Course Description
Advanced-level exploration and practice of tap dance skills and artistry.
Athena Title
Tap Dance III
Prerequisite
DANC 2610 and permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
- Students will learn to perform a large variety of tap skills and vocabulary at an advanced level.
- Students will execute complex coordination, motor memory, and fine and gross motor skills.
- Students will demonstrate advanced-level skills in rhythmic awareness and musical knowledge.
Topical Outline
- Review of foundational tap vocabulary
- Contextual background of the genre
- Tap dance repertoire
- Musical structures of straight and swing time, meters
- Advanced improvisational and compositional exercises
