Spring 2025 Dance BC2340 section 001

Contemporary Caribbean Dance

Contemporary Caribbean Da

Call Number 00315
Day & Time
Location
MW 2:40pm-3:55pm
To be announced
Points 2
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Gabri Christa
Type STUDIO
Course Description

Course Description: 

This intermediate Contemporary Caribbean Dance class draws from different Caribbean dance styles. This Caribbean fusion class explains different cultural dances, focusing on African Diaspora principles and practices such as syncopation in body and in music.

Based on many of the dance of the Caribbean Islands, students learn to identify dances and rhythms that draw from traditions, such as Arara, Palo, Salsa, Rumba, Tambu, Tumba, Merengue, Reaggaton, Cha Cha Cha, Zouk and Afro Dance, as well as more contemporary styles such as “Technica Cubana” and learn to apply them in contemporary combinations.  The course is designed for students who have some dance training and are looking to widen their understanding of different dances and learn to use different body parts that are not traditionally used in modern dance but are recognizable in Jazz, hip hop and current offerings in popular

 

Web Site Vergil
Department Dance @Barnard
Enrollment 40 students (40 max) as of 11:06AM Saturday, December 7, 2024
Status Full
Subject Dance
Number BC2340
Section 001
Division Barnard College
Note Must Attend First 2 Classes. Placement Contingent on Level.
Section key 20251DNCE2340X001