Emphasizes beginner to advanced level dance skills and traditional dance steps for folk dances from various regions of Mexico; including the background and meaning of the dances. Upper levels are designed for the performance-oriented student.
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Provides for an understanding and appreciation of various art forms of dance: ballet, modern, jazz, and tap. Covers dance history and criticism including an overview of the different career options in dance.
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Enrollment subject to assessment of ability to perform choreography. Assessment will be conducted the first week of class meeting. Develops performing and choreographic skills for the intermediate to advanced dancer. Explores basics of fundraising and promotion of dance while performing at K-12 schools, community events and dance festivals. By audition only.
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Permits students to study relevant subjects within the field of dance. The specific objectives, methods of instruction, and units of credit to be determined individually for projects proposed under this course description.
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Variable Individual research or study in some facet of dance of interest to the student and not included in the regular courses offered by the college. Limitation on Enrollment: Eligibility for independent study.
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Provides basic conditioning techniques that promote body awareness, improve body alignment, enhance and expedite body ability for dance skills; and aid in preventing injuries common to various dance styles.
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Emphasizes beginner to advanced study of jazz dance techniques, consisting of a structured warm-up, center work, locomotor movement, and jazz dance combinations set to contemporary jazz music. Upper levels are designed for the performance-oriented student.
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Emphasizes beginner to advanced study of classical ballet techniques consisting of a barre warm-up and center work, including adage, allegro, jumps, turns, and locomotor movement.
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Emphasizes the study of beginner to progressive contemporary neo-classical dance forms, consisting of a barre warm-up and center work, including adage, allegro, jumps, turns, and locomotor movement.
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Beginning levels emphasize the study of modern dance as performance art consisting of basic dance technique, fundamental rhythms, and elements of dance design. Upper levels emphasize dance techniques for the performance-oriented student.
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Integrates a beginner to advanced-intermediate structured warm-up and theoretical explanation of weight, alignment, rhythmic components, and interpretation of style. Presents urban street dance in a step-by-step format designed to increase stamina, stress motor memory, and teach ethnic style.
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Lower levels emphasize the study of beginning to advanced-beginning tap techniques to instill musicality and creativity consisting of center, across-the-floor, and dance combinations. Upper levels emphasize the study of intermediate to advanced-intermediate tap dance skills to focus on clarity, musicality, and creativity.
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Emphasizes the study of beginning to advanced-intermediate musical theatre dance techniques by performing excerpts of choreography used in Broadway and off-Broadway musicals. Requires a final theatrical performance.
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Covers beginning to advanced-intermediate dance skills, dance patterns and variations for Latin social dances, including cha cha, bachata, cumbia, danzon samba, merengue, mambo, salsa, and rumba.
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Provides for an understanding and an appreciation of various art forms of dance: ballet, modern, jazz and tap. Covers dance history and criticism including an overview of the different career options in dance.
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Lower levels introduce the performance-oriented dancer to the elements of choreography through creating and participating in short dance studies. A performance of student choreography at end of the semester is required. Upper levels reach an in-depth survey and analysis of dance movement potential and creative development of the choreographic dance process.
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Emphasizes beginning to advanced-intermediate dance technique, choreography, rehearsal, performance and lecture/discussion of organizing and administrating aspects of a dance production.
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Enrollment subject to assessment of ability to perform choreography. Assessment will be conducted the first week of class meeting. Emphasizes a beginning to progressive learning and rehearsing or choreographing of dances to be selected for performance in annual dance production. Attendance of scheduled rehearsals is required.
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Enrollment subject to assessment of ability to perform choreography. Assessment will be conducted the first week of class meeting. Emphasizes the rehearsal and performance of dances selected for performance in semi-annual dance production and the learning of the fundamentals of staging dance and dance performance. Requires attendance at rehearsals and performances.
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