What does it mean to be embodied? To be human beings in relation to each other within physical forms? How might we use this as a point of expression? This program will explore these questions first and foremost through dance and dance practice. Students will learn up to fourteen partner dances over the course of the quarter: from the Viennese Waltz to the Tango to the Cha-cha. We will cover basic and intermediate steps, will learn technique and choreography, and will learn how the different elements of the body function together to create movement. Using this dance practice as the basis for our learning, we will explore a different form of "embodied knowing" every week, from theory to figure drawing to theater. Class will consist of dance exercises and teaching, choreography, practice time, and a weekly lecture and seminar on our topic of the week. The class will culminate in final showcase performed and choregraphed by the students (with optional alternatives that explore the class's other mediums).

Anticipated Credit Equivalencies:

8 - Dance and Performance Studies

4 - Multimedia Art Practices