Course Description
Intermediate-level exploration and practice of tap dance skills and artistry.
Athena Title
Tap Dance II
Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
- Students will learn to perform tap skills and vocabulary at an intermediate level.
- Students will demonstrate and refine basic coordination, motor memory, and fine and gross motor skills.
- Students will demonstrate intermediate-level skills in rhythmic awareness and musical knowledge.
Topical Outline
- Time Steps
- Pull Backs
- Wing
- Trenches
- Open and Closed Thirds
- Maxi Fords
- Tap Dance Repertoire
- Musical Structures of Straight and Swing Time
- Improvisation and Composition Exercises
Syllabus
