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2011/2 Provisional Module Catalogue - UNDER CONSTRUCTION & SUBJECT TO CHANGE
 Module Code: DANM034 Module Title: POPULAR DANCE
Module Provider: Dance,Film & Theatre Short Name: DANM034
Level: M Module Co-ordinator:
Number of credits: 15 Number of ECTS credits: 7.5
 
Module Availability
Semester 2.
Assessment Pattern

One essay, 3000 words.

 
Module Overview
Prerequisites/Co-requisites
Module Aims

·         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.

 
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.

Cognitive/Intellectual Skills:

 

·         Ability to analyse and interpret critically a range of popular dance examples through relevant theoretical models and methodological approaches.

 

·         Ability to critique existing ideas at a sophisticated level through oral and written means.

 

 

Practical/Key/Research Skills:

 

·         Ability to locate, select and organise a range of research materials that relate to specific popular dance case studies.

 

·         Ability to work independently and as part of a group when preparing reading or viewing for class discussion.

 

·         Ability to articulate and debate complex ideas in a lucid manner.

 

 

 
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.

 
Methods of Teaching/Learning

Lecture, video analysis, seminar discussion, self-directed research.

 
Selected Texts/Journals

Dodds, S. (2011) Dancing on the Canon: Embodiments of Valie in Popular Dance Basingstoke : Palgrave.

 

 

Malnig, J. (2009) (ed) Ballroom, Boogie, Shimmy Sham, Shake: A Social and Popular Dance Reader Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press .

 

 

Storey, J. (2003) Inventing Popular Culture Oxford : Blackwell.

 

 
Last Updated

13/04/11.