Dance 3200 Modern Dance III

(2.0 Credits)

Course Description

An advanced modern dance technique course for students with an emphasis in dance. It requires a prior significant amount of dance experience. A continuation of DANC 2200. It is designed to increasing the difficulty of modern dance movements and it is the progression of development with modern dance vocabulary and technical skills. Prerequisite: DANC 2200 or instructor permission.

Course Objectives

1. Develop a deeper understanding of mechanical and physiological body movement.
2. Learn advanced modern dance technique to increase the body awareness and connectivity of individual body parts; increase body flexibility, strength, endurance and control.
3. Develop advanced modern dance techniques, and utilize time, space and energy through movement phrases, improvisation and compositional studies.
4. Appreciate the complexity and joy of freedom of movement as expressed through modern dance.