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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
DANCE 11.2 | Title:
BALLET II |
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| Full Title:
Ballet II |
| Last Reviewed:2/28/2022 |
| 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 | 6 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
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Catalog Description:
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This course, for advanced-beginning (Level II) dancers with prior ballet experience, covers advanced-beginning (Level II) ballet principles and skills in the areas of technique, movement, vocabulary, style, and musicality. The course also includes ballet aesthetics and performance skills as they pertain to advanced-beginning (Level II) ballet.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Course Completion of DANCE 11.1
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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This course, for advanced-beginning (Level II) dancers with prior ballet experience, covers advanced-beginning (Level II) ballet principles and skills in the areas of technique, movement, vocabulary, style, and musicality. The course also includes ballet aesthetics and performance skills as they pertain to advanced-beginning (Level II) ballet.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Course Completion of DANCE 11.1
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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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 2003 | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 2003 | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Major Applicable Course
COURSE CONTENT
Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Execute and analyze advanced-beginning (Level II) ballet sequences using applicable dance vocabulary.
2. Perform advanced-beginning (Level II) ballet choreography.
3. Choreograph an advanced-beginning (Level II) ballet combination.
Objectives:
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Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Utilize ballet terminology to describe advanced-beginning (Level II) ballet movement vocabulary.
2. Perform advanced-beginning (Level II) ballet warm-ups, techniques, stretching, strengthening exercises, center and across the floor exercises.
3. Explain technical principles incorporated in advanced-beginning (Level II) ballet dance and apply these principles to the execution of advanced-beginning (Level II) ballet movement.
4. Perform advanced-beginning (Level II) enchainments (chains of steps).
5. Display performance skills in presentations of advanced-beginning (Level II) ballet class choreography.
6. Identify basic rhythmic concepts incorporated in advanced-beginning (Level II) ballet and relate them to the execution of ballet movement.
7. Count advanced-beginning (Level II) ballet movement sequences.
8. Critique a ballet performance or a ballet piece applying ballet aesthetics and ballet principles.
Topics and Scope
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I. Ballet terminology and corresponding ballet movement vocabulary
II. Level II ballet technique
A. Technical principles
1. Alignment
2. Turn-out
3. Use of plie
4. Releve
5. Extension
B. Directions of Movement
1. devant
2. derriere
3. en avant
4. en arriere
5. en dedans
6. en dehors
C. Eight Body positions
1.croise derriere
2. croise devant
3. en face
4. efface derriere
5. efface devant
6. a la seconde
7. ecaret derriere
8. ecarte devant
D. Positions and movements of the arms (port de bras)
E. Positions and movements of the feet and legs
F. Turns
G. Jumps
H. Adagio
I. Petit allegro
J. Grand allegro
K. Reverence
III. Level II enchainments
IV. Supplementary strengthening and stretching
V. Ballet movement qualities
VI. Performance skills such as
A. Projection
B. Dynamics
C. Style and facial expression
D. Musicality
VII. Rhythmical principles for Level II ballet
VIII. Counting Level II ballet movement
IX. Level II ballet movement execution
A. Verbal descriptions
1. Ballet terminology
2. Use of imagery
3. Biomechanics
B. Demonstration of movement
C. Tactile information
D. Kinesthetic awareness enhancing tools or methods
E. Corrections
F. Critical analysis of performed movement
X. Critiquing ballet choreography - what to look for in a ballet work
Assignments:
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Homework:
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 dance piece or performance. (2 - 3 pages)
5. Reading of handouts and/or selected readings (5-10 pages per week)
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
4. Practice sessions
5. 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, Note Taking | |
| 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% |
| Quizzes and Exams | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
40 - 60% |
| Attendance and participation, ballet viewing and analysis, partner activities | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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The Ballet Companion: A Dancer's Guide to the Techniques, Traditions, and Joys of Ballet (1st). Minden, Eliza Gaynor. Simon & Schuster: 2005. (Classic)
Instructor prepared materials
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