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San Diego State University School of Music and Dance San Diego State University School of Music and Dance SYLLABUS Spring 2015 Course Title: DANCE 382 - Dance in World Cultures (3 units - lecture) Instructor: Graham Hempel, Associate Professor of Dance Email: [email protected] Phone: 619-594-6828 Office: Music 211 Office Hours: Tuesday & Thursday 8:00 – 9:00 AM Also by appointment. Courses that fulfill the 9-unit requirement for Explorations in General Education take the goals and skills GE Foundations courses to a more advanced level. Your three upper division courses in Explorations will provide greater interdisciplinary, more complex and in-depth theory, deeper investigation of local problems, and wider awareness of global challenges. More extensive reading, written analysis involving complex comparisons, well-developed arguments, considerable bibliography, and use of technology are appropriate in many Explorations courses. This is an Explorations course in the Humanities and Fine Arts. Completing this course will help you to do the following in greater depth: 1) analyze written, visual, or performed texts in the humanities and fine arts with sensitivity to their diverse cultural contexts and historical moments; 2) describe various aesthetic and other value systems and the ways they are communicated across time and cultures; 3) identify issues in the humanities that have personal and global relevance; 4) demonstrate the ability to approach complex problems and ask complex questions drawing upon knowledge of the humanities. COURSE DESCRIPTION Dance in selected cultures; geographic, historical, social, and aesthetic factors which have shaped development and function. Including an introduction to dance ethnology. COURSE OBJECTIVES At the completion of this course, the student will be able to demonstrate a practical application of the subject matter in the following ways: 1. Demonstrate an awareness of dance as a cultural phenomenon in other cultures and their own; including identification of the anthropological perspective of dance, dance in cultural context, and the structure and function of dance. 2. Identify significant factors that have shaped traditional dances of selected cultures including their geographic, historical and cultural influences; their relative dance structures; & the music, dress, and aesthetics of each. Additionally, comprehend the future of dance in the cultures of the world. 3. Demonstrate an understanding of the use of space by native dancers in traditional dance forms to include dance-floor plans and formations, directions of movement, and focus. Also, an understanding of social conventions to include deportment, etiquette, culture-specific movements, and cultural context. 4. Demonstrate an understanding of rhythms and tempi used in traditional dances including fundamental, uneven, & complex rhythms; composite and syncopated rhythms; & various tempi. 5. Demonstrate an awareness for the differing technique and style of traditional dance forms in selected cultures including their artistic expressions. COURSE CONTENT 1. Lectures and readings from scholars in the fields of dance ethnology and anthropology examining dance as a phenomenon and the position of dance in the sphere of human behavioral traits. 2. Lectures, videos, artifacts and guest speakers/performers illustrating the traditional dance forms of selected cultures. 3. Exploration of traditional dancing in selected cultures, to include Croatia, Georgia, Guinea, Hungary, India, Ireland, Morocco, Roma, Russia, Serbia, and the United States. CLASS ADMITTANCE POLICIES Prerequisites: Completion of the General Education requirement in Foundations II.C. Humanities. Auditing: No auditors. You may choose the Credit/No-credit option instead. Credit/No-Cr: For those students choosing the credit/no-credit grade option, a grade of CREDIT will only be assigned to those receiving a grade of C or higher, and for those receiving a grade of C- or lower a NO CREDIT must be assigned. Therefore, all students on this option must complete all of the requirements that are expected of all other students. NOTE: Observations of the class, by outside visitors, is expressly forbidden without prior consent of the instructor. Any visitors permitted to observe must first be introduced, before the class starts, and then observe quietly while seated in an appropriate place in the room and only if vacant seats are available. COURSE REQUIREMENTS Required Text and Readings: Hempel, Graham. DANCE 382: Dance in World Cultures – Syllabus & Selected Readings. San Diego, California: Montezuma Publishing, Spring 2015. Required Readings: These are available in the Reserve Reading Room, Love Library, SDSU. • Dils, Ann and Ann C. Albright. Moving History/Dancing Cultures. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 2001. • Spalding, Susan and Jane Woodside. Communities in Motion. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1995. Required Materials: Three Par-SCORE “Test Forms.” Pencil(s). CLASSROOM PROTOCAL 1. ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY – ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES MUST BE TURNED OFF AND PUT AWAY! Cell phones, laptops, i-pods, i-phones, blackberries, or any other electronic device may not be used at any time while class is in session. Absolutely no text-messaging during class. Noncompliance will result in the device being confiscated. A second offense will result in a warning being filed with the Center for Student Rights & Responsibilities. A third offense will result in expulsion from the class, the grade of “F” being assigned, and the denial of course forgiveness. 2. TALKING or DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR Unapproved talking, or any disruptive behavior, during class time will result in expulsion from that class session (Section 41304/California Code of Regulations/SDSU Catalogue). If you are late for class or have to leave early please do so quietly. 3. FOOD & BEVERAGES No food, beverages, or chewing gum allowed in the classroom at any time. Water bottles excepted. 4. CLASS STARTING & ENDING TIMES. Class meets from 11:00 AM until 12:15 PM every Tuesday and Thursday. 5. PARTICIPATION a. Attendance. Each student is expected to attend all classes, keep up with the reading assignments, and participate in class discussions. b. Absences and tardiness. While roll may be taken absences will not be counted. Please don't be tardy. c. Make-up policy: Classes: • Most sessions include video material that is essential and cannot be re-shown. • The professor is not available for missed material (either lecture or video). • He is available to students who attend regularly and seek assistance with assignments or clarification of the material. Exams: Due to the large numbers of students in this class and problems with cheating, exam make-ups are not allowed. (The only exception to this rule is a serious and compelling reason that is well DOCUMENTED such as an emergency medical procedure, court appearance, or a documented family crisis.) Assignments: Assignments cannot be made up they simply must be turned in by their respective deadlines. COURSE REQUIREMENTS (continued) ASSIGNMENT: Traditional Dance Concert(s) In order to more fully understand and appreciate the dances of the world’s cultures, each student is required to attend a traditional dance concert. You may choose from one of the two options listed here. Assignment Options (choose from one of these columns): A B Full Concert Two Mini-concerts (30 points) (15 pts. each) (2 mini-concerts = 1 full concert) Approved full-length traditional dance concert. 1. Approved traditional dance & music mini- concert #1. Note: Attendance at ballet, modern dance, jazz 2. Approved traditional dance & music mini- dance, hip-hop, or ballroom is not approved. concert #2. TRADITIONAL DANCE CONCERT Each student must attend a full-length concert(s) of traditional dance. (See your instructor for his definition of a “traditional dance” concert.) This concert must be related to a culturally specific, traditional (folk/ethnic) dance form (of which at least 50% is dance), preferably done to live music that lasts for at least 1-1/2 hours. Come to the next class meeting prepared to discuss the concert. Be sure to obtain a program and ticket stub, staple the ticket stub to the program, and write your name & course number on the front of the program. Submit these to your instructor by the deadline, which is Thursday, May 7, 2015 at the start of class. Where to find concert information: 1. The bulletin board in our classroom. 2. The bulletin board in the hallway near M-113. 3. Newspapers: Union-Tribune “Night & Day” (Thursdays); “Arts section” (Sundays) San Diego Weekly Reader (Thursdays) 4. On-line dance calendar: http://utsandiego.com Maypole dance COURSE REQUIREMENTS (continued) TERM PAPER Each student is required to write and submit a term paper of eight (8) pages. Select a research topic and have it approved by your professor by the fifth week of the semester. The topic must be on the traditional dance of a specific culture. Note: Papers on ballet, jazz dance, modern dance, hip-hop, or ballroom dance will not be accepted. Overview (see pages 153-159 for details): 1) Annotated Bibliography. An annotated bibliography is required. This will be discussed in class at the beginning of the sixth week. See pages 155 & 159 for more details. You may submit this bibliography to your professor by the beginning of the 10th week (March 26) for his review and advice. 2) The paper must be written in the third person, and in a standard format such as APA or MLA. (See reference librarians if you need assistance on these formats.) 3) This critique must be word-processed using a font of 12-point type, have one-and-a-quarter inch margins all around, and be a minimum of eight (8) pages of text (double-spaced) using Times, or Times New Roman, font. Note: The cover page and annotated bibliography are considered to be additional pages. 4) Detailed guidelines for the paper will be discussed before the second mid-term exam. Paper is due no later than Thursday, May 7, 2015 at the start of class. Late papers will be accepted, but graded down one letter grade for each school day late. EXAMINATIONS All exams will consist of multiple-choice questions and be electronically scanned using the ParSCORE system.
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