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Semester:	Fall 2024
Number:	0101-130-001
Instructor:	Rozand Barratt
Days:	Tuesday Thursday 4:30 pm - 5:45 pm
Note:	Traditional In-Person Class
Location:	Garden City - Performing Arts Center ST3
Credits:	3
Notes:	Cross-Listed With 0191-130
Course Materials:	View Text Books
Description:	Students will understand and trace the historical/cultural perspectives of African dance to today’s contemporary dance forms. This course introduces some of the complex rhythms and varieties of African dance. Some pioneering contributors to African American dance will also be examined. (Learning Goals:G;Distribution Reqs:Arts)
Learning Goals:	Focusing on the origins of traditional African dance movements and their development into contemporary styles, students will discover the background and history of African American’s contribution to dance in America. Students will develop cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, balance, coordinating body alignment and muscle tone while practicing ethnic dance techniques/ styles daily. *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here.