Modern Dance 3

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3 Skills Lab Hours Prerequisites: DAN 101 , DAN 102 Description In this advanced modern dance class, students further develop intermediate to advanced technical skills. Exercises aim to strengthen muscular endurance, flexibility and cardiovascular fitness. Modern techniques enhance spatial and rhythmic awareness. Students explore choreographing for small groups and apply compositional principles like theme and variation. Cultural influences on dance are examined. Additionally, students analyze a professional production. Students refine advanced physical performance in modern dance and gain deeper appreciation of dance as an art form through compositional exploration and consideration of its sociocultural contexts.