This course is designed to introduce students to the history, evolution, music, steps, and stylings of ballroom dancing. Three standared style dances, Swing, the Waltz, and the Foxtrot, and three Latin style dances, the Rhumba, the Salsa, and the Cha Cha will be covered. Modern, Jazz or Ballet compositions by faculty or renowned choreographers will be taught, rehearsed and presented in concert. Performance skills of projection, clarity, staging, spacing and truth to choreographers' techniques will be practiced. It includes assigned composition problems and structured movement improvisation.
Students develop creative decision-making in working with a group.
The Ensemble is the performing arm of the College. May be repeated for credit. This elective course is designed to provide supervised practical experience in approved Dance work settings. A 2 hour Professional Development Workshop 2. A minimum 225-hour Cooperative Work Experience 3.