Dance and Dance Theater of Asia

THEATRST 233

Asian dance and dance theater performance genres and the cultural aesthetics that inform them. Cultural traditions of China, Korean, Japan, India, Indonesia, Thailand and Cambodia. Religious, ritual, folk and royal court forms of artistic performance. The mythology, legends and symbolic interpretations that underlie the thematic core of these performance traditions; spiritual importance of disciplined training; the intercultural translation and adaptation of Asian performance disciplines to the West.
Curriculum Codes
  • CCI
  • ALP
  • CZ
Cross-Listed As
  • AMES 246
  • DANCE 356
  • ICS 243
  • RELIGION 241
Typically Offered
Occasionally