DNCA-1523: Intermediate Modern Dance III

School
Liberal Arts
Division
Fine & Performing Arts
Department
Dance
Academic Level
Undergraduate
Course Subject
Dance
Course Number
1523
Course Title
Intermediate Modern Dance III
Credit Hours
2.00
Instructor Contact Hours Per Semester
47.00 (for 15-week classes)
Student Contact Hours Per Semester
47.00 (for 15-week classes)
Grading Method
A-E
Pre-requisites
DNCA-1522 Intermediate Modern Dance II
Catalog Course Description

This is the third of three skill-based two-credit courses where students continue the applied study of modern dance technique based on skill level, supplemented by instruction in modern dance history, current choreographers and companies, terminology and the principles of time, space, and energy. The course provides students with the opportunity to explore multiple aspects of modern dance. Learning activities include physical practice, observation, discussion, reading and writing to cultivate kinesthetic, aesthetic, and intellectual understanding of modern dance.

Classroom physical practice will focus on anatomically correct body alignment, awareness of the body in space, musicality, strength, stamina, and flexibility. Care of the body and conditioning for dance is also emphasized.

Goals, Topics, and Objectives

Goal Statement
  1. Develop more complex skills and combinations of ballet movement beyond the beginning level and to condition their body in preparation for more advanced level work.
  2. Provide students with a knowledge-based immersion in Modern Dance history, vocabulary, events, and performance.
  3. Prepare students for audition and entrance into four year dance programs.
  4. Provide transferable technique course credit.
Core Course Topics
  1. Anatomical Alignment

    Explain musculoskeletal structure and its relationship to movement and energy in the body. Execute movement with connectivity and coordination of the parts to the whole.

  2. Dancer Conditioning

    Show personal progression and demonstrate increased individual capacity of physical strength, endurance, balance, and flexibility.

  3. Modern Dance Technique

    Show personal progression of the integration of alignment, conditioning, musicality, and use of energy to execute intermediate Modern movement combinations and phrases.

  4. Musicality / Rhythmic Sensitivity

    Sustain accurate rhythm, dynamics, accents, and musicality with movement vocabulary, combinations, and phrases. Adjust to a variety of music.

  5. Modern Dance Vocabulary

    Identify and apply Modern Dance terminology.

  6. Improvisation and Choreography

    Show the relationship of improvised movement to composition of movement phrases and choreography. Compose movement phrases through improvisation and movement manipulation as a soloist, with a partner or in a small group.

  7. Modern Dance History / Current Events / Performance

    Analyze historical and current events and performance in Modern Dance through interpretative reading, writing, observation, and discussion.

Assessment and Requirements

Assessment of Academic Achievement

Assessment of academic achievement may include but not be limited to written, oral, or movement exams to identify modern dance and skeletal and muscular terminology. Movement exams include the demonstration of intermediate skill levels in technique, performance, and musicality. Interpretative reading and writing assignments and interactive discussion will be used to assess academic achievement.

Texts

To be determined by instructor each semester

Outcomes

Satisfies Wellness Requirement
No

Credit for Prior College-Level Learning

Options for Credit for Prior College-Level Learning
Other
Other Details

Determined by department.

Approval Dates

Effective Term
Winter 2019
ILT Approval Date
AALC Approval Date
Curriculum Committee Approval Date
Review Semester
Winter 2019