Course Description
Continuation of aerial dance technique and creative practice utilizing vertical and bar apparatuses (i.e., aerial fabric, trapeze). Students will continue to develop an awareness of effective technique and alignment as they learn advanced intermediate aerial skill vocabulary. Contextual information on rigging, anatomy, history, and aesthetics will augment practice-based learning.
Athena Title
Aerial Dance III
Prerequisite
DANC 3080 and permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
- At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate advanced intermediate aerial skill vocabulary with effective technique and alignment.
- At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to identify advanced intermediate aerial skill families, common bases of support, and root positions on vertical and bar apparatuses.
- At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to apply the elements of dance to create personally expressive aerial sequences at an advanced intermediate level.
- At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to synthesize personal aerial arts aesthetic informed by various aerial performance contexts.
Topical Outline
- Concepts covered in this course include advanced intermediate aerial skill vocabulary for vertical apparatuses
- Advanced intermediate aerial skill vocabulary for bar apparatuses
- Creative application of the elements of dance to aerial sequences
- Aerial arts aesthetics across various aerial performance contexts
