Dance 245 - Intermediate Afro-Modern
Intermediate Afro-Modern
Spring
2025
01
2.00
Felipa Neri Torres
TU TH 1:10 PM - 2:35 PM
Smith College
DAN-245-01-202503
Scott Dance Studio
ftorres@smith.edu
This course focuses on developing modern dance technique, specifically técnica cubana as conceptualized by Cuban choreographers Ramiro Guerra and Eduardo Rivero. This technique integrates elements from Graham, Cunningham, Limon, ballet, and Afro-Cuban dance, emphasizing improvisation and expressive breathing techniques. Through this course, students enhance their performance and creative skills by exploring various movement qualities, such as spine articulation, body isolations, awareness of gravity, and complex polyrhythms. The ability to take risks and work with others to investigate and analyse movement in depth from anatomical concepts as well as to explore one's own maximum capabilities are fundamental and supported in this course. Enrollment limited to 30. (E)