{"ModuleCode":"YHU3218","ModuleTitle":"Dance and Modernism","Department":"Yale-NUS College","ModuleDescription":"Ballet, modern dance, popular dance: how can we understand dance as an art form with its own theories and history, like visual art? This course surveys the history and central concerns of twentieth-century dance in the West. We will consider dance’s important connections to visual art; dance as an expression of national identity and the human condition; Concepts such as ‘natural’ bodily movement and Darwin’s theory of evolution; the ‘primitive’ in modernist visual art and in dance; gender and the feminist critique of ballet and modern dance; and dance’s theorising of bodily presence. Assessments include critical and analytical essays, presentations.","ModuleCredit":"5","Workload":"0-3-0-1.5-8","Prerequisite":"YCC1111 Literature and Humanities 1 and YCC1112 Literature and Humanities 2","Types":["Module"],"AcadYear":"2015/2016","History":[{"Semester":2,"Timetable":[{"ClassNo":"1","LessonType":"Seminar-Style Module Class","WeekText":"Every Week","DayText":"Tuesday","StartTime":"0900","EndTime":"1030","Venue":"Y-RC2-CR12"},{"ClassNo":"1","LessonType":"Seminar-Style Module Class","WeekText":"Every Week","DayText":"Friday","StartTime":"1430","EndTime":"1600","Venue":"Y-RC2-CR12"}],"LecturePeriods":["Tuesday Morning","Friday Afternoon"]}]}