A certificate in dance affords students the opportunity to develop their technical skills and artistic expression across many dance styles, including ballet, contemporary, jazz and more.
Through rigorous training, students refine their movement techniques, build strength and flexibility and explore creative choreography. The program emphasizes individual growth and collaborative performance, which prepares students for professional opportunities in dance companies, theater productions and other performance settings.
This class is designed to help students build the ability to move freely and create movement vocabulary. Students will work, not within a specific technique of dance, but use the somatic and kinesthetic principles of movement to create movement. Dynamics of movement will be explored through use of external directives. The student's mastery of creative expression with their body is the center of the work.
Applied Dance
9 credits required. Any combination of the following:
A practical, beginning level ballet class designed for the student who wishes to develop the basic foundation and technique of ballet. The primary focus is to develop appropriate alignment (placement of the spine and pelvis), good movement habits, and core strength. Students will also hone their ability to retain extended and continuous movement phrases and examine aesthetic principles as technical demands increase.
A practical, intermediate level ballet class designed for the student who has a working knowledge of ballet and wishes to continue to strengthen his or her technique. Emphasis is placed on increasing physical awareness, core strength, flexibility and balance as well as coordination and phrasing. A strong focus is placed on the individual artistic and physical expression of each student.
Prerequisite: Take DA-101
A practical, beginner level Jazz dance class designed for the student who wishes to develop a basic foundation of kinetic and social elements of Jazz dance technique.
A practical open level dance class designed to familiarize the student with the styles of dance most frequently used in Musical Theatre. Students will be given an overview of the various expectations and roles that may be required in the Musical Theatre Industry.
A practical, intermediate- advanced level Jazz dance class designed for the student who has the basic knowledge of Jazz dance technique and wishes to strengthen his or her technique and performance quality in the Jazz dance idiom.
Study and directed practice of advanced individual and group dance in modern musicals. Students will also practice learning choreography under time constraints to better prepare them for the musical-theatre audition process.
