Introduction to modern dance as a diverse form of expression with the development of a language of movement. The field of visual and performing arts considers questions having to with the forms, traditions, meaning and historical contexts of works in visual and performance media, and explores issues of method, process, and personal resources in the media.
Modern movement is based on natural, expressive and basic motion and is performed with bare feet.
Students learn a disciplined and demanding dance form, develop appropriate techniques and improve kinesthetic understanding. Students will create movement sequences based on the development of the technique This course begins with elementary floor work, center work, and across the floor patterns. The student learns a technique, which is disciplined. This technique involves exploration, sensing, concentration, focus, projection and commitment, with an active use of memory, application, analysis and evaluation. Examinations test movement skills and terminology.