DANCE 153 - Intro to Jazz Dance Practice

Description

Hours: Four hours activity and one hour lecture Description: Introduction to Jazz dance practices, history, and culture. Activities will focus on the embodied knowledge and roots of jazz dance from the early 20th century to the mid 20th century as an African diaspora art form and function of community. Students will examine the transformation of this dance from social/vernacular practice to commoditized spectacle through the history of minstrelsy (the foundation of American entertainment industry), Vaudeville, Broadway, and the Golden Age of Hollywood movie musicals.  We will also focus on the aspects of race, gender, sexuality, and power that contributed to this process of commodification and appropriation. Effective fall 2022, changed from PADA 253.

Meeting Information

Info current as 11/22/2024
Days Times Room Meeting Dates Instructor
TTH  6:00 PM  -  7:50 PM  Malibu Hall 0120 1/17/2025 - 5/16/2025 Heather Castillo

Status: Open
Class Number: 1649
Session: Regular Academic Session
Units: 3.00
Class Components: Activity
Career: Undergraduate
Dates: 1/17/2025 - 5/16/2025
Grading: Letter Grade

Class Availability

Information below is 24 hours old.
Enrollment Total: 17
Available Seats: 7
Wait List Capacity: 15
Wait List Total: 0

Enrollment Information

  • Lower Division
  • C1: Art Courses
  • Includes any In Person Meeting
  • Repeat 2 times up to 6 units.