Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus · Courses
DANC
24 courses with the subject DANC, 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.
none Restriction: none Dual Listed: NA Description: Introduces dance as communication, ritual, social, entertainment, somatics, and art. Explores the genres of dance including ballet, modern, jazz, musical theatre, tap, social, and world, throughout history from the perspective of global cultures. Analyzes, evaluates, and interprets the creative process of choreography through viewing, writing, discussing, and performing dance. Cross-Listed: No
As appropriate to course content Description: Offered on an experimental or temporary basis to explore topics not included in the established curriculum. A given topic may be offered under any special topic identity no more than three times. Special topics numbered 281 are offered primarily for lower-level undergraduate students.
DANC 250 or by permission of the instructor Description: Furthers the development of the dancer at the intermediate level in Modern technique. Integrates both technique and artistic growth, along with increased knowledge of artists and styles of the genre. Includes active participation in all class exercises and performances, analyzes, interprets, and composes original choreography based on historical and current works.
Three introductory- or advanced-level dance classes from DANC 250 , DANC 260 , DANC 270 , DANC 280 , DANC 290 , DANC 485 , or instructor permission Description: Introduces the necessary choreographic tools needed to manipulate dance as a medium to create dance works. Students learn and use various approaches to the choreographic process to create dance works, one of which will be presented in a public showing at the end of the semester.
Three introductory- or advanced-level dance classes from DANC 250 , DANC 260 , DANC 270 , DANC 280 , DANC 290 , DANC 485 , or instructor permission Description: Introduces the necessary teaching skills and curriculum development needed to understand the pedagogical structure for teaching dance. Students learn the approaches to teaching that are unique to dance and will learn to design dance curriculum.
DANC 380 or instructor permission Description: Studies the methods of teaching ballet from a multi-perspective approach from pre-ballet to beginning levels for children and adults. Researches age appropriate ballet exercises, historical ballet perspectives, pedagogical philosophies of ballet, critical analysis of ballet, ballet terminology, five methods of teaching ballet, safe teaching practices, kinesiology, gender, adaptive and current developments.
DANC 355Dance Production: Administration to Creation3
Two introductory- or advanced-level dance classes from DANC 250 , DANC 260 , DANC 270 , DANC 280 , DANC 290 , DANC 485 , or instructor permission Description: A sequential development of the dance production process from audition to opening, focusing on the practical application to private studio and academic and professional settings. Explores the evolution of dance production and the future of dance, from both administrative and artistic perspectives, taking into consideration the constantly changing world of technology.
DANC 260 or by permission of the instructor Description: Furthers the development of the dancer at the intermediate level in Jazz technique. Integrates both technique and artistic growth, along with increased knowledge of artists and styles of the genre. Includes active participation in all class exercises and performances, analyzes, interprets, and composes original choreography based on historical and current works.
DANC 280 or by permission of the instructor Description: Develop and perform ballet technique by combining the Vaganova, Cecchetti, and French training methods of teaching. Classes will include a warm-up, barre work, center work (au milieu) and large movements across the floor (grand allegro). Students will actively participate in all class exercises and performances, analyze, interpret, and compose historical, current, and original works at an intermediate level.
DANC 250 and DANC 350 , or by permission of the instructor Description: Furthers the development of the dancer at the advanced intermediate level in Modern technique. Development in dance requires the integration of both technique and aitistic growth, along with increased knowledge of artists and styles of the genre. Students will actively participate in all class exercises and performances, analyze, interpret, and compose original choreography based on historical and current works at an advanced intermediate level.
DANC 260 and DANC 360 , or by permission of the instructor Description: Furthers the development of the dancer at the advanced intermediate level in Jazz technique. Development in dance requires the integration of both technique and artistic growth, along with increased knowledge of artists and styles of the genre. Students will actively participate in all class exercises and performances, analyze, interpret, and compose original choreography based on historical and current works at an advanced intermediate level.
DANC 380 or by permission of the instructor Description: Furthers the development of the dancer at an advanced intermediate level in ballet technique by combining the Vaganova, Cecchetti, and French training methods of teaching. Classes will include a warm-up, barre work, center work (au milieu) and large movements across the floor (grand allegro). Students will actively participate in all class exercises and performances, analyze, interpret, and compose historical, current, and original works at an advanced intermediate level.
As appropriate to course content Description: Offered on an experimental or temporary basis to explore topics not included in the established curriculum. A given topic may be offered under any special topic identity no more than three times. Special topics numbered 481 are primarily for upper-level undergraduate students.
DANC 250 or DANC 260 or DANC 270 or DANC 280 (beginning technique class taken must be the specific dance genre of the Dance Studio class offered); or by instructor permission Description: Furthers the development of the dancer at the intermediate level of a specified genre of dance. Development in dance requires the integration of both technique and artistic development. The specific genres vary from semester to semester, including modern, ballet, tap, and jazz as alternating semester options. Repeated: May be repeated with a different focus each time.
