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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
DANCE 13.2 | Title:
JAZZ DANCE II |
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| Full Title:
Jazz Dance II |
| Last Reviewed:12/10/2018 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 1.50 | Lecture Scheduled | .75 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 13.13 |
| Minimum | 1.50 | Lab Scheduled | 2.25 | 3 min. | Lab Scheduled | 39.38 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 3.00 | | Contact Total | 52.50 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 26.25 | Total Student Learning Hours: 78.75 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
PE 30.1B
Catalog Description:
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This course, for advanced-beginning (Level II) dancers with prior jazz dance experience, focuses on advanced-beginning (Level II) jazz dance training in the areas of technique, movement vocabulary, terminology, rhythm and musicality. The course also includes advanced-beginning (Level II) jazz dance choreography and performance skills.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Course Completion of DANCE 13.1
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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This course, for advanced-beginning (Level II) dancers with prior jazz dance experience, focuses on advanced-beginning (Level II) jazz dance training in the areas of technique, movement vocabulary, terminology, rhythm and musicality. The course also includes advanced-beginning (Level II) jazz dance choreography and performance skills.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Course Completion of DANCE 13.1
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 2000 | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 2000 | Inactive: | |
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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:
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Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Utilize jazz dance terminology to describe advanced-beginning (Level II) jazz dance exercises, technical principles, and movement vocabulary.
2. Perform advanced-beginning (Level II) jazz dance warm-ups, techniques, stretching and strengthening exercises, and movement combinations.
3. Describe technical principles incorporated in advanced-beginning (Level II) jazz dance and apply these to the execution of advanced-beginning (Level II) jazz dance movement.
4. Display performance skills in the performance of advanced-beginning (Level II) jazz dance movement sequences.
5. Perform advanced-beginning (Level II) jazz dance movement in one or more jazz dance styles.
6. Identify basic rhythmic concepts incorporated in advacned-beginning (Level II) jazz dance and relate them to the execution of dance movement.
7. Count advanced-beginning (Level II) jazz dance movement sequences.
8. Critique a jazz dance performance or piece applying advanced-beginning (Level II) jazz dance concepts.
Topics and Scope
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I. Level II jazz dance terminology and corresponding movement vocabulary
II. Level II jazz dance technique
A. Technical principles such as alignment, balance, extension, turn-out and inward rotation of the legs, moving from the center, isolation
B. Floor work: Stretching and strengthening
C. Jazz dance locomotor movements: Steps, turns, leaps and other aerial movements
D. Linking movements: Across the floor and center combinations
III. Picking up and retaining choreography
IV. Rhythm and counting music
V. Style
A. Jazz dance movement qualities
B. Exploring styles (e.g. Latin Jazz, Classical Jazz)
VI. Performance skills such as:
A. Projection
B. Dynamics
C. Musicality (reflecting musical mood, accents, dynamics, etc. in the performance of dance movement)
D. Managing performance anxiety
VII .How to execute jazz dance movement:
A. Verbal descriptions
1. Dance 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
VIII. Critiquing jazz dance choreography- what to look for in a jazz dance piece.
Assignments:
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Homework:
1. Weekly practice of instructor choreography and dance skills covered in class sessions
2. Choreography of a jazz dance combination (solo, duet or group collaboration)
3. Performance of exercises to strengthen and/or stretch muscle groups required to execute dance movements
4. Written critique of a dance piece or performance (based on a performance from the current semester, or for video viewing option, instructor will provide or approve a video) (2 - 3 pages)
5. Reading of handouts and/or selected readings (5-10 pages per week)
In class assignments include:
1. Jazz dance technique class activities assessed in terms of improvement (class performances)
2. 1 to 3 performance exams
3. Note-taking
4. Practice sessions
5. Final exam
Optional assignments:
1. Jazz dance video viewing and analysis
2. Partner activities focusing on dance technique
3. Student choreography work sessions
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, Choreographic Assignment | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
5 - 11% |
| Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items, Completion, Short answer, essay | |
| 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:
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Jump Into Jazz. Minda Goodman Kraines & Esther Pryor. Mayfield Publishing Company. 2004 (classic)
Instructor Prepared Materials
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