DANC210

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DANC210

Modern Dance I DANC210 SP

Next Offered in 9798 SP

An elementary modern dance class with an emphasis on anatomically efficient movement and energy projection. Students will develop strength, endurance, joint mobility, and technical awareness through working with dance techniques, rhythmic combinations, improvisation and composition. This course will include readings, written assignments, and student project and discussion groups. Students having completed DANC209 are given preference.

MAJOR READINGS

Marshall Copeland, WHAT IS DANCE?
(selected readings)
Jean Morrison-Brown, THE VISION OF MODERN DANCE

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Bi-weekly partner practice/discussion sessions with written reports. Two group discussion meetings on readings with short writing assignments. Attendance at three dance concerts.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Preference will be given to students completing Dance 209. May be repeated for credit with a different instructor with permission of the instructor. DANC210 is an ampersand course with DANC209. Students who did not take Dance 209 must arrange for a short conference with the instructor during Reading week of the previous semester and attend the first class meeting or they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Fieldwork Studio

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 0.50 Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA DANC

Prerequisites: None

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

About the Photo:

Peggy Lyman in Martha Graham's "Lamentation"

Reference:

Coe, Robert. DANCE IN AMERICA, New York: E. P. Dutton, 1985

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