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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
Early Start 101 is a 1-credit course specifically designed for first year students in the Early Start Summer Bridge program to facilitate a successful transition from high school to East Stroudsburg University (ESU) both academically and personally.
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3.00 Credits
This course presents dance as an expression of cultural identity and a way of understanding people of different cultures through their social interaction. Theoretical considerations include dances for a variety of ages and abilities, as well as the origins, characteristics, ethnic sources, and values of dance for a variety of purposes: dance as recreation, as courtship, as a conservation of tradition, and as a medium for change and exchange as a fusion of cultures.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce the student to the study of dance as the most fundamental of the arts, involving a direct expression of oneself through the body. The student will explore fundamental movement concepts including time, weight, space, and flow. Contextualization of historical, theoretical, and aesthetic principles will be emphasized.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the universal human need to celebrate life through dance. It is a survey of dance style forms designed to introduce the student to the energies and mysteries of dance throughout the ages and cultures of the world. Emphasis is on the role of dance as an expression of cultural mores, social order, religious worship, cultural identity, and individuality.
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3.00 Credits
This is an elementary level jazz dance technique course which includes a variety of axial and locomotor techniques and basic combinations characteristic of historical and contemporary jazz dance, with emphasis on developing the physical and expressive potential of the human body. The class will present anatomical and aesthetic aspects of this dance genre. May be repeated for credit once.
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3.00 Credits
This course includes terminology and technique in elementary ballet including alignment, barre, center work, basic enchainements, and room and body directions, with emphasis on developing the physical and expressive potential of the human body. The class will enable students to understand and synthesize` the kinesiological and anatomical, historical and theoretical and aesthetic of dance. General Education Performing Art. May be repeated for credit.
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2.00 Credits
This is an elementary level modern dance technique course. It explores a variety of axial and locomotor techniques and simple combinations characteristic of contemporary dance. The ability to apply skills in the art form is implied in any study of technique; this ability will be realized through improvisational and compositional experiences. May be repeated for credit.
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2.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of teaching creative dance for children including a conceptual approach to dance and fostering children's growth through a creative, child-centered dance curriculum. It will include information on the nature of dance for children, choosing age-appropriate topics, strategies for facilitation of dance experience, and group discussions as well as guided practical experiences.
Prerequisite:
DANC 114 or DANC 210 or DANC 215 or equivalent (1yr. prior dance study). Twice weekly, 75-90 minute classes, for at least nine months, over the age of 16.
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3.00 Credits
This course will include technique in intermediate ballet including alignment, barre, center work, room and body directions, and intermediate-level enchainements. Students will further develop their awareness of the role of principles of flexibility, muscular strength and endurance, and cardiovascular fitness, with emphasis on developing the physical and expressive potential of the human body. May be repeated for credit.
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2.00 Credits
This course is designed to help students discover and develop their creative potential in dance. Free, structured, and guided improvisations, individually and in groups, are included. Short compositions, fusing creation with execution, will also be explored. Fulfills GE requirement for Performing Art.
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