GBL 1011 Opera & Dance in Italy: Creating Global Citizen-Artists

This course is to help prepare students for both the Opera in Florence: The Global Citizen-Artist and the Dancing with Florence: The Global-Citizen-Artist experience. We are investigating opera and dance as an act of community, civic partnership, hope, and joy through the lens of artistic empowerment. We will prepare students with a foundational knowledge of artistic citizenship, the cultural and historical importance of Florence and how we will utilize the architecture, art, texture, history, politics, music, poetry, and people to inspire and shape our music and dance making.

Credits

1 sh

Offered

• Spring

1. Global Engagement Goal #7: Understand the multiple dimensions of human experience within and across cultures and environments
   Student Learning Objective: Reflect on how opera and dance are tools of communication and can facilitate the understanding of global cultures and histories.
   Assessment: Throughout the Spring 2024 GBL 1011 course, students will watch Italian opera and dance productions, read the selected chapters from the textbook, and read articles (see reference list) evaluating the cultural significance of the productions. Students will write their evaluations in Discussion Boards on Moodle as well as in individual written assignments. A sample prompt for evaluating an opera performance is as follows: a critical, reflective essay on specific aspects of the performance including orchestra, singers, costumes, stage direction etc. How do these things work together to create an artistic performance? A sample prompt for evaluating a dance performance is a s follows: How does the movement vocabulary and the choreographic design of the space contribute to your understanding of the dramatic narrative of the piece?
2. Global Engagement Goal #3: Develop self-awareness and self-confidence through exposure to and reflection of different cultures
   Student Learning Objective: Critically evaluate one’s own performing habits, preferred culture, and biases by reflecting on the opera and dance productions they watch. Students will utilize their previous dance and music analysis skills gained in their dance and music courses as well as the critical evaluative framework covered in the class.
   Assessment: Students will write a 2 page reflective essay and a personal/professional goals assignment.