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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce dance-focused students at NWCCD to the academic and professional worlds of dance. This course provides important information to students in their first year so that they can make the best use of their time as a dance student. This course will focus on the discipline of dance, but will also introduce students to key intellectual and literary skills required in academia, including, but not limited to: critical thinking and analysis, knowledge of the discipline, career options, major concerns, ability to reflect and evaluate, and an introduction to the diversity of the discipline in the region and beyond.
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0.50 Credits
This course guides the student in the practical experience of working backstage on a realized production. In class the student will learn and train in a key area of technical production to prepare them for the performance. They will complete guided performance assignments that may include but not limited to the areas of theatrical lighting, scenic construction, sound operator, properties manager, costumes and/or running crew.
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3.00 Credits
This course covers the fundamentals of acting through exercises, improvisations, and limited scene work. As acting is a process, the emphasis is on the activities more than on polished performances and scenes. THEA 1100 fulfills the Visual & Performing Arts requirement at NWCCD and meet the U5H requirement at UW.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction and exploration of the visual and aesthetic principles of design in direct relationship to stage design including, scenery, costumes, and lighting. Studio projects in scene, lighting, and costume design supplement lectures.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course guides students through the process of rehearsing and mounting music theatre productions such as revues, musicals, and stage shows. Students participate in a wide range of responsibilities involved with staging a musical theatre production. This course culminates with a public performance of a project or production.
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3.00 Credits
This course presents group instruction singing techniques and performance styles associated with Musical Theater. It includes demonstration, brief lecture, discussion, and active participation through singing, analyzing, movement, and scene preparation.
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3.00 Credits
This course guides the student in acquiring a basic understanding of music notation, terminology, and related music theory concepts, through use of the textbook and related materials in class, through guided and independent written and performance assignments, and through the use of sight reading assignments.
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1.00 Credits
This course provides students with the basic principles and techniques of classical ballet. It includes the study of the fundamentals of ballet training in order to develop an understanding of classical terminology.
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1.50 Credits
This first year, second semester course focuses on expanding the dancers understanding and knowledge of the technique, vocabulary, and principles of classical ballet. Particular attention will be paid to proper concepts, approach and execution of classical technique. Previously acquired skills are broadened and refined. Ballet 2 technique classes will introduce the use of port de bras and epaulement while developing a thorough understanding of body positions and head direction. Introduction of elementary battu actions, grand allegro, and turning vocabulary is broadened. Transition steps are clarified and proper execution of all movements is emphasized while paying particular attention to the finer details of the movements. Proper alignment is of particular focus and appropriate conditioning exercises are also introduced.
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1.00 Credits
This course provides students with an introduction to the principles and techniques of Modern Dance. Students examine the role of the fine arts in society and in their personal lives through creative and critical activities. Students think flexibly and intuitively, to solve problems in innovative ways, and to connect knowledge with sensations and movement. PEAC/THEA 1430 Modern Dance I and all activities related to this course are of moderate to vigorous intensity. This course satisfies the U5H requirement at UW.
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