Modern Dance 4

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3 Skills Lab Hours Prerequisites: DAN 101 , DAN 102 , DAN 201 Description In this advanced modern dance course, students refine their skills as dancers through rigorous technical training. Advanced exercises challenge students physically and artistically. Performance techniques and choreography for large groups are developed. Compositional principles including theme, variation and counterpoint are explored. Students examine modern dance history within cultural and temporal contexts. Additionally, analysis of a professional production in terms of form and content furthers dance appreciation. The goal is for students to attain mastery of advanced modern dance skills through refining technique, compositional approaches and contextual understanding of dance both as an art and within shifting eras.