Dance Science.

Catalog description

Semester course; 2 lecture and 2 laboratory hours. 3 credits. Prerequisites: dance major and DANC 317 . A team-taught lecture and laboratory course that applies anatomical and basic kinesiological concepts to dance technique. Students will analyze and assess dance movement using scientific principles as well as study the interplay between the aesthetic qualities and biomechanics of dance technique, and the role of this study in injury prevention.