This course develops technical artistry in the performance of intermediate to advance dance skills. This course emphasizes the development of dynamic range, execution of complex movement patterns, musical clarity and the ability to adapt to diverse styles and forms. Placement audition is required for this course.

Course requires that individual BA and BFA candidates create an 8-12 minutes of original work, bringing it through all stages of production to concert performance. Students will take on all aspects of being creative director of their senior project; including auditions, casting, rehearsal schedule and overall creative process. In addition, students will be required to keep a written journal and also submit an in depth creative process research paper.

Modern Dance technique after the Humphrey/Limon style. Floor work, center and locomotor exercises geared to enhance the student's strength, coordination, balance, flexibility, spatial awareness, rhythmic understanding and dynamics of movement. Attention is given to isolated movements and full combinations across the floor.

This course is designed to be simultaneously technical, philosophical, and socio-cultural. It is intended to cultivate a practice of mining an available body within the landscape of Jazz dance technique and researching the possibilities of self-transformation through shifts in perception of dance.

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Dancers will create many short studies based on elements of dance composition, space, time, energy. Exploring the use of imagery, props and various forms of music as source material, they will create solos and small group studies. A background in dance improvisation is highly recommended.

To understand the significance of dance in Africa and the connection between musician and dancer and to appreciate and respect a culture that is different yet similar in many ways to American culture. Adding new elements each class, the complexity of the dances will build throughout the semester. Discussions on African culture will provide a background for understanding the importance of dance in African life.

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