Course Syllabus
Course: DANC 2756
Division: Fine Arts, Comm, and New Media
Department: Dance
Title: Snow Ballroom Company I
Semester Approved: Spring 2024
Five-Year Review Semester: Fall 2028
End Semester: Fall 2029
Catalog Description: This course introduces students to the process and practice of dance rehearsal and performance of ballroom dance. It includes lecture/demonstrations and performances for the college, community, local schools and other venues as requested. Students are selected by audition/invitation.
Semesters Offered: TBA
Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 2; Lecture: 2; Lab: 2
Prerequisites: By Audition Only
Corequisites: DANC 1720
Justification: This course will provide performance opportunities to students who wish to perform ballroom dance. This class is most similar to DANC 276R at UVU.
General Education Outcomes:
1: A student who completes the GE curriculum has a fundamental knowledge of human cultures and the natural world. This course allows students an opportunity to work in a variety of capacities in producing a dance work. They are tutored in the art and craft of ballroom dance and are evaluated on their contribution within the collaborative framework of the ballroom company. These experiences are invaluable in developing a student's appreciation and understanding of the art and craft of a ballroom dance company.
5: A student who completes the GE curriculum can communicate effectively through writing and speaking. Students will respond to videotaped performances, their peers in class, and live performances. Written responses will include analysis of technique, choreography, performance skills and storyline.
Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will be able to demonstrate improved skills in performance including an increased understanding of musical rhythms in relation to ballroom dance, proper techniques specific to each dance, safe performance technique for lifts and drops, and stage presence. This will be assessed though classroom conduct, technical and artistic process, and performance.
Students will develop skills for analyzing and evaluating the success of dance performances on the basis of technique, choeoagraphy, performance skills and storyline. Students will provide both written and discussion based responses to videotaped performances, peers in class, and live performances.
Content:
This course will provide students with opportunities to learn: research skills for individual dances, safety in drops and lifts, floor patterns, rhythmic considerations for each dance, aesthetics in performance and execution, and working as a company ensemble.Auditioned dancers of all backgrounds and cultures will be welcomed into an environment of cultivated inclusion.
Key Performance Indicators:
Students will be graded on
Attendance 20 to 40%
Participation/Performance 20 to 40%
Assignments/Performance review 40 to 60%
Representative Text and/or Supplies:
Ballroom dance shoes, shirt, pants and skirts
Pedagogy Statement:
This course is taught through discussion, observation, practical application and performance review. As an auditioned ensemble, participation is necessarily limited to students who display requisite skill development, but students of all backgrounds and physical types are invited to audition.
Instructional Mediums:
Lecture/Lab
Maximum Class Size: 24
Optimum Class Size: 12
