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May 03, 2024
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DANC 5210 - Graduate Modern Dance Technique
This studio-based course provides opportunities for graduate students to deepen and refine their proficiency in modern dance technique. Students participate in studio classes in which they perform advanced-level movement phrases and practice ways of sensing and responding in movement. Particular emphasis is placed on musical phrasing, dynamics, and subtle demands of expressivity in movement. Concepts from improvisational practices and somatic techniques such as Klein/Mahler or Bartenieff Fundamentals bring awareness to physical states.
Requisites:
Credit Hours: 1
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 3.0 hours.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 studio
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to demonstrate increased movement clarity, physical strength, stamina, appropriate flexibility, and efficient bodily alignment.
- Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of effective studio work habits.
- Students will exhibit an improved ability to perform movement with musical phrasing, rhythmic accuracy, and clear spatial definition.
- Students will be able to apply a range of movement efforts and dynamic qualities to class movement exercises.
- Students will be able to demonstrate increased skill in movement observation and constructive feedback.
- Students will be able to describe how class exercises relate to theories of embodiment and meaning in modern/contemporary dance theory.
- Students will be able to reflect in writing on how their experiences in modern dance technique relate to their professional goals.
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