This course provides the fundamentals of elementary tap dance technique. Emphasis is placed on sounds, rhythms, terminology, and body placement. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate significant progress in elementary tap skills. Emphasis is placed on weight shifts, turns, and more complex rhythm patterns. This course provides the fundamentals of elementary jazz technique.
Emphasis is placed on body placement, stretching, jazz movements, and syncopated rhythms.
Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate significant progress in fundamental jazz dance technique and simple center combinations. None This course is designed to teach alignment and different styles of jazz, tap, and folk dance used in musical theatre performances. Emphasis is placed on stretching, ballet barre, jazz, tap, and folk dance fundamentals. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate proper posture and fundamental techniques of jazz, tap, and folk dance. This course introduces the elementary elements of modern dance technique.