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DNCE 1001 - Modern/Contemporary Dance Technique 1
(1 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
First course in ten-section sequence of modern dance technique. Introductory modern dance technique training. Dance form varies according to instructor.
DNCE 1010 - Modern/Contemporary Dance Technique 3
(1 cr [max 2]; Prereq-dept consent, audition; Student Option; offered Every Fall; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Third course in ten-section sequence of modern dance technique. Beginning modern dance technique training. Dance form varies by instructor.
DNCE 1020 - Modern/Contemporary Dance Technique 4
(1 cr [max 2]; Prereq-1010, dept consent, audition; Student Option; offered Every Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Fourth course in ten-section sequence of modern dance technique. Beginning modern dance technique training. Dance form varies by instructor.
DNCE 1040 - Modern Dance Partnering Technique
(1 cr; Prereq-Dance major or instr consent; A-F only; offered Every Spring; may be repeated for 2 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Technical demands, approaches, and skills needed for partnering in modern dance.
DNCE 1101 - Ballet Technique 1
(1 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Summer)
Principles, basic technique, and vocabulary of ballet; barre, center, and allegro.
DNCE 1102 - Ballet Technique 2
(1 cr; Prereq-1101, or audition, or instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Second of two-semester sequence of fundamental Classical Ballet Technique. Principles of Classical Ballet technique. Each principle introduced separately/in progression. Barre/center work with emphasis on simplicity, repetition, creativity.
DNCE 1110 - Ballet Technique 3
(2 cr; Prereq-dept consent, audition; Student Option; offered Every Fall; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
First of two-semester sequence of beginning ballet technique. Level 3 in eight-level sequence of ballet technique. Practical application of ballet principles. Barre work needed for center work. Center work will consist of adagio, basic turns, petit, grand allegro.
DNCE 1120 - Ballet Technique 4
(2 cr; Prereq-1110, dept consent, audition; Student Option; offered Every Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Second of two-semester sequence in beginning ballet. Practical application of ballet principles. Barre/center work. Ever-changing combinations/steps learned in previous level.
DNCE 1201 - Jazz Technique 1
(1 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Summer)
First of six-semester sequence of jazz dance. Fundamental jazz vocabulary/movement. Basic understanding of proper body placement, clear articulation, basic mechanics of jazz movement, rhythmic footwork. Improvisation will be introduced. Overview of history of jazz music/dance styles.
DNCE 1202 - Jazz Technique 2
(1 cr; Prereq-1201 or audition or instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Second of six-semester sequence in jazz dance. Fundamental jazz vocabulary/movement. Clear articulation of movement, use of space, weight, dynamics, focus, style, musicality. Improvisation. Overview of history of jazz music/dance styles.
DNCE 1210 - Jazz Technique 3
(1 cr; Prereq-dept consent, audition; Student Option; offered Every Fall; may be repeated for 2 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Third of six-semester sequence of jazz dance. Vocabulary. Technical skills using variety of jazz dance styles while increasing flexibility, groundedness, strength. Increase understanding of musicality, dynamics, style, improvisation.
DNCE 1220 - Jazz Technique 4
(1 cr; Prereq-1210, dept consent, audition; Student Option; offered Every Spring; may be repeated for 2 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Fourth of six-semester sequence of jazz dance. Expand vocabulary/develop skills, technique, style. Increase flexibility, strength. Use of space, clear articulation of movement, rhythmic footwork, grounding movement, dynamics, musicality.
DNCE 1301 - Tap Technique 1
(1 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Summer)
Learning fundamental terms, basic rhythm structures, stock steps, and standard time steps.
DNCE 1302 - Tap Technique 2
(1 cr; Prereq-1301 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Fundamental terms, basic rhythms and syncopation, stock steps, and standard time steps; clarity of sound and rhythm.
DNCE 1313 - African Based Movement
(1 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Varied movement of African diaspora, primarily but not limited to West African region and continent of Africa. Traditional movement. Movement inspired by Africa, the Caribbean, and African diaspora at large. In-class movement participation, one movement midterm, one two-page paper.
DNCE 1327 - Argentine Tango
(1 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Basic rhythms emphasizing posture, axis, walking, lead/follow techniques, footwork patterns. Students listen to music to identify rhythm, communicate.
DNCE 1331 - Yoga
(1 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Theory/practice of Yoga. Standing postures, forward bends, twists, balancing, seated postures, inversions, back bends, guided relaxation/meditation. Proper alignment, weight placement, body awareness, relaxation, breathing techniques. Midterm paper, movement demonstration final.
DNCE 1332 - Yoga for Dancers
(1 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Physical experience and related aesthetic topics. Historical aspects. Philosophical ideas of yoga. Improving body mechanics through alignment, flexibility, and strength. Developing mental focus/control. Reinforcing positive body language.
DNCE 1335 - T'ai Chi Ch'uan
(1 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring & Summer)
Ancient Chinese slow-motion exercise. Helping body/mind to become relaxed/centered. Natural movement patterns, deep breathing, tranquil stress-free mind. Self-defense applications of movements. Non-competitive, non-aggressive.
DNCE 1343 - Urban & Street Dance Forms 1: Introduction
(1 cr; Student Option No Audit; offered Periodic Fall)
We study the origins of Hip Hop dance and how it has evolved to the current incarnations of the form. There is also a focus on Hip Hop culture as a whole and we have many discussions about issues of identity, relation to power, appropriation, and youth culture. The specific forms of movement in this course are toprocking, rocking, breakdancing (breaking), New Jack Swing, and house dance. Some questions to focus on: What is Hip Hop dance? Where does it originate? Who created Hip Hop artistic expressions? What voices/bodies are heard/seen or not heard/not seen in the films assigned?
DNCE 1344 - Urban & Street Dance Forms 2: Advanced Foundation and Histories
(1 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall & Spring; 2 academic progress units; 2 financial aid progress units; may be repeated for 2 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
In this second course in the dance program's 4-semester Urban and Street Dance sequence, students further investigate the technical foundations and histories of rocking, breaking, funk styles, krump, house, and specific techniques that mix these forms together. These further explorations focus on more advanced techniques, aesthetic approaches, and complex issues within these forms. Students are assigned readings and writing assignments that critically examine each issue. Students will participate in an informal showing at the end of the semester. Prerequisite: completion of DNCE 1343 or audition.
DNCE 1345 - Alexander Technique for Movement Artists
(2 cr; Student Option No Audit; offered Every Spring)
Increased kinesthetic awareness of habitual movement patterns in order to improve dance/movement technique and prevent related injuries.
DNCE 1349 - Contact Improvisation
(1 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Safe, clear introduction to principles of contact improvisation. Rolling point of contact, supporting/being supported, falling/recovering, connecting with center as source/support for movement. Classes include warm-up.
DNCE 1351 - African Diasporic Movement 1
(1 cr; Student Option No Audit; offered Every Fall)
First of six-course sequence. Introduction to traditional West African dance technique as a foundational base to begin learning technique, body placement, movement, space, time, energy, isolations, patterns, etiquette, community building, group work and presentation.
DNCE 1353 - African Diasporic Movement 3
(1 cr; Student Option No Audit; offered Every Fall)
Third of six-course sequence. Afro-Brazilian dance, including jumps, turns, floor work, and rhythmicity to develop flexibility, strength, and vocabulary in polycentric movement, moving toward body-sound harmony, illuminating dynamics of coordination, relaxation, breathing, undulation.
DNCE 1354 - African Diasporic Movement 4
(1 cr; Prereq-1353 or audition or instr consent; Student Option No Audit; offered Every Spring)
Fourth of six-course sequence. Builds on level 3 by exploring movement from mythology of Afro-Brazilian belief systems orixi?? and Candombli??. How corporal knowledge and technique fluency through the course sequence support different dance techniques.
DNCE 1401 - Introduction to Dance [AH]
(3 cr; Student Option No Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: CHIC 1401 (inactive)
What is dance? How does movement create meaning? Dance as action and framework for analysis of moving bodies. Movement politics of race, class, gender, sexuality, and nation through reading, writing, moving, and watching dance performances. Discussion. Dance experience not required.
DNCE 1500 - Topics in Dance (Topics course)
(1 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 10 credits; may be repeated 10 times)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
DNCE 1626 - Music for Dance [AH]
(3 cr; Prereq-dept consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Cultural gravity of the Western perspective. Ways global regions express natural laws of acoustics through music while considering historical, political, and ethical issues around the relationship between music and dance. Workshops, practice, and exercises.
DNCE 1701 - Freshman/Sophomore Repertory
(1 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Immersed in a professional dance company environment, this repertory class will help students develop the necessary skills to effectively navigate the complexities inherent to professional repertory dance companies. Through learning the unique and varied styles of multiple choreographers, the course examines distinguishing factors of these various choreographic works, illuminating for the student, their responsibilities as dance artists and further developing their abilities to maintain the integrity of preexisting works.
DNCE 3002 - 2nd Year Career Readiness for Dancers
(1 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: CLA 3002 (starting 18-JAN-22, was ID 2201 until 08-SEP-20), CLA 3101 (starting 18-JAN-22, was ID 3101 until 08-SEP-20, was ID 1201 until 05-SEP-17)
The DNCE 3002 career management course degree requirement is designed to ensure you know how to pursue dance and dance-related opportunities during the next two years at the dance program and to deepen your liberal arts education through co-curricular experiential learning opportunities (e.g., apprenticeships, intensives, learning abroad, and community engaged learning, among others). These experiences enhance your learning and connect you to the broader dance community, laying the stage for work and jobs upon graduation. This course will support you in articulating your values and mapping multiple trajectories that align with your values. This course is designed to pull apart, name, and engage with aspects of a life in dance that sometimes feel hidden, obscured, or slippery in order to support you in making intentional and purposeful choices in your education and experiences outside of school. This course will also examine the relationship of self to dance, supporting you in cultivating resilience and practicing failure. This course is a hybrid course, with the bulk of the coursework happening via Canvas, 4 full class meetings, and 2 individual or small-group meetings over the course of the semester.
DNCE 3010 - Modern/Contemporary Dance Technique 5
(2 cr; Prereq-dept consent, audition; Student Option; offered Every Fall; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Fifth course in ten-section sequence of modern dance technique. Application of principles of space, time, energy. Alignment, power from pelvic center, rotation/turnout, muscular tonality, joint articulation, clarity of intent, stretch, strength, stamina.
DNCE 3020 - Modern/Contemporary Dance Technique 6
(2 cr; Prereq-3010, dept consent, audition; Student Option; offered Every Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Sixth course in ten-section sequence of modern dance technique. Application of principles of space, time, energy. Alignment, power from pelvic center, rotation/turnout, muscular tonality, joint articulation, clarity of intent, stretch, strength, stamina.
DNCE 3110 - Ballet Technique 5
(2 cr; Prereq-dept consent, audition; Student Option; offered Every Fall; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Stretch, strength, balance, musicality. Longer phrases in adagio/allegro work. More complex elevations in petit allegro. Practical work conducted in context of study of technical development of ballet.
DNCE 3120 - Ballet Technique 6
(2 cr; Prereq-3110, dept consent, audition; Student Option; offered Every Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Continuation of 3110. Ballet technique. Stretch, strength, balance, musicality. Longer phrases in adagio/allegro work. More complex elevations in petit allegro.
DNCE 3210 - Jazz Technique 5
(1 cr; Prereq-dept consent, audition; Student Option; offered Every Fall; may be repeated for 2 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Continuation of jazz technique. Rhythm structures, longer phrases, greater physical speed, attack/control.
DNCE 3220 - Jazz Technique 6
(1 cr; Prereq-3210, dept consent, audition; Student Option; offered Every Spring; may be repeated for 2 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Continuation of 3210. Jazz technique. Rhythm structures, longer phrases, greater physical speed, attack/control.
DNCE 3301 - Tap Technique 3
(1 cr; Prereq-1302 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Summer)
Tap techniques and creative development through improvisational studies.
DNCE 3302 - Tap Technique 4
(1 cr; Prereq-3301 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Tap techniques and rhythm structures.
DNCE 3334 - Introduction to Dance/Movement Therapy
(2 cr; Prereq-dept consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Historical/theoretical perspectives on use of movement/dance in relationship to psychology/healing. D/MT pioneers/techniques. Applications of D/MT with various populations/settings. Experiential course.
DNCE 3341 - Urban & Street Dance Forms 3: Emerging Scholar
(1 cr; Prereq-Completion of DNCE 2341 or audition.; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 2 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
This is the third course in the dance program's 4-semester Urban and Street Dance sequence. It focuses on intermediate/advanced techniques in rocking, breaking, funk styles, krump, house, and specific techniques that mix these forms together. These further explorations focus on more advanced techniques, aesthetics, and complex issues within forms practiced by instructors. Students are assigned readings, videos, and writing assignments to think critically about each issue. There is an informal showing at the end of the semester.
DNCE 3342 - Urban & Street Dance Forms 4: Scholar
(1 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 2 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
This is the final course in the Dance Program's 4-semester Urban and Street Styles sequence. It focuses on advanced techniques in rocking, breaking, funk styles, krump, house, and specific techniques that mix these forms together. These further explorations focus on advanced techniques, aesthetics, and complex issues within forms practiced by instructors. Students are assigned readings, videos, and writing assignments to think critically about each issue. There is an informal showing at the end of the semester. Prerequisite: Completion of DNCE 3341 or audition
DNCE 3401W - Dance History 1 [WI GP]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was DNCE 3401 until 18-JAN-05
Historiography of dance, 20th century through present. Reconstruction/incorporation of dance practice in context of globalization. Artistic choices as influenced by complex history of performing arts and terrain of body/politics.
DNCE 3402W - Dance History 2 [WI]
(3 cr; Prereq-3401W; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was DNCE 3402 until 18-JAN-05
History/theory of dance in varied forms/aspects. From development of ballet through 20th century modern dance. Second half of year-long survey.
DNCE 3411 - Dance and Popular Culture: Choreographing Race, Class, and Gender [DSJ]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated 2 times)
How race, class, and gender become aestheticized and are put into motion as popular culture. Choreographic analysis of moving bodies. How "popular" affects understanding of culture. Exoticism, binary structures of stereotypes, identity, hegemony.
DNCE 3433 - Articulate Body
(3 cr; Prereq-Dnce major, dept consent; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Lectures and movement sessions in biodynamic considerations for optimal dance performance and metabolistic demands of dance.
DNCE 3434 - Nutrition and Body Maintenance for Movement Artists
(2 cr; Student Option No Audit; offered Every Spring)
Students learn and research ways to improve nutrition and remain injury-free throughout career and beyond. Discuss nutrition principles and apply to unique challenges, needs, interests of movement artists. Examine anatomy of movement to develop constructive injury prevention and management strategies. Stress reduction.
DNCE 3500 - Topics in Dance (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 3]; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
DNCE 3601 - Dance Composition 1
(3 cr; Prereq-1020, 1601, concurrent regis in a modern dance technique course, dept consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Spring)
Movement, vocabulary in relation to theme, space, time, energy, and body parts; solo, duet, and trio forms.
DNCE 3602 - Dance Composition 2
(3 cr; Prereq-3601, dept consent, concurrent regis in a modern dance technique course; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Movement, vocabulary in relation to theme, space, time, energy, and body parts. Solo, duet, and trio forms.
DNCE 3621 - Dance Production I
(2 cr; Prereq-Dance major, dept consent; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Technical/administrative aspects of dance production. Lighting, costumes, sound, marketing, stage management, fundraising, publicity. Emphasizes practical project management and personal management skills.
DNCE 3622 - Dance Production II
(2 cr; Prereq-3621, dance major, dept consent; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Continuation of 3621. Students produce the spring Student Dance Concert.
DNCE 3700 - Performance
(1 cr; Prereq-Concurrent enrollment in a technique course, audition, dept consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Creation or reconstruction of a dance theatre work under the direction of a guest artist or faculty member. Work is performed at the end of the rehearsal period.
DNCE 3701 - Summer Dance Intensive
(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option No Audit; offered Every Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Real-world experience with a professional dance company. Students participate in daily technique and repertory classes culminating in an informal performance. Artists are arranged year-by-year.
DNCE 3901 - Career Readiness in Dance
(1 cr [max 3]; Prereq-Dance major, dept consent; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 3 credits)
Strategies fundamental to a dancer's survival. Injury prevention/care. Development of healthy dietary and muscular/skeletal habits. Career tracks.
DNCE 4443 - Theorizing Dancing Bodies
(3 cr; Prereq-3402W or instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: DNCE 5443
Major developments in Western philosophic thought on dance and dance theory, from its beginnings to present.
DNCE 4601 - Dance Composition 3
(3 cr; Prereq-3602, concurrent regis in a modern dance technique course, dept consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Spring)
Continuation of movement vocabulary through improvisation, analysis of form and structure, experimentation with tone and performance persona. Effects of lights/costumes/text/props/music; development of larger ensemble works.
DNCE 4602 - Dance Composition 4
(3 cr; Prereq-4601, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in modern dance technique course, dept consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Continuation of 4601. Movement vocabulary through improvisation, analysis of form and structure, experimentation with performance persona, and the effects of technical elements. Development of larger ensemble works.
DNCE 4901 - Capstone Seminar for Dance
(1 cr [max 2]; Prereq-Sr, [Dnce or Th major]; S-N or Audit; offered Every Fall; may be repeated for 2 credits)
Equivalent courses: TH 4994, TH 4901 (starting 07-SEP-99, was DNCE 4901 until 04-SEP-01)
Development of senior project, alone or in groups, under guidance of faculty members.
DNCE 5010 - Modern/Contemporary Dance Technique 7
(2 cr; Prereq-dept consent, audition; Student Option; offered Every Fall; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Seventh course in ten-section sequence of modern dance technique. Continuation of technical development. Performance range/style. Students study with various guest artists.
DNCE 5020 - Modern/Contemporary Dance Technique 8
(2 cr; Prereq-5010, dept consent, audition; Student Option; offered Every Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Eighth course in ten-section sequence of modern dance technique. Performance range/style. Students study with various guest artists.
DNCE 5030 - Modern/Contemporary Dance Technique 9
(2 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Ninth course in ten-section sequence of modern dance technique. It focuses on pre-professional technique training for students prepared for that level of technical achievement and readying themselves for a potential career as contemporary dance professionals. All Dance Program Modern Dance Technique courses examine the practical application and understanding of principles of space, time, and energy focusing on alignment, weight, momentum, power for the body's core, joint and skeletal articulation, clarity of focus and intent, flexibility, strength, stamina and energy flow and lines through the use of breath appropriate to the technical level of the course. The course also explores a range of performance strategies that students may encounter for future performance experiences within the dance program and beyond.
DNCE 5040 - Modern/Contemporary Dance Technique 10
(2 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Tenth course in ten-section sequence of modern dance technique. It focuses on pre-professional technique training for students prepared for that level of technical achievement and readying themselves for a potential career as contemporary dance professionals. All dance program modern dance technique courses examine the practical application and understanding of principles of space, time, and energy focusing on alignment, weight, momentum, power for the body's core, joint and skeletal articulation, clarity of focus and intent, flexibility, strength, stamina and energy flow and lines through the use of breath appropriate to the technical level of the course. The course also explores a range of performance strategies that students may encounter for future performance experiences within the dance program and beyond.
DNCE 5110 - Ballet Technique 7
(1 cr; Prereq-dept consent, audition; Student Option; offered Every Fall; may be repeated for 2 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Continuation of ballet technique. Musicality, performance, stylistic differences. Practical work conducted within context of choreographic/aesthetic development of ballet.
DNCE 5120 - Ballet Technique 8
(1 cr; Prereq-5110, dept consent, audition; Student Option; offered Every Spring; may be repeated for 2 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Continuation of 5110. Musicality, performance, stylistic differences. Practical work conducted within context of choreographic/aesthetic development of ballet.
DNCE 5334 - Introduction to Dance/Movement Therapy
(2 cr; Prereq-dept consent; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Historical/theoretical perspectives on use of movement/dance in relationship to psychology/healing. D/MT pioneers/techniques. Applications of D/MT with various populations/settings. Experiential course.
DNCE 5443 - Theorizing Dancing Bodies
(3 cr; Prereq-instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: DNCE 4443 (starting 02-SEP-08)
Major developments in Western philosophic thought on dance and dance theory, from its beginnings to present.
DNCE 5493 - Choreographing Social Justice: Staging "Equitable" Choreographies
(3 cr; Prereq-4443 recommended; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
Possibilities and implications of artistic work. Metaphoric bodily practices and intersections of performance and social justice practices. Theories and histories of intersections within communities of color across global North and South. Group project.
DNCE 5500 - Topics in Dance (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 30 credits; may be repeated 10 times)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
DNCE 5601 - Dance Composition 5
(1 cr [max 2]; Prereq-4601, 4602, dept consent; Student Option; offered Every Spring; may be repeated for 2 credits)
Final part of six-semester sequence in dance composition. Exploration of movement through independently scheduled rehearsals. Choreographic concepts. Tools in dance creation, development/refinement of movement, structure of group choreography.
DNCE 5700 - Performance
(1 cr [max 2]; Prereq-concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in technique course, dept consent, audition based Students cast in more than one choreographic piece should register for section 002 for 2 credits; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 8 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Technique, improvisation, choreography, music, design, and technical production as they relate to dance performance.
DNCE 5858 - Dance Pedagogy
(3 cr [max 4]; Student Option; offered Every Fall; may be repeated for 4 credits)
Teaching dance provides the foundational pedagogy and methods for artful and responsible teaching and learning in dance. Students will examine key dance education theories and quality teaching practices, and then apply the theories by developing and teaching dance lessons. The course introduces tools that assist in the planning, teaching, assessing, and sharing of dance experiences with children, adolescent, and adult learners in a variety of settings. Specific learning opportunities include: readings, investigation and discussion of dance pedagogy; the creation of lesson plans; teaching labs (in-class and off-site supervised practice teaching); and clinical observations where students can observe the theory in practice.
DNCE 5993 - Directed Studies
(1 cr [max 4]; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 10 credits; may be repeated 10 times)
Equivalent courses: was DNCE 5970 until 21-MAY-07
Guided individual study. Prereq-instr consent, dept consent, college consent.

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