DAN 101 - Modern Dance 1

Credits: 3
3 Skills Lab Hours

Description
In this introductory course, students explore dance as an artistic medium of expression. Various dance techniques are introduced to enhance students’ physical abilities, including muscular strength, flexibility, kinesthetic awareness and cardiovascular capacity. Through experiential learning, students investigate dance’s communicative properties and use movement to convey artistic meaning. Aesthetic analysis of different dance styles provides insight into dance as a narrative form. Additionally, students attend a professional dance production and choreograph an original solo work. The goal is for students to gain appreciation for dance as an art form through both physical practice and theoretical study. No prior dance training is required.

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:

Explore dance as an art form through experiential learning.
Show an increase in muscular strength, flexibility, kinesthetic awareness and cardiovascular capacity.
Convey an emotion or theme through an original choreographed dance performance.
Analyze a dance work in terms of form and content after viewing a professional dance production.
Choreograph a short dance solo.

Listed Topics

Dance as a means of artistic expression
Flexibility exercises
Beginning dance techniques
Dance phrases
Spatial and rhythmic awareness
Analysis of choreography
Tools of choreography

Reference Materials
Textbooks and materials as deemed appropriate by instructor.

Students who successfully complete this course acquire general knowledge, skills and abilities that align with CCAC’s definition of an educated person. Specifically, this course fulfills these General Education Goals:

Communication
Culture Society & Citizenship

Approved By: Dr. Quintin B. Bullock Date Approved: 03/18/2024
Last Reviewed: 03/18/2024

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