Dance Minor

Minor - Dance (Minor)

College of Visual & Perf Arts

Catalog Year: 2016-2017

Degree Specific Credits: 27

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0

Dance Minor LD Core

Rule: Must complete the following subcategories

22 Total Credits Required

Composition

Rule: Course is required.

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Show Description DANC 220A - Creative Practice I
(R-6) Offered spring. Prereq., DANC 200A. Exploration of stimulus, structure, and performance of both composed and improvised movement. Elements such as space, shape, energy, motion, time, quality, form and awareness emphasized. Instructor-designed structures, transitioning to student-designed scores, culminating in originally created/improvised performance.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 3 Total Credits Required

Modern Experience I

Rule: 6 credits required at or above the listed level.

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Show Description DANC 100A - Intro to Modern Dance
(R-4) Offered autumn and spring. Introduction to basic modern dance vocabulary through exercises for alignment, strength and flexibility and combinations across the floor.
 2 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 6 Total Credits Required

Ballet Experience I

Rule: 6 credits required at or above the listed level.

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Show Description DANC 110A - Intro to Ballet
(R-4) Offered autumn and spring. Introduction to basic ballet positions and steps.
 2 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 6 Total Credits Required

Jazz Experience

Rule: 2 credits required at or above the listed level.

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Show Description DANC 115A - Intro to Jazz Dance
(R-4) Offered autumn and spring. Introduction to basic strengthening and stretching exercises and stylistic characteristics of jazz.
 2 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 2 Total Credits Required

Technique Experience II

Rule: 2 credits required at or above the listed level.

Note: Select 1 of the 4 options.

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Show Description DANC 165A - Dance Forms: African
(R-8) Offered autumn. Introduction to basic African dance vocabulary and technique.
 2 Credits
Show Description DANC 200A - Contemporary Modern II
(R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., DANC 100A. Continuation of the modern dance vocabulary at an advanced-beginner level.
 2 Credits
Show Description DANC 210A - Ballet II
(R-12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., DANC 110A. Continuation of the ballet vocabulary at an advanced-beginner level.
 2 Credits
Show Description DANC 215A - Jazz Dance II
(R-12) Offered autumn. Prereq., DANC 115A. Continuation of the jazz vocabulary at an advanced-beginner level.
 2 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 2 Total Credits Required

Costume Experience

Rule: Select 1 of the 3 options.

Note: For THTR 107A: choose either Section 02: Costume Shop on MW or Section 05: Costume Shop on TR.

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Show Description THTR 102A - Introduction to Theatre Design
Offered autumn. Basic understanding of the principles of design for the theatre and television, including the production elements of scenery, costumes and lighting.
 3 Credits
Show Description THTR 107A - Theat Prod I: Constr Crew
(R-9) Offered autumn and spring. The construction and completion of scenery/props, costumes, and/or lighting under supervision. Most assignments involve very basic construction techniques and/or maintenance duties found in professional shop. Involves minimum of two 4-hour labs a week.
 3 Credits
Show Description THTR 245 - Int Costume Construction
Offered spring. Intermediate costume construction focusing on the development of skills needed to function as a stitcher.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 3 Total Credits Required

Dance Minor UD Core

Rule: Course is required.

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Show Description DANC 334 - Dance History
Offered autumn odd-numbered years. Discussion of primary movements and major figures in American modern dance, including global influences and its relationship to cultural trends of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 3 Total Credits Required

Dance Minor Electives

Rule: Select 2 of the 6 options.

2 Total Credits Required

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Show Description DANC 280 - Dance Conditioning: Pilates
(R-8) Offered autumn and spring. Pilates mat (floor) exercises to build core control, strength and flexibility.
 1 Credits
Show Description DANC 295 - Stdnt Tching:Children’s Dance
Offered autumn and spring. Students participate and gain beginning-level teaching experience in two of four dance classes for children ranging in ages from 3 ½ to 12 years old.
 1 Credits
Show Description DANC 305 - Contact Improvisation
(R-6) Offered autumn odd-numbered years. The art of moving with one or more partners while using a shifting point of contact and supporting each other's weight. Skills such as rolling, suspending, falling and recovering together explored through physical sensations that use weight, counter-balance and yielding.
 2 Credits
Show Description DANC 360L - World Dance
(R-6) Offered autumn odd-numbered years. Investigation of dances of diverse cultures. Study of dance as: an emblem of cultural identity, social order, power and gender-specific behavior; an expression of religion and/or ritual; a classical art form; and as a medium for personal expression in Western and non-Western world cultures.
 3 Credits
Show Description DANC 380 - Science of Dance Movement
Offered spring even-numbered years. Study of the skeletal system and how it relates to dance movement. Basic kinesthetic principles, conditioning for dancers, and injury recognition and prevention.
 3 Credits
Show Description DANC 406 - Dance as a Healing Art
(R-6) Offered spring. Study of body movement as a reflection of inner emotional states. How changes in movement lead to changes in the psyche, promoting health and growth. Exploration of techniques for experiencing the inter-connection between movement and emotional expression.
 2 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 2 Total Credits Required