Modern Dance 1

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3 Skills Lab Hours Description In this introductory course, students explore dance as an artistic medium of expression. Various dance techniques are introduced to enhance students’ physical abilities, including muscular strength, flexibility, kinesthetic awareness and cardiovascular capacity. Through experiential learning, students investigate dance’s communicative properties and use movement to convey artistic meaning. Aesthetic analysis of different dance styles provides insight into dance as a narrative form. Additionally, students attend a professional dance production and choreograph an original solo work. The goal is for students to gain appreciation for dance as an art form through both physical practice and theoretical study. No prior dance training is required.