Course Description
Designed to further build the strength, flexibility, endurance, and control necessary for performance of advanced/pre-professional ballet barre exercises, adagio sequences, and allegro enchainments. Style, perfection, and performance quality will be emphasized.
Athena Title
Ballet IV
Prerequisite
Eight hours of DANC 4664 and permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
- To achieve a comprehensive knowledge of advanced classical ballet vocabulary. - To achieve a sensitive personal interpretation of classical ballet movement. - To demonstrate a mature interpretation of musicality and mood. - To develop fluidity in movement with contrasting with the use of contrasting dynamics.
Topical Outline
Class will meet two days per week and will consist of: a) barre exercises b) center exercises c) classical ballet vocabulary d) theories of order, tempo, placement and musicality as taught by the instructor.
Syllabus