Advanced Tap I

Catalog description

An advanced course in the techniques of tap dance. DANCE 451 Advanced Tap I (1) DANCE 451 allows the student who has successfully completed DANCE 251 and 252 , or has permission of the instructor, to continue to broaden their knowledge to tap dance. The work will include expanding the student's knowledge of tap vocabulary, rhythm, tempo and counting. The work introduces audition techniques from the dancer's perspective and expands the awareness of proper rehearsal discipline. Professional conduct and behavior is now cultivated into a useful marketing tool. Material is taught faster and with greater detail to reinforce audition techniques and equate professional challenges. Audition classes will be held at the instructor's discretion. The student's grade will be based on attendance, attitude, and progress of learning and performing dance combinations. More than three absences or lateness will affect the grade. Maintaining a positive attitude, proper discipline, and willingness to work and learn are essential. The student is required to perform individual rehearsal hours (as homework). Students are responsible for learning and executing all material taught in class. Students enrolling in this course should have successfully completed DANCE 251, 252 or have permission of the instructor. Tap DANCE 451 satisfies requirements for the BFA Music Theater option and the Dance Minor. The BFA Music Theater student will be juried by the School of Theatre Performance Faculty as a part of their final grade. The jury will consist of a showing of the pieces taught in class. This evaluation will help to determine whether the candidate may be allowed to enroll into the next level of the performance sequence. The required dress for men: tap shoes, or hard soled shoes with taps attached. T-shirt or muscle shirt, dance belt, Jazz pants or tights. For women: tap shoes, leotard and tights (possible character tap shoes). The clothing must allow movement, and still be able to distinguish an outline of the dancer's body.