28 courses with the subject VPD, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
Dance Conditioning is meant to help students to identify and correct muscular imbalances or weaknesses, through dance-related training methods that might include, but are not limited to use of: Pilates, yoga, resistance bands, physio balls, light weights, and aerobic conditioning. May be repeated for credit.
The purpose of Dance for Non-Majors is to provide the student with an introduction to, or review of, the technique and vocabulary of two or more genres of dance. This course satisfies the Visual, Performing, and Physical Arts Pillar. There are no prerequisites for this introductory course. Students will be required to follow a dress properly and physically participate in class daily. The course may also include written work.
This course provides VPA majors with prior training in dance to begin a scholarly approach to the study of classical ballet, modern, and jazz dance forms. Emphasis is on acquisition and demonstration of the skills and vocabulary of concert dance forms, with a primary focus on ballet.
VPD 333 VPD 334
Beginning Tap Dance is a studio course that introduces VPA majors to the complex and varied dance techniques of the African diaspora, with an emphasis on making percussive sounds on the floor with the feet, use of call and response, introduction of challenge dances, production of polyrhythms, and awareness of the social contexts and uses of dance in Africa and around the world. The course allows VPA majors to understand and experience first-hand the social, participatory, and community-building aspects of tap. The course may help recruit and retain students interested in learning more about African and African- American music and dance.
This course provides continued study in classical ballet techniques and artistry, with further emphasis on strength, flexibility, stamina, jumps, turns, and leaps, in preparation for more advanced study. May be repeated for credit.
Dance production will survey the current professional dance production practices including lighting, sound, video, staging, costumes and
Students can expect to learn the fundamentals and historical foundations of Hip-Hop Dance through warm up, center and class progressions. The course explores the anatomical vocabulary of Hip- Hop by using rhythm, musicality and ethics. Can be repeated up to 2 times for credit.
This course reinforces student knowledge of anatomy, and provides the student with the opportunity to develop competencies essential to analyze physical activity performance. A laboratory experience is included. Cross listed as PED 332.
This course continues the progression of ballet, modern, and jazz dance skills with an added emphasis on mastery of complex combinations and on the performance qualities of acting, musicality, and phrasing. The primary focus is on jazz dance.
This course provides high intermediate level training in ballet, modern, and jazz dance forms. multiple turns; complex jumps and leaps; a high level of conditioning for strength, flexibility, stamina; and performance qualities. May be repeated for credit.
This course provides for continued study in modern dance techniques and artistry, with further emphasis on strength, flexibility, stamina, jumps, turns, and leaps, in preparation for more advanced study. May be repeated for credit.
This course analyzes knowledge and skills gained through undergraduate research, as it applies to dance choreography, education and professional development. Students will use this course as preparation for VPD 430 Senior Seminar.
This course is designed to provide students with the tools for analyzing, creating and applying dance curriculum. Students will make use of both practical and theoretical components by viewing, attending and teaching dance classes, as well as discussing experiences in the dance studio.
This course is designed for students to learn and apply rehearsal and 164 performance skills needed in professional dance production. Students may repeat credit up to 8 times.
This course provides increasingly difficult training in contemporary jazz dance techniques, in preparation for careers onstage, on television, in films, in theme parks, on cruise lines, and as choreographers of commercial dance work. There is an emphasis on rhythmic complexity, isolation, turns, and the ability to learn and perform combinations quickly.
This course provides beginning to low intermediate training in point techniques, in preparation for careers in classical One Credit or contemporary ballet. There is an emphasis on proper alignment, core strength and creating the proper foot, ankle and leg strength to support simple barre and center combinations without injury. and Instructor Permission
This course provides advanced training in contemporary jazz dance techniques, in preparation for careers onstage, on television, in film, in theme parks, on cruise lines, and as choreographers of commercial dance work. There is an emphasis on rhythmic complexity, isolations, turns, and the ability to learn and perform combinations quickly, with musicality and stage presence.
This course is designed for students to learn and apply rehearsal and performance skills needed in professional dance production. Students may repeat credit up to 8 times.
Total Hours 20
This course is designated as the capstone course for senior Dance majors. Students will create a portfolio that will document the senior investigative paper, as well as a choreographic project that coincides with the research. Both will be presented in a public forum.
Integrated Studies, Global Studies, Emergent Fields Select 3.0 credit hours from the following: 3
This course provides the student with a broad variety of methods and criteria for composing dances, including improvisation, generation of movement phrases, manipulation of phrases for variation in structure and rhythm, and both solo and group work.
This course is an option for those students with a strong desire for a career in classical ballet, and may include repertory, pointe work, or classical variations at the discretion of the instructor. May be repeated for credit.
This course is an option for those students with a strong desire for a career in modern dance, and may include repertory, improvisation, or lifts at the discretion of the instructor. Visual, Performing and Communication Arts -
Source: Johnson C Smith University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
