DANC 250 Dance Composition

This course serves as an introduction to the creative process through improvisation, self exploration, group interaction, and relating musical tone and character to the development of thematic and abstract movement invention. Students explore compositional devices and develop solos and small group choreography. Students will perform these works in class and participate in the process of developing critical feedback in response.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

DANC 150

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. Recognize the ethical concerns relating to dance by identifying the difference between appropriation of material and artistic influence.
2. Demonstrate original movement through use of choreographic devices, recognizing what constitutes original movement, choreographic vision, and permissible appropriation.
3. Develop authentic and original choreography considering various interpretations of intellectual property.
4. Identify and develop improvisation as a source of movement invention.
5. Understand the various modern, post-modern, and contemporary choreographic approaches.
6. Communicate and articulate choreographic vision.
7. Demonstrate creative use of sound/music with choreography.

Course Objectives

1. Recognize the ethical concerns relating to dance by identifying the difference between appropriation of material and artistic influence.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Dance project

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Ethics Rubric

   Ethics Goals

   • ET1

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: Dance - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

   Identify, understand, evaluate, and apply ethical reasoning as it applies to the field of dance.

   Degree: Dance - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

   Demonstrate competency through application of knowledge learned in content-based areas of modern dance compositional theory and improvisation.

2. Demonstrate original movement through use of choreographic devices, recognizing what constitutes original movement, choreographic vision, and permissible appropriation.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Dance observations

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Ethics Rubric

   Ethics Goals

   • ET2

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: Dance - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

   Identify, understand, evaluate, and apply ethical reasoning as it applies to the field of dance.

3. Develop authentic and original choreography considering various interpretations of intellectual property.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Dance project

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Ethics Rubric

   Ethics Goals

   • ET3

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: Dance - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

   Identify, understand, evaluate, and apply ethical reasoning as it applies to the field of dance.

4. Identify and develop improvisation as a source of movement invention.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

5. Understand the various modern, post-modern, and contemporary choreographic approaches.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

6. Communicate and articulate choreographic vision.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: Dance - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

   Demonstrate competency through application of knowledge learned in content-based areas of modern dance compositional theory and improvisation.

7. Demonstrate creative use of sound/music with choreography.

   This objective is a course Goal Only