Note: A placement exam will be required when you arrive on site.

High Intermediate

This course is designed for students who have completed or tested out of a minimum of three semesters (or five quarters) of college-level Spanish. However, students must take a placement exam to determine the course level into which they will be able to enroll.

I. OBJECTIVES

To teach students about the background and practice of traditional Chilean dances.

II. CONTENTS

1. La Zamacueca: National dance
2. Cachimbo: Tarapaqueña Dance
3. Cielito: Historical dance
4. Sau-Sau: Popular dance from Easter Island (1936-1970)

III. DEVELOPMENT- INTRODUCTION

1. What we mean by traditional dance
2. Category for its study
a. The medium
b. Etymology
c. Origin
d. Function
e. Validity
f. Text
g. Musical components
h. Choreography: floor designs
i. Style: Expression
j. Accompanying instruments

IV. ACTIVITIES

Practice of steps
Transcription of melodies
Drawing choreographic schemes

V. EVALUATION

Average of partial grades 30%
Average of “integral” grades 40%
Cumulative exam 30% (at the end of the semester)

VI. BIBLIOGRAPHY

Plabo Garrido, “Historia de la Cueca.” Ed. Universitarias de Valparaíso, 1979.
Margot Loyola, “Bailes de Tierra en Chile.” Ed. Universitarias de Valpso. 80.
Ramón Cambell. “La Herencia Musical de Rapanui.” Ed. Andrés Bello.