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Kinesiology and Athletics Division
DANC 11FOOTHILL REPERTORY DANCE COMPANYSummer 2013
1 hour lecture, 6 hours laboratory.3 Units
Total Quarter Learning Hours: 84 (Total of All Lecture, Lecture/Lab, and Lab hours X 12)
 
 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 6 Lecture/Lab:
 Note: If Lab hours are specified, see item 10. Lab Content below.
Repeatability -
Statement: Not Repeatable.
Status -
 Course Status: InactiveGrading: Letter Grade with P/NP option
 Degree Status: ApplicableCredit Status: Credit
 Degree or Certificate Requirement: Stand Alone Course
 GE Status: Non-GE
Articulation Office Information -
 Transferability: BothValidation:
1. Description -
Supervised participation in scheduled productions of the dance department, in cast or crew. A laboratory course for the resident and touring company of the college, including instruction on the how to of a full-scale theatrical production for public performance.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
Advisory: Not open to students with credit in H P 40P or PHED 34G.

2. Course Objectives -
The student will be able to:
  1. examine the nature of dance as a performing art
  2. encourage competitive learning environment for personal development, athletic scholarship, and career opportunities in dance.
  3. compete and perform at various colleges and universities in solo and group-team choreography.
  4. identify different styles, genres, and forms of dance.
  5. analyze issues associated with dance as a profession.
  6. employ the intellect in exercising aesthetic judgment in relation to dance as art.
  7. facilitate the artistic growth of dance as a performing art and athletic endeavor.
  8. explore performing various mediums including stage, video, and outdoor venues, multi-media performance art, and dance in unique spaces.
3. Special Facilities and/or Equipment -
Theatre and/or small studio space for public performances.

Dance studio for rehearsal, performance, demonstration, technique classes, practical movement experiences and musical collaboration.

Sound system and/or piano for accompaniment. Drums and percussion optional.

Video-TV monitor for viewing tapes and feedback for filmed performances.

4. Course Content (Body of knowledge) -
  1. Dance fundamentals
    1. Clothing
    2. Footwear
    3. Performance etiquette
    4. Structure of warm-up
    5. Isolation exercises
    6. Flore Barre stretch
    7. Across the floor combinations
    8. Center work combinations
    9. Choreography
    10. Performance

  • Dancer's Alignment
    1. Posture
    2. Body Alignment
    3. Placement
    4. Postural deviations
    5. Alignment exercises

  • Technique training in one or more of the following dance disciplines:
    1. Jazz theory and technique
    2. Ballet theory and technique
    3. Modern theory and technique
    4. Musical theatre theory and technique
    5. World dance theory and technique
    6. Social dance theory and technique
    7. Country western line dance theory and technique
    8. Swing dance theory and technique
    9. Alternative dance forms theory and explanation

  • The Dancer's Instrument
    1. Injury prevention
    2. Self-assessment
    3. Soreness prevention
    4. Nutrition for dancers
    5. Eating disorders
    6. Success in weight control

  • Dance as a Performing Art
    1. Additional training
    2. Behind the performance scene
    3. Audition techniques
    4. Advertisement design and distribution
    5. Program design and distribution
    6. Sound design
    7. Light design
    8. Costume design and wardrobe assistance
    9. Props and stage crewing
    10. Makeup
    11. Ushering
    12. The performance space

  • Dance as an Intercollegiate Sport
    1. Competitions
    2. Conventions
    3. Touring
    4. Alternative performing opportunities
      1. Industrials
      2. Computer animated projects
      3. Parks and outdoor spaces
      4. Concert stages and halls
      5. Museums
      6. Libraries
  • Dance as a Career
    1. The professional dancer
    2. The dance rehearsal director
    3. The dance teacher
    4. The choreographer
    5. Repeatability - Moved to header area.
     
    6. Methods of Evaluation -
    1. Class participation
    2. Live performance
    3. Video tape performance critiques
    4. Weekly journal
    5. Attendance at two major dance concerts or field trips
    6. Participation in two master classes or workshops in contrasting techniques
    7. Representative Text(s) -
    Kerner, Mary, Barefoot to Balanchine. New York, Doubleday, 1990.
    Hanna, Judith, To Dance Is Human. Austin, Texas, University of Texas, 1980.
    Robertson, Allen, The Dance Handbook. Boston, G.K. Hall, 1988
    Penrod, James, The Dancer Prepares. London, Mayfield, 1998.
    Grubb, Kevin, Razzle Dazzle. New York. St. Martin's, 1989.

    8. Disciplines -
    Dance
     
    9. Method of Instruction -
    Lecture, Discussion, Cooperative learning exercises, Laboratory, Demonstration, Field trips,
     
    10. Lab Content -
    This is a P.E. activity course. All lab content is covered in course content.
     
    11. Honors Description - No longer used. Integrated into main description section.
     
    12. Types and/or Examples of Required Reading, Writing and Outside of Class Assignments - No content
    13. Need/Justification -
    This course meets the Foothill GE Requirements for Area VII, Lifelong Learning.

    Course status: Inactive
    Last updated: 2013-04-09 17:33:42
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