DNC 233 or permission of the instructor. This is an intermediate level modern dance technique class which presumes substantial exposure to modern dance training. Open by audition only. In this course, students re immersed in the dances of one world region for half a semester, and of another world region for the other half semester. Although comparisons between two cultures will become evident, the primary objective of the course is to expose the student to two different dance styles and to use dance analysis to identify and study cultural characteristics.
Guest artists lead classes and demonstrations which include live music, costumes, and terminology.
Each time the course is offered, a different set of cultures is examined. The student develops extended dance works which demonstrate advanced understanding of dance as a craft and as an art. The student is involved in rehearsals in which dance works by faculty and guest artists, as well as the great masters of choreography, are staged or reconstructed in preparation for major dance program performances Credit 3. This is a preprofessional level of ballet technique in which dancers will develop a high degree of technical ability and expressive range of balletic dancing. Open by audition only.