Course Description
Continued foundational training necessary for the development of skilled proficiency in ballroom dance at the intermediate level. Ballroom dance requires a partnership, two persons forming a couple, made up of leads and follows. This course is open to those in the role of “leads,” who are traditionally males.
Athena Title
Ballroom Found II Lead Male
Prerequisite
DANC 1607 or DANC 1608
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and spring
Grading System
S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Course Objectives
The student completing this course will: Demonstrate an awareness of ballroom dance as an important social and recreational outlet Identify the national and/or ethnic origins of the standard ballroom dances Demonstrate intermediate-level awareness of rhythmically complex dance sequences Practice agility, dexterity, and poise while progressing toward advanced ballroom dance techniques and vocabulary Demonstrate intermediate-level leading of ballroom dance steps and figures and/or the completing of ballroom dance steps and figures Demonstrate a mastery of basic to intermediate-level movement technique employed in the standard-smooth dance forms and the movement employed in the Latin dance forms Demonstrate increased dance vocabulary and technique in the dances taught in Ballroom Foundations I (foxtrot, swing, cha- cha, waltz, rumba, tango, salsa)
Topical Outline
Hearing and counting increasingly complex music Sophisticated, subtle leading/completing techniques Beginning-level foxtrot figures Beginning-level swing figures Beginning-level cha-cha figures Beginning-level waltz figures Beginning-level rumba figures Beginning level tango figures Beginning-level salsa figures
Syllabus