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The course provides students with an African dance experience with emphasis on epistemology and its somatic explorations. The course is both theoretical and experiential, with students receiving information on all that might relate to the understanding of a particular dance; such as its relationship to its history, culture, or music.
This course introduces African dance to students, with experimentation of the rooted in indigenous knowledge and philosophies surrounding the relationship of the body to the topography of ethnic settlements as well as the spiritual foundations of the body. It introduces students to the historical and cultural contexts of dance in Ghana and other parts of Africa as is evident in music, movement, drama and poetry, along with some basic linguistic concepts and cultural values.
Schedule
Date: July 22, 2022-October 7, 2022
Every Friday
Time: 7:00 - 8:00 PM Beijing / 11:00 - 12:00 AM Ghana/
1:00 - 2:00 PM Amsterdam / 7:00-8:00 AM New York
Location: Zoom
Language: English with Chinese translation
Course Content
Each class will incorporate a moment of conversation as an introduction and context, demonstration and practical exploration. Locomotor activities allowing students to investigate and develop technical, expressive, and creative skills.
Course Schedule
Week: 1st-4th
Date: 22nd , 29th July; 5th, 12th August
Time: 7:00-8:00 PM Beijing time
Topic:
Introduction to African Traditional Dance
Activity:
Learning Agbadza Dance of the Anlo-Ewe in Ghana
Notes:
- An ensemble performance.
- Exploring the performance dimension of African dance through Agbadza with its structural elements.
Week: 5th-8th
Date: 19th, 26th August; 2nd, 9th September
Time: 7:00-8:00 PM Beijing time
Topic:
Introduction to African Traditional Dance
Activity:
Learning Sosone Dance of Senegal
Notes:
- An ensemble performance.
- Exploring the performance dimension of African dance through Sosone with its structural elements.
Week: 9th-12th
Date: 16th, 23rd, 30th September; 7th October
Time: 7:00-8:00 PM Beijing time
Topic:
African somatic connection
Activity:
Guiding students through a wholistic realization of African dance, its philosophy and their bodily experience.
Notes:
Students will be guided to make their own personal connection of the African dance engaged with and how that resonates and interprets in their individual bodies.
Course Requirements
- Requirements: Notebook, journal, writing implements, computer, reading materials available online, comfortable clothing suitable for exercise.
- Expectations: Students are expected to be present at every session online, as well as engage in personal practice time.
Learning Outcomes & assessments
- The student will be able to:
- Perform some African dance with expressivity
- Memorize and perform choreography with clarity to detail
- Recognize and demonstrate the correlation of the African dance to the music, history, and social, cultural norms of the country of origin
- Some areas of consideration about the assessments include:
Rhythmic abilities, strength, flexibility, structural alignment and symmetry, accurate reproduction of movement materials, qualitative expressivity, movement invention and coherence in phrasing movement materials, an understanding of the historical and cultural dimensions of dance, verbal and literary coherence.
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