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DANCE SEMINAR (Freshmen/Sophomores)

Code: JMW960

Anatomy for Dancers

This course will give students a basic understanding of anatomy for dancers as well as practical understanding of injury prevention and correction.  Focus will be on proper dance technique applications for a career in performance or dance education. 

Dance Composition

This course focuses on learning the basic tools of dance making and movement invention.  Each student will work to find his/her individual voice while finding solutions to various creative problem solving experiences provided by the teacher.   Since choreography demands inventiveness, judgment, and insight on the part of all participants, students will participate in the many stages of the creative process, as both creators and peer-mentors.  Students will analyze and discuss choreography and works of art produced by professional working artists as well as effectively analyze the creative work of fellow classmates.  At the completions of this course, students can expect to have fulfilled the portfolio requirements of (C1) in the Creating section of the RI State Dance Standards.

DANCE COMPOSITION (JUNIORS)

Code: JMW961

 

Dance History

This course is a basic survey of dance history and dance appreciation.  It will provide students with a solid background in dance history with a strong focus on the early forms of performing arts in America, early classical dance, and the founders of Modern dance.  Students will view, read about, & reconstruct historic dance works & styles, research the roots of dance in America, and study and perform masterworks through the use of the American Dance Legacy Institutes Repertory EtudesTM packages.

 

DANCE HISTORY (Seniors)

Code: JMW962

 

Senior Seminar

In this course students will prepare to use their four years of intensive dance study for real world applications.  The year will begin with audition preparation for conservatory programs as well as for professional dance company positions.  Once students are properly prepared for the audition process coursework will focus on the elements of concert production including funding, proposal & grant writing, costuming, auditioning and rehearsing dancers, as well as all of the technical & administrative aspects of the role of concert producers.  At the end of the course student will demonstrate proficiency through a self-producing project called “Senior Night”.  This will allow student to fulfill the remaining Creating proficiency requirements of (C2, C3, & C4) of the RI State Dance Standards.