Learning/teaching Methods and relationship to objectives:
Practical rehearsals and lectures will introduce movement systems from genres, including information and interpretations of the choreomusical interconnections where dance and music are interdependent (ex. Arja, drama tari, jaipongan, Khon, Zapin). Video Youtube examples will be presented in lectures and practical rehearsals used to illustrate principal genres in Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines that provide visual examples of movement systems in the social context. (unit objectives 1,2).
Assignments will allow students to report on and evaluate creative ways to integrate movement into performance, characterize or personify theatrical elements, and express visual forms such as costumes discussed in lectures. (unit objective 1,2,3)
Weekly in-class practical sessions in movement and readings will extend the students’ knowledge of the dance and theatrical significance of Southeast Asian styles to develop body awareness in their analytical and critical skills (unit objectives 1,2)
Weekly reading will introduce students to theories and interpretations of dance genres discussed. (unit objective 2)