DANC 137 Foundations in Dance Technique III
This course is designed to provide students with continued supplemental practice and theory in areas that are fundamental to the learning goals in those courses. Subject matter includes somatic literacy, experiential anatomy and kinesiology, rhythmic analysis, Laban Movement Analysis and Bartenieff Fundamentals, support modalities for dance, conditioning and wellness. This course is both teacher-directed and student-centered. Emphasis is placed on those areas which best address the particular needs of the students in the course, but all material above is covered.
Hours Weekly
2 hours weekly
Course Objectives
- 1. Develop an awareness of one’s own working body, including perception, proprioception and spatial
relativity - 2. Identify Bony Landmarks and embody their usefulness as guides to efficient movement
- 3. Discuss and embody LMA and BF at a basic theoretical and practical level
- 4. Perform conditioning exercises for dance from various support modalities with accuracy and intent
- 5. Acquire best practices for dance wellness, strength and flexibility
- 6. Translate topics covered into physical practice for application in ongoing Modern and Ballet Technique
classes
- 7. Compare and contrast movements done in an anatomically correct versus an anatomically incorrect
manner - 8. Investigate connections between the techniques of Modern Dance forms and also those of Modern
Technique and Ballet Technique
- 9. Distinguish and replicate differing rhythmic patterns in movement and music
- 10. Self-assess and self-correct dance movements and sequences for alignment, accuracy, and efficiency
- 11. Develop personal movement goals and path to achieve those goals
- 12. Apply above objectives into daily physical practices in this course and others
Course Objectives
- 1. Develop an awareness of one’s own working body, including perception, proprioception and spatial
relativity - 2. Identify Bony Landmarks and embody their usefulness as guides to efficient movement
- 3. Discuss and embody LMA and BF at a basic theoretical and practical level
- 4. Perform conditioning exercises for dance from various support modalities with accuracy and intent
- 5. Acquire best practices for dance wellness, strength and flexibility
- 6. Translate topics covered into physical practice for application in ongoing Modern and Ballet Technique
classes
- 7. Compare and contrast movements done in an anatomically correct versus an anatomically incorrect
manner - 8. Investigate connections between the techniques of Modern Dance forms and also those of Modern
Technique and Ballet Technique
- 9. Distinguish and replicate differing rhythmic patterns in movement and music
- 10. Self-assess and self-correct dance movements and sequences for alignment, accuracy, and efficiency
- 11. Develop personal movement goals and path to achieve those goals
- 12. Apply above objectives into daily physical practices in this course and others