Theater and Dance 220H - Dance Technique: Intermediate/Advanced Ballet

This courses focuses on the study and practice of ballet -- a dance technique originating in the Italian Renaissance royal courts of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries -- as a contemporary movement vocabulary.  Objectives include intellectual and physical practice in ballet technique, as well as increased body awareness, alignment, flexibility, coordination, body strength, musical phrasing, and the expressive potential of movement. The course material is presented at the intermediate/advanced level. Appropriate prior experience is required. Limited to 22 students. A half-course. This course may be repeated for credit. Spring semester. The Department.

How to handle overenrollment: Appropriate prior experience required. Preference given to THDA majors and those continuing ballet practice.

Students who enroll in this course will likely encounter and be expected to engage in the following intellectual skills, modes of learning, and assessment: This course will involve regular attendance and class participation and class discussion, and may include reading, possible viewing and writing assignments as applicable. Attendance at performances outside of class may also be required or suggested. The amount of work outside of class will be appropriate for a 2-credit half-course.