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DANC-141 Dance Workshop

This course is designed to provide students with a guided practical experience in the process of creating a dance from inception of idea to production. This course is the introductory course in the Creative Process series in the Dance Performance degree requirement. The course will provide fundamental knowledge and practice in aspects of creation and composition necessary for successful choreography.

Credits

3

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

  1. 1. Identify and classify critical theories and concepts related to choreographic process,
    components of choreographic structure, context, meaning, and aesthetics.
  2. 2. Incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into problem solving and analysis by
    creating original movement material and collaboration with classmates on constructing a
    dance for public performance.
  3. 3. Pose and address questions related to the confluence of creative expression within social
    and cultural contexts by examining personal movement preferences and self-assessing
    movement creation, choice, and choreographic process.
  4. 4. Assess, reflect on, and critically analyze the role of dance by communicating movement
    ideas, meaning, and form to other dancers for replication and comparing and contrasting
    examples of dances for choreographic effectiveness.

Course Objectives

  1. 1. Identify and classify critical theories and concepts related to choreographic process,
    components of choreographic structure, context, meaning, and aesthetics.
  2. 2. Incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into problem solving and analysis by
    creating original movement material and collaboration with classmates on constructing a
    dance for public performance.
  3. 3. Pose and address questions related to the confluence of creative expression within social
    and cultural contexts by examining personal movement preferences and self-assessing
    movement creation, choice, and choreographic process.
  4. 4. Assess, reflect on, and critically analyze the role of dance by communicating movement
    ideas, meaning, and form to other dancers for replication and comparing and contrasting
    examples of dances for choreographic effectiveness.