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Apr 25, 2024
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DANC 137 SC - Latin American Dance Practices
In this intermediate-level dance class, students will be introduced to the fundamentals of Latin American diasporic dance practices. Students will learn about the Indigenous and African roots that connect a wide range of people and practices across the Afro-Latin Diaspora—culturally, physically, musically, and spiritually. Such common threads include concepts like: orishas (deities of the Yoruba West African tradition that represent varying archetypes and forces of nature), ashé (a multifaceted Yoruba word meaning sacred energy/life force present throughout the Afro-Latin diaspora), playful improvisation, polyrhythmic music, call and response as community-building, dance and music as social resistance, and the intrinsic relationship between the sacred and the profane. Students will learn about the complex origin of Latin dance practices and how many of them arose out of persecution, self-defense, and a deep desire to hold onto tradition and celebrate life in the face of great injustice.
Course Credit: 1.0
Offered: Occasionally
Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
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