Course Description
Continued movement applications for improving technical proficiency, performance dynamics, and stylistic clarity at the intermediate/advanced level. Dance combinations will explore various contemporary jazz styles, infused with rhythmic and syncopated musicality. Undergraduate students may be asked to lead/demonstrate instructor-guided combinations in class.
Athena Title
Jazz Dance III
Prerequisite
Four hours of DANC 3643 and permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Execute and explore various styles of jazz, including contemporary and precision jazz at the intermediate/advanced level. Demonstrate an advanced understanding of musicality (polyrhythms, syncopation, and phrasing) within the movement combinations given. Ability to physically demonstrate an understanding of intermediate/advanced level technical skills such as coordination, weight shifts, and articulation in both axial and locomotor movement to demonstrate increasing strength in stabilizing and isolating the body, and to show evidence of strong artistic/performance qualities in the Jazz idiom. Ability to recognize, utilize, and apply vocabulary terms and concepts given in class. Evidence of reflection upon goals, achievements, and understandings dealing with in-class material and readings by means of mid-semester and final reflection sheets, journal entries at given points in the semester, and class discussions throughout.
Topical Outline
This class will meet one day per week and will consist of: a) Floor warm-up b) Center floor exercises, combinations c) Locomotor exercises and combinations d) Featured combination synthesizing fundamental concepts.