THMUS 211D-212D — Music Studies II for Dancers

3 credits per semester
Fall and Spring
Jerome Begin

Prerequisite: THMUS 111D-112D . Builds upon the skills and concepts explored in Music Studies I, with a strong focus on the interrelation of music and dance, incorporating the following: developing a sophisticated vocabulary with which to speak about and collaborate with music; in-depth rhythmic training; a survey of classical music history with a strong focus on the 20th and 21st centuries; listening to and analyzing musical works in a variety of genres in a way that is relevant and meaningful to dancers; developing musicality in dance by integrating musical concepts discussed in class into the dancer’s technical practice. Required for all second-year dance students.