This is the second of four semesters of College Dance Company, providing opportunities to perform in a wide variety of genres and venues with different choreographers. Dance forms performed include, but are not limited to, classical, modern, jazz, tap, ballroom and Latin. In addition, HFC Full Circle Dance Company students have an opportunity to attend dance festivals, master classes, professional dance company concerts, and to have their choreography presented. Two or more performances of a final concert are scheduled on campus as well as other performances, both on and off campus. This course is open to college students and high school juniors and seniors by audition and interview. New dance students may audition in one of several scheduled group auditions or may schedule an individual audition with the director. A strong dance background is required.
Goals, Topics, and Objectives
To successfully complete a dance production resulting from working with a variety of choreographers, dance styles and venues.
- Audition student compositions for appropriate performances.
- Cast students in dances.
- Choreograph new dances and/or rework repertory pieces, and meet with guest artists and students about dance choices for each given concert.
- Teach and rehearse all dances on individual casts.
- Schedule technical director, lighting designer and operator, sound designer and operator, and photo sessions.
- Compile information for press, photos and all publicity.
- Participate and contribute to choreography, memory of dances, and refinement in rehearsal.
- Adapt to a variety of dance venues and settings.
- Perform in a variety of dance genres.
- Contribute a choreographic work.
- Work with peers, theater technical staff, and others to be part of a collaborative vision.
Assessment and Requirements
- Class work: Illustrate quick and accurate reading of all given, composed movement material.
- Assignment: Log notes from choreographers, other rehearsing students, director's comments. Graded performance: Execute performance with choreographer's intent along with nuanced, focused character, wherever appropriate.
- Assignment and class work: Prepare and illustrate composed movement material, given a task or problem to solve.
- Class work: Perform learned student choreography and/or illustrate efficient and effective teaching of composed student pieces.
- Assignments: Prepare and perform all given tasks in and outside of class for all aspects of production.
- Class work: Illustrate helping classmates where needed and working in rehearsal without guidance.
- Class work: Illustrate all previously given movement material with technique and performance readiness.
- Performance and class work: Illustrate performance preparedness through hard work, consistent attendance and punctuality, and self-reliance.
- Record all evaluation and criticism in ongoing log, throughout the course.
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