Guided creation of an original choreographic work as a capstone project as part of a fully produced concert production of peer works. Student will write a brief project proposal and post-project analysis/reflection and assist in duties required for concert production.
Athena Title
Senior Choreographic Project
Prerequisite
Fourth-year student status and permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students will imagine a choreographic vision and communicate it in a written statement.
By the end of this course, students will apply selected crafting devices to movement studies and phrases.
By the end of this course, students will critically review/analyze the choreographic drafts of their peers.
By the end of this course, students will compose a draft and final version of a choreographic work.
By the end of this course, students will analyze the effectiveness of their own work in progress and make resulting edits.
By the end of this course, students will communicate effectively with their peers whom they hired as performers in their work.
By the end of this course, students will communicate persuasively and clearly with their hired peer performers in leading them in choreographic process.
By the end of this course, students will make aesthetic value assessments as to how their work is communicating their intended idea.
By the end of this course, students will reflect on critical feedback and create revisions and changes to a choreographic work in process.
Topical Outline
Drafting initial proposal
Revision and final proposal
Explore possible movement studies and phrases
Create rough draft of work
Editing and peer review
Reflection of work in progress
Faculty showing of work in progress
Technical rehearsals and lighting design
Final performance and assessment
Post-project analysis/reflection
Institutional Competencies Learning Outcomes
Communication
The ability to effectively develop, express, and exchange ideas in written, oral, interpersonal, or visual form.
Creativity & Innovation
The capacity to combine or synthesize existing ideas, images, or expertise in original ways and the experience of thinking, reacting, and working in an imaginative way characterized by innovation, divergent thinking, and risk taking.
Leadership & Collaboration
The capacity to engage in the relational process of optimizing personal and collective strengths toward a common goal.
