043241
Title: American Allegory : Lindy Hop and the Racial Imagi
Author: Hancock
Publish: University of Chicago Press
More textbook information including prices
Enrollment Information
- Upper Division
- CS Numbers 7-14, 18-21
- In-Person
- Repeat 2 times up to 6 units.
Notes
- "Introduction Swing Dance" his course examines intersectionality in a pluralistic society through the lens of 20th century American dance forms and their contemporary forms including solo jazz, Lindy Hop, chorus line, Balboa and burlesque. Core attention will be paid to the following themes: indigeneity, identity, race, racism, racialization, racial stratification, gender, sexuality, white supremacy, ethnicity, ethnocentrism, Eurocentrism, colonialism, decolonization, enslavement, genocide, diasporic communities, equity, indigenous sovereignty, resistance, and liberation.