Section Info: DANCE-131-01

Course Title: Afrobeats Dance

Start Date: 01/28/2025 End Date: 05/13/2025

Term: Spring Semester 2025

Description: Through movement and lecture, this class will explore the historical and cultural influences of hip-hop and Afrobeat, which, while newer than classical forms, have rapidly gained global popularity and evolved significantly. Each session will emphasize context and the importance of understanding the reasons behind the dance. The movement sections will follow a traditional structure, featuring a choreographed warm-up, training, new techniques, across-the-floor progressions, and a review combination. Lectures will be delivered through literature, documentaries, and film clips.

Distribution(s): PE - Physical Education

Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate

Credits:2.00

Faculty	Phone	Email address
Mustapha Braimah		mbraimah@mtholyoke.edu

Meeting Dates	Method	Meeting days	Meeting times	Building name	Room	Frequency
01/28/2025 - 05/13/2025	Performance	Tuesday and Thursday	01:45PM - 03:00PM	KEND - Kendall Hall/Sports Complex	STTH	Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses
None

Comments

Additional Comments

Repeatable for credit.

Course Tags
1-2CR0001	1-2CR: One and two credit undergraduate courses

Cross-listed Sections

None

Course Availability
Section status: Waitlisted	Capacity: 28	Enrollment: 29	Available: 0	Waitlist: 22

Please note: The "Available" count will equal 0 in a Waitlisted course where spaces in the course have recently opened and students have not yet been moved into them from the waitlist.

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List	Required	Publisher Full Price
To be determined.

Additional Book Comments

This is NOT the complete book list for this class.