Spring 2027

Hip-hop Dance Technique and Theory 1

Introduction to foundational movement technical knowledge for performing Hip-Hop dance safely with form and skill.

offering recorded1–2 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Omari Carter

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.64 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.44 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Demonstrate sound knowledge of Hip-Hop/funk vocabulary with technical clarity and rhythmic accuracy - use technical approaches to encourage safe and efficient movement articulation

  • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of terminology and historical foundation of technique and codified language in Hip-Hop/funk movement vocabulary

  • Develop interpretation and communication skills as a dance artist. Use African aesthetics hip hip/funk vocabulary to develop personal artistry through improvisation

  • Explain the deep-rooted structure and retention of language, music and movement in the African Diaspora

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.64 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.44 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

OMARI CARTER is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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LAB 001Classroom Instruction0 / 280

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.64 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.44 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Theory, practice, aesthetics, and historical foundations of hip-hop dance
  • Roots of funk and Hip-Hop dance in African, Caribbean, and Afro-Latin cultures; reinventions of ragtime, swing, and rock n' roll
  • Structure and retention of language, music, and movement in the African Diaspora

Skills

  • Technical clarity and rhythmic accuracy in Hip-Hop/funk vocabulary
  • Theory, practice, aesthetics, and historical foundations of hip-hop dance
  • Interpretation and communication skills for developing personal artistry through improvisation

Grades

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DANCE 115 · Spring 2027

Hip-Hop Dance Technique and Theory 1

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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