General Description
Put Your Movement Where Your Mouth Is: Dance as Protest
What kind of sacred movements bring about protest dance?
Dance Lab I Introduces Diasporic African and Global Dance theories and practices of movement and choreography through a political, cultural and social justice community performance practice.
Through in-class experimentation, discussion, and weekly assignments, we will investigate fundamental relationships of space, force, and time; explore sacred social justice movement invention and motivation as generating and articulating meaning; the incorporation of additional elements such as music, language/text, imagery, props and design; site specificity/environment; dance film; cultural expert master classes.
Weekly assignments center upon the creation and in-class sharing of short social justice dance studies, followed by constructive feedback and revision as part of the process.
Additional assignments: readings, video viewing, one paper, one ethnographic research project, maintain dance journal.
Put Your Movement Where Your Mouth Is: Dance as Protest
What kind of sacred movements bring about protest dance?
Dance Lab I Introduces Diasporic African and Global Dance theories and practices of movement and choreography through a political, cultural and social justice community performance practice.
Through in-class experimentation, discussion, and weekly assignments, we will investigate fundamental relationships of space, force, and time; explore sacred social justice movement invention and motivation as generating and articulating meaning; the incorporation of additional elements such as music, language/text, imagery, props and design; site specificity/environment; dance film; cultural expert master classes.
Weekly assignments center upon the creation and in-class sharing of short social justice dance studies, followed by constructive feedback and revision as part of the process.
Additional assignments: readings, video viewing, one paper, one ethnographic research project, maintain dance journal.
- Teacher: Jeannine Osayande
Course Objective:
African Dance I introduces students to movement concepts and vocabulary from African Diaspora Dance technique. Students will gain a beginning understanding of how to embody African dance and aesthetic principles implicit in African orient movement. In a contemporary context, we will practice African dance traditions found on the continent and in the diaspora. We will focus on two dance traditions. Sinte, a pre-initiaiton dance and rhythm from the Landuma, Nalu, Susu and Baga people of Guinea; Soli and Mandiane, Malinke drum and dance traditions used during Rites of Passage for youth initiation ceremonies. In keeping with the cultural traditions, students will dance, sing and drum.
African Dance I introduces students to movement concepts and vocabulary from African Diaspora Dance technique. Students will gain a beginning understanding of how to embody African dance and aesthetic principles implicit in African orient movement. In a contemporary context, we will practice African dance traditions found on the continent and in the diaspora. We will focus on two dance traditions. Sinte, a pre-initiaiton dance and rhythm from the Landuma, Nalu, Susu and Baga people of Guinea; Soli and Mandiane, Malinke drum and dance traditions used during Rites of Passage for youth initiation ceremonies. In keeping with the cultural traditions, students will dance, sing and drum.
- Teacher: Jeannine Osayande
Course Objective:
African Dance I introduces students to movement concepts and vocabulary from African Diaspora Dance technique. Students will gain a beginning understanding of how to embody African dance and aesthetic principles implicit in African orient movement. In a contemporary context, we will practice African dance traditions found on the continent and in the diaspora. We will focus on two dance traditions. Sinte, a pre-initiaiton dance and rhythm from the Landuma, Nalu, Susu and Baga people of Guinea; Soli and Mandiane, Malinke drum and dance traditions used during Rites of Passage for youth initiation ceremonies. In keeping with the cultural traditions, students will dance, sing and drum.
African Dance I introduces students to movement concepts and vocabulary from African Diaspora Dance technique. Students will gain a beginning understanding of how to embody African dance and aesthetic principles implicit in African orient movement. In a contemporary context, we will practice African dance traditions found on the continent and in the diaspora. We will focus on two dance traditions. Sinte, a pre-initiaiton dance and rhythm from the Landuma, Nalu, Susu and Baga people of Guinea; Soli and Mandiane, Malinke drum and dance traditions used during Rites of Passage for youth initiation ceremonies. In keeping with the cultural traditions, students will dance, sing and drum.
- Teacher: Jeannine Osayande
Course Objective:
African Dance I introduces students to movement concepts and vocabulary from African Diaspora Dance technique. Students will gain a beginning understanding of how to embody African dance and aesthetic principles implicit in African orient movement. In a contemporary context, we will practice African dance traditions found on the continent and in the diaspora. We will focus on two dance traditions. Sinte, a pre-initiaiton dance and rhythm from the Landuma, Nalu, Susu and Baga people of Guinea; Soli and Mandiane, Malinke drum and dance traditions used during Rites of Passage for youth initiation ceremonies. In keeping with the cultural traditions, students will dance, sing and drum.
African Dance I introduces students to movement concepts and vocabulary from African Diaspora Dance technique. Students will gain a beginning understanding of how to embody African dance and aesthetic principles implicit in African orient movement. In a contemporary context, we will practice African dance traditions found on the continent and in the diaspora. We will focus on two dance traditions. Sinte, a pre-initiaiton dance and rhythm from the Landuma, Nalu, Susu and Baga people of Guinea; Soli and Mandiane, Malinke drum and dance traditions used during Rites of Passage for youth initiation ceremonies. In keeping with the cultural traditions, students will dance, sing and drum.
- Teacher: Jeannine Osayande