DANC 2301 - West African Dance

Credits: 3 Class: 3 Lab: 0
This course introduces traditional and neo-traditional West African Dance. No prior dance experience required. Participants explore traditional dances from the countries of Guinea, Mali, and Senegal and the significant relationship that dances and drums have in those societies. Students dance traditional dances that celebrate rites of passage, harvest, courtship, fertility, and healing. Dancers use verbal chants and their bodies to tell stories of African life and discover the common thread that runs throughout all cultures.