Dance 236 - Funk Styles
Funk Styles
Spring
2024
01
2.00
Shakia Barron
MW 01:45PM-03:00PM
Mount Holyoke College
123658
Kendall Hall/Sports Complex ST2
shakia@mtholyoke.edu
This course introduces students to funk dance styles such as Locking, Popping, and Breaking. It contextualizes the history of funk dance and examines its relationship to the evolution of African American music. Students will learn terminology and the rhythmic patterns of each dance form as they find their own relationship to the movement. This course will focus on becoming grounded in specific movement techniques through drills and combinations, and students will freestyle incorporating learned foundations and their own unique movement styles.
Prereq: One course in Dance.
Repeatable for credit.