Course Description

Introduction to aerial dance technique and creative practice utilizing vertical and bar apparatuses (i.e. aerial fabric, trapeze). Students will develop an awareness of effective technique and alignment through beginning skill vocabulary including mounts, climbs, wraps, locks, and inversions. Contextual information on rigging, anatomy, history, and aesthetics will augment practice-based learning.

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Athena Title

Aerial Dance I

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Semester Course Offered

Offered fall

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Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

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Student learning Outcomes

• Students will demonstrate beginning aerial skill vocabulary with effective technique and alignment.
• Students will identify beginning aerial skill families, common bases of support, and root positions on vertical and bar apparatuses.
• Students will apply the elements of dance to create personally expressive aerial sequences at a beginning level.
• Students will describe basic rigging and risk management practices for aerial training.

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Topical Outline

• Beginning aerial skill vocabulary for vertical apparatuses.
• Beginning aerial skill vocabulary for bar apparatuses.
• Inversion progressions and conditioning.
• Creative application of the elements of dance to aerial sequences.
• Basic rigging and risk management practices for aerial training.

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Institutional Competencies Learning Outcomes

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.

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Syllabus

Select Faculty / Instructor to download syllabus:   Stich, Elizabeth

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