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3.00 Credits
As in the other arts, dance in the 1960s underwent tremendous changes and witnessed the breaking apart of traditional forms and aesthetic assumptions. Iconoclastic choreographers said no to the techniques and presentations of their predecessors, changing the aesthetics of dance permanently. This course starts with the revolutions in culture and dance of the 1960s and traces the growth and development of today's "postmodern" dance. Issues of body, gender, race, sexuality and cultural heritage form the lens through which contemporary dance and its choreographers are discussed. (William s, Fall, offered alternate years
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide movement experiences that illuminate the concepts of coordination, alignment, and efficient body functioning that underlie all sports. Individuals are expected to acquire a vocabulary of movement description, which is utilized in self assessment and to analyze the specific demands of their particular sport. Emphasis is placed on developing sensitivity to the mind body connection and the process of movement repatterning. ( Fall, offered alternate years)
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3.00 Credits
This course presents specific knowledge of human skeletal anatomy and muscular anatomy and its relationship to movement skills and postural alignment. Once the basic skeletal and muscular anatomy is understood, the course focuses on analysis of action, with particular attention on the action of gravity and its effect on posture and muscular function. Additionally, the course focuses on principles of alignment, conditioning, and injury prevention. Although dance based, the course material is relevant to students interested in the areas of physical therapy, physical education, athletic training, human biology, and other movement sciences. ( Fall, offered alternate years)
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3.00 Credits
Improvisation in dance--like its counterparts in music and theatre--relies on the technical skills of the performer, a profound mental commitment and focus, the ability to respond to multiple sensory stimuli, and the development of a body mind synthesis that allows for action and reflection. The ability to improvise frees the performer from technical and choreographic ruts and gives one the opportunity to create and understand movement from an intensely personal perspective. Students participate in a variety of structured improvisations throughout the semester that are designed to improve their sensitivity to group dynamics, individual movement creativity, and recognition of the expressive capacities for movement expression. While movement is the media, prior dance training is not required. (Williams, Davenport, Spring, offered alternate years)
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3.00 Credits
This course explores further the art and craft of making dances with a focus on group choreography. Composition II covers such aspects of choreography as developing a unique movement vocabulary, group compositions, site specific work, and choreographic process and documentation. Collaborations with musicians, actors, poets, and visual artists are encouraged. Prerequisite: DAN 200 or permission of instructor. (Davenport/Williams, Fall, offered alternate years)
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to the theory and application of Laban Movement Analysis, which includes effort/shape, space harmony, and the Bartenieff Fundamentals . These theories apply directly to all physical actions of the human body, nonverbal communication, cultural differences, choreography, live performance, therapeutic practices, and teaching methodology. The course focuses on the personal relevance of Laban theories to the individual student, as well as to related disciplines such as anthropology, psychology, and education. Students are taught how to observe, record, describe, and notate subtle qualities in the movement around them and how to understand their own movement patterns and the potential for enhanced expression, muscular efficiency, and wellness. (Whittier, Spring, offered alternate years)
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce the student to the practices and principles of teaching dance. In addition to the traditional pedagogical areas of study-construction of lesson plans, formation of curriculum, and semester unit plans-the course explores the specific concerns of the dance classroom-injury prevention, use of imagery to elicit physical response, and composition of movement material to cognitively as well as physically challenge students. Prerequisites: Successful completion of DAN 105, DAN 225, and/or DAN 325 strongly recommended. (Davenport/William s, Spring, offered alternate years
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3.00 Credits
In this course students are encouraged to pursue explorations of choreography, performance, historical research, teaching, improvisation, arts management and production, or body mind synthesis within an approved and academically challenging independent study. Permission of instructor required.
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3.00 Credits
This seminar provides an opportunity for faculty-guided research of a particular area of interest to senior dance majors. (Dance minors admitted with permission of instructor.) Qualified students may work toward the development of choreographic and performance material, or pursue independent studies of career-related topics such as dance science, somatics, dance anthropology, dance criticism, K-12 dance education, dance administration or other areas of interest. The focus of the course is on the development of a professional portfolio and a project, paper, or performance that demonstrates the students' intellectual grasp of the field. (Iklé , Spring, offered annually)
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3.00 Credits
A course to be completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Honors work in dance. Permission of the Honors adviser required.
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