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No doubt, things are grim. So, what can music and dance do to help us get through these and other dark times? How can such arts improve our lives? What can they teach us and where do they touch us? Do they have the power to heal our minds? Our bodies? Our hearts? This course is designed for students with all sorts of tastes, backgrounds, and interests in dance and music. Although the professor will lead discussions and provide some texts, yet, by learning how to find and research different sources, students will also explore the power of music and dance from whatever perspectives interest them. If you are a dancer, you might ask how music-inspired movement can strengthen social bonds or how dance can brighten a dementia-darkened mind, if only for a moment. Musical performers, composers, and engineers might investigate the ways that music education can regenerate a dying culture or revolutionize an oppressed people. From folk to popular, classical to jazz, ballet to modern, and any other soundwave or movement you can convince us to consider, our texts will be limited only by your tastes. The ultimate goal of this course and its diversity is not just to pursue our own individual interests in music and dance, but to hone our ability to communicate and collaborate with one another.