DA 325 - Projects in Dance

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Colorado College

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Work in dance appropriate to the needs or interests of qualified students. Block 5: Projects in Dance: The Hijack Experience. HIJACK was born from the meeting of Kristin Van Loon and Arwen Wilder in Block 5 Dance Composition Class 19 years ago. Upon graduation in 1993, they formed a dance company of two and have toured the world with dances made on their own terms, inspired as much from a block plan rhythm and their liberal arts roots as "dance." Much of our formative shared experience was spent reinventing the wheel. Now, we propose reinventing the wheel. Survival skills we present are: Contrived movement, juxtaposition, contact improvisation, rigorous whim, lo fi, choreography machines, working the body politic, baby eyes. This art-making intensive culminates in performance. First rule: If you show up, you're a dancer (whether or not you choose to think you are before or after). Prerequisite: Cornerstone Arts Intiative. (Also listed as Drama 200.) 1 unit - Hijack. Block 5: Projects in Dance: The Hijack Experience. HIJACK was born from the meeting of Kristin Van Loon and Arwen Wilder in Block 5 Dance Composition Class 19 years ago. Upon graduation in 1993, they formed a dance company of two and have toured the world with dances made on their own terms, inspired as much from a block plan rhythm and their liberal arts roots as "dance." Much of our formative shared experience was spent reinventing the wheel. Now, we propose reinventing the wheel. Survival skills we present are: Contrived movement, juxtaposition, contact improvisation, rigorous whim, lo fi, choreography machines, working the body politic, baby eyes. This art-making intensive culminates in performance. First rule: If you show up, you're a dancer (whether or not you choose to think you are before or after). Prerequisite: Cornerstone Arts Intiative. (Also listed as Drama 200.) 1 unit - Hijack. Block 8: Projects in Dance: Dance and Digital Technology. This class will explore dance through the eyes of digital film and digital media. Students will learn about the history of dance on film and Dance for the Camera, a vibrant art form of dance films that are presented at Dance Film Festivals and on the Internet. Students will also learn the practical tools to make their own dance for the camera movie with iMovie. The class will culminate with a showing of student dance films. Prerequisite: Cornerstone Arts Initiative. (Also listed as Drama 200.) 1 unit - Herminjard.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.coloradocollege.edu

Phone Number:

(719) 389-6000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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