Take a studio course in folk dance and social dance forms. Topics vary. One year of previous dance experience recommended.

This course will introduce you to several dance forms, such as ballet, composition, contemporary ballet, improvisation, modern, street and club dance styles, as well as other forms.

In this Summer Piano course, you will have private lessons and learn music history and theory, and jazz improvisation techniques. No audition required. To register, email dyoon46@uw.edu.

Make time for singing this summer in UW Summer Chorale, and participate in an end-of-quarter concert.

“Many of the criticisms of rap as music are rooted in race," says instructor Michael Berry, “so to talk about rap music is a political thing—to say this is music and here’s why it’s music.”

Practice-based instruction in the Afro-Brazilian art of capoeira, including movement, music, culture, history.

Learn about dances that originated and continue to evolve from Hip Hop culture through studio and lecture/discussion. We will explore the aesthetic, social, and cultural differences between styles rooted in clubbing, battling, cyphering, and sessioning.

The Italian Renaissance (approximately 1300–1600 CE) was a period of extraordinary artistic and cultural production and complexity, the implications of which still impact our thinking about art, the body, and the self. We will explore the Renaissance and its implications through the themes of "Vision and Transformation," demonstrating how the period both transformed the way we think about art and laid unprecedented stress on the centrality of the visual for human culture and thought.

Examine transformations in visual culture between the Mughal and British empires in India. We will consider changes in artistic production, patronage, publics, and viewing protocols in the contexts of the court and bazaar. We will examine the emergence of new technologies and their impact on visual forms, media, and genres, focusing on the interplay of photography, print, and painting. We will explore the role of institutions — the art school, museum, and archeological survey — and the professions and practices they engendered.

Learn about the arts produced during China’s imperial period, from the third century BCE to the eighteenth century. Buddhist sculpture, painting, and calligraphy will be examined in depth.