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  • DANC 2810R: Ballroom Dance Team

    2.00 Credits
    Utah Tech University

    For members of the competitive ballroom dance team. Prepares students for participation in exhibition and competitive ballroom dance activities, focusing on skill development, stage presentation, and actual performance. Repeatable up to 16 credits subject to graduation restrictions. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Identify the relationship of the individual couple to the whole team. 2. Understand how steps are adjusted to fit into routines. 3. Apply an understanding of the relationship between music and the flow of a routine. 4. Understand how audiences relate to performances. 5. Develop and apply personal, collaborative, and performance skills. Course fee required. Prerequisites: Audition and Instructor permission. FA, SP
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  • DANC 2990: Seminars in Dance

    0.50 - 3.00 Credits
    Utah Tech University

    For students wishing instruction that is not available through other regularly scheduled courses in this discipline. Occasionally, either students request some type of non-traditional instruction, or an unanticipated opportunity for instruction presents itself. This seminar course provides a variable credit context for these purposes. As requirements, this seminar course must first be pre-approved by the department chair; second, it must provide at least nine contact hours of lab or lecture for each credit offered; and third, it must include some academic project or paper (i.e., credit is not given for attendance alone). This course may include standard lectures, travel and field trips, guest speakers, laboratory exercises, or other nontraditional instruction methods. Note that this course is an elective and does not fulfill general education or program requirements. Fees may be required for some seminar courses and instructor permission will be optional at the request of the instructor. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Examine select career options in the dance field through seminar activities. 2. Describe opportunities to communicate with professionals in the field of dance. 3. Discuss, compare, and analyze ideas pertinent to the course theme.
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  • DANC 3101R: Ballet Technique III

    1.50 Credits
    Utah Tech University

    Provides dance majors with continued training in classical ballet technique. In addition to increasing vocabulary and technical proficiency, emphasis is placed on musicality and performance quality. Repeatable for a maximum of 9 credits. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Recall an intermediate/advanced knowledge of classical ballet vocabulary, technique, and related history. 2. Perform intermediate/advanced ballet exercises with proper placement, anatomical alignment, body awareness, connectivity, and coordination of body parts in class and on stage. 3. Perform intermediate/advanced ballet exercises with artistic expression in class and on stage. 4. Acquire skills of responsibility and Grit as they relate to a career in the dance field. 5. Contribute insights to discussion related to the discourse of dance. Prerequisite: DANC 2101R. FA, SP
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  • DANC 3201R: Modern Dance III

    1.50 Credits
    Utah Tech University

    Continue to focus on mastery of technical facility, bodily connectivity, and expressiveness. Technique and performance skills are built through exposure to increasingly complex movement material. Repeatable for a maximum of 9 credits. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Recall an intermediate/advanced knowledge of modern dance vocabulary, technique, and related history. 2. Perform intermediate/advanced modern dance exercises with proper placement, anatomical alignment, body awareness, connectivity, and coordination of body parts in class and on stage. 3. Perform intermediate/advanced modern dance exercises with artistic expression in class and on stage. 4. Perform improvisation and composition studies that demonstrate an understanding of time, space, and energy as the elements of dance. 5. Acquire skills of responsibility and Grit as they relate to a career in the dance field. 6. Contribute insights to discussion related to the discourse of dance. Prerequisite: DANC 2201R; or department consent. FA, SP
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  • DANC 3210R: Dance for Theatre Performance

    1.00 Credits
    Utah Tech University

    For students participating as dance performers in musical productions of the Utah Tech Theatre program. Students work closely with the choreographer and fellow castmates to develop movement/choreography for on-stage performances. Repeatable up to 4 credits subject to graduation restrictions. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Apply professionalism through positive responses to direction and instruction. 2. Recall and perform choreography/movement with accuracy. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. FA, SP
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  • DANC 3360: Visual Media for Dance

    2.00 Credits
    Utah Tech University

    For dance majors, or students interested in dance for the camera, this course provides students with a fundamental understanding of concepts and theories related to dance film. In addition to learning a basic history of film and dance, students gain an understanding of how to use a digital camera for nonlinear editing software in Adobe Premier Pro for dance film. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate basic knowledge of how to use digital cameras for nonlinear editing software in Adobe Premier Pro for dance film. 2. Analyze and communicate observations of dance and film theory in dance film making. 3. Identify and define the various approaches to the use of new media in the art of dance for film. 4. Describe a basic knowledge of the theoretical, conceptual, and historical aspects of the use of different approaches and modes in dance for film in the 20th and 21st centuries. 5. Demonstrate meaningful contributions to class discussions and presentations. 6. Assess one's own assigned course work as well as the work of class peers. 7. Identify current trends and uses for iPod, iPhone, and other digital modalities relating to photo and film techniques for an online presence in dance. Prerequisites: DANC 2330 and DANC 3900 (Both grade C or higher). SP
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  • DANC 3450R: Aerial Dance Composition

    1.00 Credits
    Utah Tech University

    This course focuses on the creative application of aerial dance technique and vocabulary to choreography in a safe and supportive educational environment. Students collaborate with peers and the instructor to create solo, duo, and ensemble choreography based on student interest and abilities. In addition to creative activities, the course also addresses topics of aesthetics, risk management, accurate self-assessment, and informed preparation in the aerial arts. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1: Apply aerial dance technique and vocabulary to creative expression. 2: Create and perform solo, duo, and ensemble aerial dance works. 3: Distinguish among different aesthetic values in the aerial arts including dance, theater, and circus perspectives. 4: Demonstrate knowledge of best practices in risk management, accurate self-assessment, and informed preparation in the aerial arts. Course fee required. Prerequisites: DANC 1450R and DANC 2450R (Both grade B+ or higher). FA
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  • DANC 3710: Dance in a Cultural Perspective

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Tech University

    Utilizes the medium of dance as a means to explore various cultures throughout both history and the world. Focus is placed on universal functions of human movement as well as the diversity of expression found in cultures from early tribal through the Renaissance period in western civilization as well as dance at its present status in a variety of non-western cultures. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate a fundamental knowledge of the development of dance on a global scale from early tribal cultures through contemporary society. 2. Analyze and communicate critically about dance forms originating from diverse cultural backgrounds. 3. Analyze topics related to dance, culture, social issues, etc. through writing and class discussions while acknowledging one's own ethnocentric perspective. 4. Assess how labels, words, and other media representations shape media. 5. Analyze and synthesize scholarly sources to formulate a research question/thesis statement and write an analytical research paper utilizing MLA format. Prerequisite: ENGL 2010 (Grade C or higher) and DANC 2110 (Grade C or higher). FA (even)
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  • DANC 3900: Composition I

    2.00 Credits
    Utah Tech University

    Dance composition course for students with an emphasis in dance and for all students interested in dance composition. Designed to advance students in dance composition and refine personal artistic style. Choreography skills are expanded through further exploring of spatial design, dynamics, phrasing, and rhythm. Elements of space, time and qualities of movement are the basis for compositional study. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Analyze the basic elements of dance - time, space and energy. 2. Investigate a variety of choreographic styles and skills. 3. Apply improvisation to expand movement vocabulary. 4. Compose dances by utilizing basic elements of dance and choreographic tools. 5. Compose dances by utilizing basic elements of dance and choreographic tools. Prerequisites: DANC 2110 and DANC 2330 (Both with grade C or higher). SP
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  • DANC 3910: Composition II

    2.00 Credits
    Utah Tech University

    Dance Composition II is the continued study of the theories and practices of creating choreography. Students participate in a variety of exercises to develop unique movement generation and to develop their own creative process. The course will expand upon the explorations in Composition I and Improvisation by broadening exposure to different choreographic elements: choreographic devices, collaboration, adding supporting production elements, shtick busting, and continued development of a personal voice. Students will continue to develop their ability to articulate about creative processes through critique, written and verbal assignments. Exposure to choreographic concerns will be supported by video, readings, class participation, and choreographic exploration. ***COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs)** At the successful completion of this course, students will: 1. Develop dance studies from conception to fruition, experimenting with the topics covered throughout the course. 2. Articulate the creative process and present findings. 3. Articulate critical analysis of other's dance works. 4. Synthesize information gleaned from various sources into choreographic processes. 5. Demonstrate an expanded awareness of their artistic voice. Prerequisites: DANC 2330 and DANC 3900 (Grade C or higher). SP
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