Dance

An introduction to ballet, modern, jazz, and improvisational dance through representative warm-ups and dance combinations. Balance, turning, jumping, falls, and recovery are explored with a special focus on their relationship to athletics. Students will create brief dance studies, attend a professional dance performance, and work backstage on a college dance production. The historic role of dance in the human experience and use of music and props will also be explored.

Focuses on jazz, modem dance, and improvisation while continuing work on the ballet components of warm-ups. Technical skills begun in DA 101 will be developed, with a special focus on the relationship to athletic skill, increasingly complex movement combinations will be perfected, and dance composition will be explored. Students will perform or assist backstage in the production of a college dance concert.