DAIC220
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Music for Dancers: Styles & Rhythms
Course Title
Music for Dancers: Styles
Course Long Title
Music for Dancers: Styles & Rhythms
Course Typically Offered
FS - Fall & Spring
Min Credit Hours
2
Description
Course open to BFA1 Dance School students only.
Engaged inquiry into the dynamic relationships
between music and dance performance/choreography.
Applying theoretical understanding to analysis
of examples of music genres, drawn from 20th and
21st century western concert and popular music as
well as transnational aesthetic influences.
Understanding compositional trends through the
following artistic musical element choices:
rhythm, meter, polyrhythm, pitch systems for
linear and vertical constructs, and structural
and thematic organization.
Engaged inquiry into the dynamic relationships
between music and dance performance/choreography.
Applying theoretical understanding to analysis
of examples of music genres, drawn from 20th and
21st century western concert and popular music as
well as transnational aesthetic influences.
Understanding compositional trends through the
following artistic musical element choices:
rhythm, meter, polyrhythm, pitch systems for
linear and vertical constructs, and structural
and thematic organization.