DANC 2757 Snow Ballroom Company II
- Division: Fine Arts, Comm, and New Media
- Department: Dance
- Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 2; Lecture: 2; Lab: 2
- Prerequisites: DANC 2756
- Corequisites: DANC 1720
- Semesters Offered: TBA
- Semester Approved: Spring 2024
- Five-Year Review Semester: Summer 2029
- End Semester: Fall 2029
- Optimum Class Size: 12
- Maximum Class Size: 24
Course Description
This course is designed for students with prior ballroom experience as well as students who have taken Snow Ballroom Company I course. It provides them with opportunities to perform ballroom choreography for the college, community and local schools at a higher level of technique and sophistication.
Justification
This course will provide performance opportunities to students who wish to perform ballroom dance. This course is similar to DANC 376R at UVU.
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.
- Students will develop skills for analyzing and evaluating the success of dance performances on the basis of technique, choeoagraphy, performance skills and storyline.
Course 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.
Key Performance Indicators: Students will be graded onattendance 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: Instructional Mediums: Lecture/Lab