Academic Catalog 2015-2016 
    
    Jan 14, 2025  
Academic Catalog 2015-2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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MLT 211 - Histoire de la danse, Danse de l’histoire/History of Dance, Dance of History

Course Units: 1
(same as FRN 421  ,ADA 153 ) (Not offered 2015-16) Examination of Western European dance and dance texts as revelatory of broader historical and cultural patterns, with special analyses of dance as a key tool of nation-building (as with the court of Louis XIV) and/or a central medium of artistic creation (as in 1920’s Paris). Primary focus on France as creator, user, and potential abuser of dance’s power, but some attention given other European models (Berlin, St. Petersburg, London). Readings from theoreticians, historians, and dance litterateurs (Moliere, Gautier, Cocteau). Common Curriculum CC: HUM, LCC



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