4 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 1420Beginning Ballet II2
This course will continue to build on the material presented in DANC 1410. Students will experience intermediate approaches to bodily awareness, dynamic alignment, and functional rotation. Students will be introduced to intermediate ballet movement and verbal vocabulary. Students will also experience a range of musical accompaniments to contemporary ideas of ballet and expand their understanding of performance and artistry.
This beginning-level course is an introduction to and exploration of jazz dance technique. Through practical experience, students will encounter various elements of jazz dance that stem from the social dance vernacular in the United States. Course content is drawn from music, rhythm, improvisation, and jazz history. The class will move through a structured warm-up, travel across the floor, and learn center combinations. Coursework will be contextualized by class readings, discussion, analysis of dance performance, and student-created choreography.
This course will develop and refine jazz dance concepts introduced in DANC 1480. Through practical experience, students will encounter various elements of jazz dance that stem from the social dance vernacular in the United States. Course content is drawn from music, rhythm, improvisation, and jazz history. Specific emphasis will be placed on jazz dance as a reflection of American culture, and students will make connections between the movement and the sociocultural influences. The class will move through a structured warm-up, travel across the floor, and learn center combinations. Coursework will be contextualized by class readings, discussion, analysis of dance performance, and student-created choreography. May be taken two times for credit.
