Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3A · IGETC Area 3A · CSU GE Area C1DescriptionDANCE 102 is a survey of dance forms originating in North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Armenia, the Levant and Turkey, with emphasis placed on their practice and development during the 19th and 20th centuries. An overview of Middle Eastern and Islamic values in relation to the body, gender, art, and spirituality provides a context for the examination of these dance forms and their relationship to the culture that created them. Students will learn elements relating to social dance, gendered dance, spiritual dance, Raqs Sharqi (`Belly Dance'), and theatrical dance. This course alsoinvestigatestheroleofculturalexchange and the migration and development of these danceforms. 