23 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.
DANC 105Yoga
CR: 1 Hatha yoga works to encourage an individual’s deepening awareness of inner and external forces so as to free a person to be and feel balanced, whole, centered, and focused. Students will work with breath and mobility as they progress through asanas, through combinations of opposites, such as strength and stretch, tension and relaxation. This course requires attendance at 2-3 evening dance performances. May be repeated for credit.
CR: 1 Ballet originated in Italy during the Renaissance. Catherine de’ Medici brought ballet to France. There ballet developed further, and then spread throughout the royal courts of Europe. In this course, students will learn the highly specific steps and stylized gestures that make up this precise technical genre. The terminology of ballet is French, and the French Academies, at the direction of King Louis the 14th of France, defined the vocabulary, which is used in many other dance techniques as well. May be repeated for credit.
CR: 0 - 1 This course is designed to help familiarize students with movement techniques to improve their overall physical strength and flexibility, and to become familiar with effective recovery strategies as well. Participation in this course will satisfy the required movement technique needed to participate in dance performances and composition courses during the semester.
CR: 3 This course explores a shared yearly theme with the Center for Creativity, Design, and the Arts. This is a project-based, experiential course focusing on a dance artist (for example Alwin Nikolais, Martha Graham, Twyla Tharp, Meredith Monk), whose extraordinary creativity has had a profound effect on culture, and whose innovations in dance connect different realms of knowledge and disciplines in new ways. Course includes: history, literature, choreographic projects and improvisation, as well as technique and performance. No previous dance experience necessary. This course counts for the CORE 150 requirement. C150
CR: 1 Dancers develop dynamic ability in motion through study of dance technique. This course introduces a genre of dance practiced especially in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Through experientially based studio instruction and practice, students will gain skills in contemporary dance, which is a blend of dance techniques: modern, ballet, jazz, and somatic forms such as yoga, Alexander Technique, and Bartenieff Fundamentals. May be repeated for credit.
CR: 1 Tap dance is a unque American expression of culture, now globally recognized as a prolific art form in the 21st Century. It embodies complex discourses about art and entertainment, and its history implicates politics and identities surrounding race, class, and gender. This course will provide students with an introduction to both the movement practice of tap and its social and historical study. This course is designed for both beginners and more experienced dancers who want to further their technique. No prior experience is needed. Students will be required to purchase tap shoes if they do not already own them.
CR: 3 This is a survey course in which dance is studied as a social, cultural, economic and artistic global practice. Readings, quizzes, and lectures will place emphasis on the history of theatrical and vernacular dances in the United States; however, students may pursue broader research on dance outside the U.S. for projects and papers. Lecture attendance, in-class participation and the viewing of video and live performances are all integral tasks for students to critically and sensitively engage with the multiple dance genres, aesthetic philosophies, and historical narratives under consideration. Offered alternate years.
One DANC course and permission of the instructor. The study of introductory level material by an individual student or by a small group of students under the immediate supervision of a faculty member.
DANC 211 . Dancers develop dynamic skill in motion through a continued study of dance technique. This course expands work in a genre of dance practiced especially in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Through experientially-based practice in the dance studio, students will master technical skills in contemporary dance, which is a blend of dance techniques: modern, ballet, jazz, and somatic forms such as yoga, Alexander Technique, and Bartenieff Fundamentals. May be repeated for credit.
DANC 223 and permission of the instructor. Study projects in group choreography, dance production and in dance-related areas such as anatomy, kinesiology, methods of teaching, history and music.
One 100-level DANC course, one 200-level DANC course, and permission of the instructor. Pursuit of an upper-level research project determined in advance by the student in consultation with a faculty member who will act as the sponsor.
DANC 463Senior Project in Dance
CR: 3 This course is an independent project for the senior dance major resulting in the presentation of a recital and paper.
CR: 3 Upper-level research or creative project determined in advance by the student in consultation with two faculty members who will serve as primary and secondary project sponsors. The course is required for the Honors Degree, and serves as the capstone experience for Honors students who do not pursue a senior Honors thesis project. This course is typically taken in the student’s junior or senior year.
CR: 3 During this course, a senior is expected to refine and submit their thesis proposal under the supervision of a thesis advisor. The senior will submit their thesis proposal to the Student Advancement Committee by the deadline determined by the Honors Program. Pending approval by the Student Advancement Committee, the student will spend the remainder of the semester beginning the research described in their proposal. If a student does not submit an acceptable thesis proposal as determined by the Student Advancement Committee, they will not be allowed to continue in the pursuit of the Honors Degree/Program Honors. This course will carry the rubric of the student’s major in which the thesis is based.
CR: 3 In this course, the student is expected to continue the research proposed and approved by the Student Advancement Committee in the 471 Proposal/Research course. This work is completed under the supervision of faculty advisors, culminating in the student defending their thesis before a committee.
