07:203:115Seeing Dance: Appreciating the Art of Human Movement (3) Students observe, analyze, and describe theater dance with special emphasis on diverse dance forms. Field trips: approximately $75. |
07:203:123Modern Dance I (2) Development of fundamental movement skills and body awareness. Exploration of movement as dance. Field trip: approximately $20. |
07:203:124Modern Dance II (2) Continued development of movement skills and techniques, problem solving and improvisation. Field trip: approximately $20. Prerequisite: 07:203:123 or permission of instructor. Dance majors may repeat once for credit. |
07:203:125Modern Dance III (2) Practice in intermediate level skills in modern dance technique. Prerequisite: 07:203:124 or permission of department. Dance majors may repeat for credit. |
07:203:126Modern Dance IV (BA) Continued development of intermediate skills in modern dance technique. Development of fundamental skills in choreography. Prerequisite: 07:203:125. The full course may be taken for 4 credits. After successful completion of the full course, the technique portion may be repeated each year with the permission of the instructor for 2 credits. |
07:203:149Ballet I (2) The language of ballet as an art form with emphasis upon traditional, academic, technical steps, and vocabulary. Field trip: approximately $20. Dance majors may repeat once for credit. |
07:203:150Ballet II (2) Continued development of technical steps and vocabulary, body alignment, and concepts of ballet aesthetics. Field trip: approximately $20. Prerequisites: 07:203:123, 124 or permission of instructor. |
Courses (206) 07:206:126. Rhythmic Analysis (2) |
07:206:136Dance Production I (3) Elements of dance production in relation to lighting, sound, stage sets, costume, and makeup. Open only to dance majors. |
07:206:142Dance Improvisation IA (2) Experience in dance improvisation including the use of such stimuli as music, dramatic situations, kinetics, movement design, and spatial sensing as potential sources of movement and partner interaction. Open only to dance majors. |
07:206:175Ethnic Dance (2) The study of traditional dance styles of a given culture, their historical development, performance techniques, and terminology. Each term focuses on a specific culture. Open only to dance majors. May be repeated for credit for each new culture studied. |
07:206:201Elementary Labanotation (3) Introduction to the structural analysis of movement based on Labanotation. Prerequisites: 07:203:125,126, and 07:206:126; or permission of instructor. |
07:206:237Dance Production II (3) Theoretical and practical application of the skills necessary to produce and direct a dance concert. |
07:206:325Kinesiology for Dancers (3) Functional human anatomy and the study of the scientific basis of human movement as they relate to dance training. |
07:206:361Production Study (2) Crew assignments in lighting, publicity, and other areas of dance production. To be repeated for a total of 2 credits. |
07:206:402Introduction to Laban Movement Analysis (3) Notation and description of the dynamics, shape, and spatial forms in movement using Laban Movement Analysis. Prerequisites: 07:203:125,126. Open only to seniors. |
07:206:441Dance History-World Survey (3) Study of dance in diverse cultures and times through film, video, reading, lectures, and directed research. Activity fee for films and field trips. Open only to seniors. |
07:206:442Dance History-Twentieth Century (3) Twentieth-century dance artists and dance masterpieces in the Western theater tradition. Influences on contemporary concert dance of diverse cultures and artistic and social movements. Activity fee for films and field trips. Open only to seniors. |
