4/20/2024 4:56:52 AM	DANCE 11.1 Course Outline as of Fall 2007	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  DANCE 11.1	Title:  BALLET I
Full Title:  Ballet I
Last Reviewed:12/10/2018

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	2.00	Lecture Scheduled	1.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	17.50
Minimum	1.00	Lab Scheduled	3.00		3 min.	Lab Scheduled	52.50
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	4.00			Contact Total	70.00
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  35.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 105.00

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  34 - 4 Enrollments Total
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  PE 27.1

Catalog Description:

This course for beginning dancers covers beginning ballet principles and skills in the areas of technique, movement, vocabulary, style, and musicality. The course also includes basic ballet aesthetics and performance skills as they pertain to ballet.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Course Completion of DANCE 10 ( or PE 22 or PE 145)

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

This course for beginning dancers covers beginning ballet principles and skills in the areas of technique, movement, vocabulary, style, and musicality. The course also includes basic ballet aesthetics and performance skills as they pertain to ballet.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Course Completion of DANCE 10 ( or PE 22 or PE 145)
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:34 - 4 Enrollments Total

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Both Certificate and Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1. Utilize ballet terminology to describe beginning ballet movement

  vocabulary.

2. Perform beginning ballet warm-ups, techniques, stretching,

  strengthening exercises, center and across the floor exercises.

3. Explain technical principles incorporated in beginning ballet dance

  and apply these principles to the execution of beginning ballet

  movement.

4. Perform beginning level enchainments (chains of steps).

5. Display performance skills in presentations of beginning ballet

  class choreography.

6. Identify basic rhythmic concepts incorporated in beginning ballet

  dance and relate them to the execution of ballet movement.

7. Count beginning ballet movement sequences.

8. Critique a ballet performance or a ballet piece applying basic ballet

  aesthetics and beginning ballet principles.

Topics and Scope

I.   French ballet terminology (including pronunciation) and corresponding

    ballet movement vocabulary

II.  Beginning staging terms (English)

III. Beginning ballet technique (taught through exercises at the barre,

    center work and across the floor)

    A. Technical principles such as alignment, turn-out, use of plie,

       releve, and extension

    B. Directions and facings (including concepts such as floor plan, en

       face, croise, efface, and body movement directions such as: en

       dehors, en dedans, en avant, en arriere devant, and derriere)

    C. Positions and movements of the arms (port de bras)

    D. Positions and movements of the feet and legs

    E. Turns

    F. Jumps

    G. Adagio

    H. Petit allegro

    I. Grand allegro

    J. Reverence

IV.  Beginning enchainments (choreographed ballet sequences)

V.   Supplementary strengthening and stretching (may include floor barre,

    and non-traditional barre or center exercises)

VI.  Ballet movement qualities

VII. Performance skills such as

    A.  Projection

    B.  Dynamics

    C.  Style and facial expression

    D.  Musicality (reflecting musical mood, accents, dynamics, etc. in

        the performance of dance movement)

VIII.Rhythmical principles for beginning ballet

IX.  Counting beginning ballet movement

X.   How to execute beginning ballet movement. Pedagogy may include:

    A.  Verbal descriptions

        1. Ballet terminology

        2. Use of imagery

        3. Biomechanics (anatomical and kinesiological references)

    B. Demonstration of movement

    C. Tactile information (hands-on)

    D. Kinesthetic awareness enhancing tools or methods

    E. Corrections

    F. Critical analysis of performed movement

XI. Critiquing ballet choreography - what to look for in a ballet work

(ballet aesthetics)

Topics for repeating students:

Although some concepts, techniques, and ballet vocabulary will be

reviewed, the specific choreography of the exercises taught in every phase

of the class, the Enchainments, and the music to which they are

choreographed will vary from semester to semester. Therefore, information

conveyed to meet the demands of that choreography and the learning

experience for the student will vary each semester.

Assignments:

Homework (averaging 1 hour per week per unit):

1. Weekly practice of ballet skills and or choreography covered

  in class sessions

2. Memorization and practice of enchainments

3. Perform exercises to strengthen and/or stretch muscle groups required

  to execute ballet movements

4. Written critique of a ballet piece or performance approved by

  instructor. Note: Critique is based on a performance occurring during

  the current semester or for video viewing option, instructor will

  provide or approve a video.

5. Reading of hand-outs or textbook (approximately 30 pages per semester)

In class assignments include:

1. Ballet technique class activities assessed in terms of overall

  improvement (class performances)

2. 1 to 3 performance exams (performance of Enchainments)

3. Note-taking when appropriate

4. Practice sessions

5. Written final exam

Optional assignments

1. Ballet video viewing and analysis

2. Partner activities focusing on ballet techniques

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 5 - 11%
Critique
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 0 - 0%
None
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 20 - 40%
Class performances, Performance exams
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 5 - 11%
Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items, Completion, Short answer
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 40 - 60%
Attendance and participation

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Instructor prepared materials

Eliza Gaynor Minden. The Ballet Companion: A Dancer's Guide to the

Techniques, Traditions, and Joys of Ballet. Simon & Schuster, 2005.

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