| Module Code: DANM009 |
Module Title: POPULAR DANCE |
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Module Provider: Dance,Film & Theatre
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Short Name: POPDANCE
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Level: M
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Module Co-ordinator: DODDS S Dr (Dnc Flm Thtr)
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Number of credits: 30
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Number of ECTS credits: 15
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| Module Availability |
| Module not running in 2006-07 |
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| Assessment Pattern |
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Components of Assessment
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Method(s)
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Percentage weighting
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Coursework
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6000 word essay
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100%
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| Module Overview |
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| Prerequisites/Co-requisites |
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| Module Aims |
- To further knowledge and understanding of issues, debates and theories introduced in the core modules Politicising Practice and Theories of Embodiment.
- To acquire an advanced understanding of concepts and practices of popular dance.
- To develop a specialised knowledge of a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of popular dance.
- To examine critically popular dance case studies through appropriate theoretical frameworks.
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| Learning Outcomes |
Knowledge and Understanding:
- A specialised knowledge of a range of popular dance practices within both vernacular and presentational contexts.
- A complex understanding of the term ‘popular’ and its competing definitions.
- An advanced understanding of how the social, political, economic and historical framework affects the production, distribution and consumption of popular dance forms.
- A complex knowledge of a range of popular dance practices within both vernacular and presentational contexts.
Cognitive/Intellectual Skills:
- Ability to analyse and interpret critically a range of popular examples through relevant theoretical models and methodological approaches.
- Ability to critique existing ideas at a sophisticated level through oral and written means.
- Ability to articulate independent and original responses to a range of popular dance examples using an appropriate register of academic language.
- Ability to synthesise theories relevant to the study of popular dance from a range of disciplines.
Practical/Key Skills:
- Ability to locate, select and organise a range of research materials that relate to specific popular dance case studies.
- Ability to undertake self-directed research on selected popular dance examples.
- Ability to work independently and as a part of a group when preparing reading or viewing for class discussion.
- Ability to articulate and debate complex ideas in a lucid manner.
- Good time management.
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| Module Content |
- The module addresses competing definitions of the popular and critically explores the intellectual assumptions that underpin this categorisation.
- The module examines a range of popular dance practices, both in vernacular and presentational contexts, and considers how different social, political, economic and historical frameworks impact upon their production, distribution and consumption.
- The module explores relevant theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of popular dance.
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| Methods of Teaching/Learning |
Lecture, video analysis, seminar presentation and group discussion. |
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| Selected Texts/Journals |
Required reading:
Dixon Gottschild, Brenda. Waltzing in the Dark: African American Vaudeville and Race Politics in the Swing Era. New York:
St. Martin 's, 2000.
Hebdige, Dick. Subculture: The Meaning of Style. London:
Methuen , 1979.
Horner, Bruce and Swiss, Thomas (eds) Key Terms in Popular Music and Culture. Oxford : Blackwell, 1999.
Malone, Jacqui. Steppin' on the Blues: The Visible Rhythms of African American Dance. Urbana and Chicago:
University of
Illinois Press, 1996.
Savigliano, Marta. Tango and the Political Economy of Passion. Boulder, San Francisco,
Oxford : Westview, 1995.
Strinati, Dominic. An introduction to theories of popular culture.
London : Routedge, 1995.
Thomas, Helen (ed) Dance in the city.
London : Macmillan, 1997.
Thornton, Sarah. Club Cultures: Music, Media and Subcultural Capital.
Cambridge : Polity, 1995. |
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| Last Updated |
09.01.07 |
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