This course is one of three courses where students learn the responsibilities and processes of preparing for a live theatrical production by working on an actual production running crew. It requires each student to put in scheduled hours on a particular show. Students will be contributing to a production team (stage manager, assistant stage manager, designer, video/sound technician, etc.) or helping on a run crew (deck hand, wardrobe supervisor, light board operator, sound board operator, dresser, make-up assistant, etc).

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Experience Street Jazz like never before! This performance focused class will prepare you for the Awooga! Drag show in May, encouraging you to unleash your creativity by developing unique characters through fashion, makeup and choreography. Inspired by the vibrant underground club kid scene of New York City, students will also learn how to effectively deliver and execute movements as an ensemble. Integrating all of these elements will equip you with skills for professional development in the commercial dance world.

This course is designed to provide students with a deeper understanding of creativity and its application within their academic and artistic disciplines. By exploring major theories of creativity and practices that enhance creative thinking, students will gain the tools necessary to develop a consistent, disciplined practice as individuals and within group settings.

This course traces the development of ballet from its origins in the Italian and French courts of the Renaissance to its global presence in the 21st century. Emphasis is placed on the relationship between ballet and the cultural, political, and aesthetic contexts that shaped its evolution. Students will investigate the establishment of classical ballet in Imperial Russia, the innovations of Romanticism, the impact of the Ballets Russes, the stylistic and structural shifts of the neoclassical period, and the rise of contemporary ballet as a globalized art form.

An overview of rhythm, harmony, and various musical styles as they relate to teaching dance, choreographing, and performing. Students will learn to read rhythmic notation, study and play a variety of percussion instruments, and engage in movement, vocal, and percussion improvisation. Some degree of previous dance training or experience is suggested as this course is geared towards but not limited to dance majors.

In this course, we will engage in the studio practice of intermediate ballet technique. Grounded in anatomically sound alignment, the class borrows from a number of styles in order to explore various technical challenges. It is designed for dancers of all movement forms who have developed their ballet practice to an intermediate level. Through our practice we will increase the strength, flexibility and range of each student's ballet dancing.

Building on Modern II, this class is geared towards refining a dancer's kinesthetic awareness and 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 or in center.

This course is one of three courses where students learn the responsibilities and processes of preparing for a live theatrical production by working on an actual production running crew. It requires each student to put in scheduled hours on a particular show. Students will be contributing to a production team (stage manager, assistant stage manager, designer, video/sound technician, etc.) or helping on a run crew (deck hand, wardrobe supervisor, light board operator, sound board operator, dresser, make-up assistant, etc).