Dancing Cultures in Greece
Dancing Cultures in Greece examines national identity and cultural heritage through dance, embodied practices, and art creation using dance studies and ethnographic research tools.
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Describe the role of dance in varying cultural contexts: traditional folk dance, community practices, and contemporary concert dance performance.
Engage in a range of embodied experiences through critical dance studies frameworks
Identify how a country’s cultural history and national identity impact artistic practices of the present both locally and internationally through the case study of Greece.
Identify cultural specificity in institutional structures and frameworks (such as dance in education, festival curation, arts-funding structures) using Greece as a case study.
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Examine the construction of Greek national identity and cultural heritage through dance, embodied practices, and art creation practices by utilizing dance studies frameworks and ethnographic research tools. Experiential multi-sited research to be completed in Greece, conducted through dance workshops, performances, museum visits, attendance to regional dance festivals, and in conversation with local experts featured as guest lecturers, such as dance historians, folklorists, choreographers, teachers, and performers. Genres covered include folk dance, social dance, concert dance, and other somatic practices that foster a sense of belonging, community, and unity amongst practitioners. Must have sophomore standing and a valid passport.
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Topics
- Greek national identity and cultural heritage.
- Folk dance, social dance, concert dance, and somatic practices.
- Belonging, community, and unity among practitioners.
- Conversations with dance historians, folklorists, choreographers, teachers, and performers.
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- Describing the role of dance in traditional folk, community, and contemporary concert contexts.
- Engaging in embodied experiences using critical dance studies frameworks.
- Identifying impacts of cultural history and national identity on local and international artistic practices.
- Identifying cultural specificity in institutional structures like education, curation, and funding.
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