Intermediate Modern Dance II

Catalog description

This course is a continuation of Modern Dance to augment technical proficiency. DANCE 362 Intermediate Modern Dance II (1.5) continues to build on the technical foundation from Intermediate Modern Dance I ( DANCE 361 ) in relation to a release-based modern dance technique. This course also highlights elements of the genre Dance Theatre. This intermediate level class centers on continuing developing a strong technical foundation in modern dance and how to apply that in performance. Along with technique, students should develop greater flexibility, strength, and alignment. The concepts of weight, time, energy, and space are central to the class. The body as a tool of expression and communication and using dance as a language is stressed. The emphasis of this course is movement as a lexicon used with specificity for expression of context, content, metaphor, image, and representation. Through this course, students gain proficiency in communication with the body and develop skills for creating and performing a specific vocabulary for expression. This course builds upon exploring the previous explorations and moves into a more formal structure of creating dance theatre. This class serves as a prerequisite for DANCE 461.