Dance Courses
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See complete information about these courses in the course offerings database. For more information about a specific course, including course type, schedule and location, click on its title.
University Dance
DANC 110 - Davies, Jenefer M.
Participation in a university dance production for a minimum of 40 hours of rehearsal and performance. May be repeated for up to eight degree credits.
Fundamentals of Contemporary Modern Dance Practice
DANC 120 - Davies, Jenefer M. / Deck, Liza E.
This course is an introduction to individual and ensemble artistic expression in contemporary modern dance within the context of modern dance history. Attention is given to educating the body to move with specificity and to develop rhythm, spatial, and effort awareness. No dance experience required.
Movement for Actors
DANC 233 - Davies, Jenefer M. / Comerford, ShaLeigh
This course exams an array of methods that provide a vocabulary for thinking about, acting upon, and talking about movement and gesture and the physical integration of voice, breath, speech, and movement. We explore Alexander Technique and create an awareness of physical habits of 'misuse' and transform them by focusing on breathing and vocal work. Students examine viewpoints as a method for vocabulary to discuss work and as a tool for creating it. Laban Movement Analysis looks at these same concepts as a language for interpreting and documenting human movement. Class meetings include lecture, studio work, and individual projects.
Ballet Technique
DANC 292 - Davies, Jenefer M. / Meythaler, Sandra P.
This studio course is devoted to the practice of classical ballet technique and to the exploration of classical and contemporary ballet in performance. This course may be repeated for degree credit for up to six degree credits.
Directed Individual Study
DANC 402 - Davies, Jenefer M.
Students enrich their academic experience by undertaking a performance project. Students must demonstrate ability to work with little supervision and must develop a written proposal defining the issue to be addressed, an outline of the proposed methodology, and a statement of the intended outcome with a schedule for completion. The project may include written, historical, and practical components.. May be repeated for up to 12 credits.
Spring 2024▲
We do not offer any courses this term.
Winter 2024▲
See complete information about these courses in the course offerings database. For more information about a specific course, including course type, schedule and location, click on its title.
University Dance
DANC 110 - Davies, Jenefer M.
Participation in a university dance production for a minimum of 40 hours of rehearsal and performance. May be repeated for up to eight degree credits.
University Dance Production
DANC 111 - Fritz, Paula
Participation in any production aspect of a university dance production for a minimum of 36 hours. A journal recording the production process is required. May be repeated for up to four degree credits.
Contemporary Modern Dance Practice
DANC 225 - Davies, Jenefer M.
This studio course is devoted to refining effort/shape values and phrasing in contemporary modern dance technique. Students investigate combinations, deconstruct movement phrases, and practice listening to the body by connecting movement phrases with kinesthetic experiences.
Musical-Theater Dance Technique
DANC 230 - Davies, Jenefer M. / Deck, Liza E.
A studio exploration of choreography in musical theater from the 1940s to the present. Composition, theme, and form are discussed in concert with practical work in restaging historically significant musical dance choreographies. Of particular interest are the choreographers' styles and the many dance techniques prevalent in musical theater. May be repeated for up to six degree credits.
Revolutionary Dancers
DANC 240 - Davies, Jenefer M. / Comerford, ShaLeigh
Can a dancer change the world? Women innovators challenged the accepted rules in dance and in society and replaced them with new freedoms for women. Created specifically for the female body, this artistic anarchy released them from a world of objectification and gave them independence, identity, and acceptance. This course is a critical study of the manifestations of American Modern Dance from the beginning of the 20th Century to the present. Though assigned videos and readings we will look critically at the relationship between dance and the U.S culture, specifically the role of women in dance and society. This class is open to all genders and does not involve dancing.
Directed Individual Study
DANC 402 - Davies, Jenefer M.
Students enrich their academic experience by undertaking a performance project. Students must demonstrate ability to work with little supervision and must develop a written proposal defining the issue to be addressed, an outline of the proposed methodology, and a statement of the intended outcome with a schedule for completion. The project may include written, historical, and practical components.. May be repeated for up to 12 credits.