DANC 214 Hip Hop for Non-Majors
Hip Hop for Non-Majors aims to develop an appreciation for and an aesthetic awareness of hip-hop culture. Students develop an understanding that the genus of this dance/movement is multicultural in origin, is emotionally, socially and culturally charged and serves the subculture of hip-hop communities as a form of artistic communication. Students examine the constructs of hip-hop origins, spawned from and representative of the life experiences of inner-city youth in America, unique from the popular entertainment that it has become today. The historical, socio-economic, and musical/aesthetic frameworks from which hip-hop dance emerged as an artistic medium of communication is studied. Students engage with the inherently diverse and varying developments and meanings of hip-hop as a cultural phenomenon through class discussion, critical thinking, writing, and physical engagement with the movement vocabulary of hip-hop. May be combined with a 2nd Non-Major (2) credit class to be accepted as a Gen Ed DS1. Additional lab fee applies.
Prerequisite
WRIT 101/
WRIT 201 and any 100-level non-major DANC course or permission of the department.
Offered
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