PFAR 280 - Dance Technique I:Into Improvisation

Institution:

Naropa University

Subject:

Description:

Students work from the notion of internal awareness while tapping into creativity and imagination as potent energetic forces that support the development of full, embodied dancing. Class includes warm-up/technical exercises inspired and influenced by a variety of movement forms/styles ranging from ballet, modern/postmodern, modern jazz, "release," somatic practices, as well as more inventive movement phrases that can open up into co-created working material. Musicality, rhythm and phrasing are important elements as well as working with silence as accompaniment.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.naropa.edu

Phone Number:

(303) 444-0202

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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