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Spaces still available in Afro-Peruvian dance courses this fall! No previous dance experience is required.
Courses will be taught by Miguel Balllumbrosio and Dr. Monica Rojas. Please see below for additional information.
Technique/Studio-Based Dance Course
DANCE 244 A Special Topics: Afro-Peruvian Zapateo
SLN: 13849, Credits: 2, TTH: 4:30-6:20pm, Course fee: $40, Instructor: Miguel Balllumbrosio, A&H
This course introduces the Afro-Peruvian style of step dance called zapateo (shoe tapping) developed among African descent populations in the Peruvian coast. Zapateo involves a variety of rhythms using different parts of the body (heel, ball, sole, hands, hitting against the floor or on the body). Students will learn both group choreography as well as counterpoint improvisation proper of this tradition.
Academic/Lecture-Based Dance Course
DANCE 490 A Special Topics: History and Development of Afro-Peruvian Dance
SLN: 13864, Credits: 3, MW: 2:30-3:50pm, Instructor: Monica Rojas, A&H and DIV
Analyzes the historical development of Afro-Peruvian dance practices. Explores dance within the colonial and post-colonial contexts in which these traditions emerged and continue to evolve in the Andean region and as part of a larger Afro-Latin America. Course materials and discussions involve issues of race, class, power, nationalism, cultural resistance and revival, folklorization, migration and globalization.
Please contact danceadv@uw.edu with any questions or for registration assistance.
