Music for Dancers

Catalog description

Music for Dancers This course explores music as it relates to dance. The student will develop practical music skills relating to rhythm, meter, phrase, and form, and apply musical vocabulary through analyses of pieces written for dance throuhout history. This class emphasizes listening skills with the goal of equipping the dancer to express the character of music through choreography and successful communication and collaboration with musicians. Dance students will learn to demonstrate their musical skills through movement.