The course is designed to assist students who opt for dance composition in the writing of extensive dance pieces utilising a variety of dance idioms.
Students who choose to do a research project are helped to write long essays based on their chosen topics of interest.
The course assists students to study African court dances as well as traditional popular dances. The role of these dance forms in the socio-economic
development of African societies is explored. The course also provides opportunities for students to research African course music and dance.
The course provides students with the opportunity to examine extended dance pieces with the view to studying the compositional techniques underscoring those pieces.
It provides students with relevant skills to enable them to execute elaborate dance movements.