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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Undergraduate Study of the impact of segregation on the development of tap and the form's resurgence in the 1970s as a corollary to the civil rights movement. Also, the use of tap by contemporary artists. Technical development is augmented by readings, videos, concerts, and papers. Usually offered every term. Prerequisite: PERF-108 or permission of instructor.
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1.00 Credits
Course Level: Undergraduate May be repeated for credit within the same term; dance technique must be different for each credit hour. Provides the student with the opportunity to continue his/her current level of dance technique course. Student may register for practicum only if he/she has completed the 3 credit course at the 200 level. Usually offered every term. Prerequisite: completion of equivalent 3 credit dance technique course and permission of the director of dance.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Undergraduate Study of the concept and meaning of greatness in music through the Western classical canon, world music, vernacular and popular music, and performance. Readings and lectures examine the aesthetic criteria for greatness in each area and offer students an opportunity to evaluate and critique diverse genres of music. Course readings are drawn not only from music but also other arts. Usually offered every fall. Prerequisite for General Education credit: ARTS-100 or LIT-105 or PERF-110 or PERF-115.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Undergraduate Classics of operatic repertoire. Through readings, viewing videotapes, and attending live productions, students confront the literary sources, dramatic and musical structures, cultural forces, and the social, political, and historical environments that shaped the works and gave them life. Usually offered every spring. Prerequisite for General Education credit: ARTH-105 or COMM-105 or LIT-120 or LIT-135.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Undergraduate Artistic and cultural developments and societal phenomena as reflected in stage, film, and television performance in the twentieth century United States. By reading the written versions and viewing the productions, students investigate and analyze the relationships between the creative artists, their produced works, and the societal contexts within which they originated. Usually offered every term. Prerequisite for General Education credit: ARTH-105 or COMM-105 or LIT-120 or LIT-135.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Undergraduate African American contributions to uniquely American forms and institutions in the performing arts. The course examines the artistic and cultural implications of these forms--from minstrelsy, vaudeville, and tap dance to jazz, blues, and gospel--set against the societal phenomena that shaped them, as well as the influence of African Americans on the broad range of performing arts genres, including musical theatre, drama, comedy, dance, and film. Usually offered every fall. Prerequisite for General Education credit: ARTS-100 or LIT-105 or PERF-110 or PERF-115.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Undergraduate Introduction to the basic proficiency and technique of improvising on literature of jazz standards. Prerequisite: music major or minor, or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Undergraduate The practical techniques of reading, hearing, sight singing, playing, and conducting simple (diatonic) musical materials and the methods by which those tasks are accomplished. Includes lab work in keyboard skills, conducting, score reading, and improvisation. Usually offered every fall. Prerequisite: PERF-120 or equivalent musical experience.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Undergraduate The continuation of reading, sight singing, playing, and conducting scores into chromatic and modal materials. Includes lab work in keyboard skills, conducting, score reading, and improvisation. Usually offered every spring. Prerequisite: PERF-227 or equivalent musical experience.
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3.00 Credits
Beginning performance skills for actors, including elementary scene study, stage movement, and role analysis. Usually offered every term.
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