12/21/2024 10:14:53 AM	DANCE 29 Course Outline as of Fall 2020	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  DANCE 29	Title:  DANCE PERF & TOUR COMP.
Full Title:  Dance Performance and Touring Company
Last Reviewed:2/24/2020

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	2.00	Lecture Scheduled	0		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	0
Minimum	2.00	Lab Scheduled	0		13 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	6.00			Contact DHR	105.00
		Contact Total	6.00			Contact Total	105.00
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  0.00

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 31.4

Catalog Description:

For the intermediate through advanced dance student, the Dance Performance and Touring Company class provides an experience of dancing and touring with a pre-professional dance company.  Collaboratively the faculty and class/company members create a short theme-based performance, designed to increase audience appreciation of dance as an art form.  Students develop their own choreography and perform both student and faculty pieces in a variety of venues focusing on performance in K-12 settings and community dance performances.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Course Completion of DANCE 11.3, DANCE 13.3, DANCE 16.3 OR DANCE 21.3. For choreographers completion of DANCE 3.1

Limits on Enrollment:
By Audition Only

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

For the intermediate through advanced dance student, the Dance Performance and Touring Company class provides an experience of dancing and touring with a pre-professional dance company.  Collaboratively the faculty and class/company members create a short theme-based performance, designed to increase audience appreciation of dance as an art form.  Students develop their own choreography and perform both student and faculty pieces in a variety of venues focusing on performance in K-12 settings and community dance performances.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Course Completion of DANCE 11.3, DANCE 13.3, DANCE 16.3 OR DANCE 21.3. For choreographers completion of DANCE 3.1
Limits on Enrollment:By Audition Only
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 1998	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1998	Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Both Certificate and Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Demonstrate the behavior expected of professional dancers during dance rehearsal and

    performance processes.

2. Demonstrate essential dance performance skills in diverse performance situations.

 

Objectives:

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

1. Rehearse and perform a theme-based dance performance geared toward educating the

    audience about dance as an art form.

2. Demonstrate intermediate or higher level technique skills in both rehearsal and performance.

3. Create dance movement through improvisation and/or collaborative choreographic processes.

4. Display professionalism and personal responsibility as a member of a dance company.

5. Analyze the process of putting together a dance production from the audition process through

    the final performance.

6. Optional (selected choreographers only): Choreograph a dance with clear thematic content

    geared towards an audience composed of children through young adults.  

7. Teach dance movement to fellow company members and/or audience members.

 

Repeating Students: The choreography will vary widely from semester to semester; therefore, the skills required to meet the demands of the choreography vary offering a new learning experience each semester.  Students will deepen and expand their abilities as dance artists with each repetition.

Topics and Scope

I. Auditioning Skills

II. The Theme-Based Dance Performance Model

III. Educational Considerations for Performances in the Schools

IV. Professionalism

V. Rehearsal Processes

    A. Skills relevant to the rehearsal process

    B. Staging

    C. Spacing

    D. Cleaning and critiques

VI. Pre-Production Considerations

    A. Fundraising

    B. Costuming

    C. Publicity

VII. Performance Processes

    A. Projection and focus

    B. Performance energy

    C. Adapting to differing performance situations

    D. Personal performance organization

VIII. Teaching Dance Movement

IX. Post Performance Analysis

Optional:

X. Choreographic Skills

Assignments:

1. In-class pre-performances rehearsals to include practice of assigned roles and/or

    techniques necessary to perform roles

2. Participation in class discussions

3. Note-taking as needed (ungraded)

4. One performance at the college and five to six performances in the community

5. Final Performance Exam - Post performance meeting and discussion

6. Reading of class hand-outs (ungraded)

7. Research for thematic inspiration and music for a dance piece (optional - selected

    choreographers only) (ungraded)

8. Participation

    A. Class discussions

    B. Performance of pre-production, tour, and post tour tasks related to fundraising, costuming,

         publicity

9. Preparation of biography, written description of work and press release for programs,

    marketing and promotional posters and flyers (graded or ungraded depending upon instructor)

 

Repeating students will demonstrate increased depth and breadth in completion of assignments.

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 0 - 10%
In-class preparation of biography, written description of work and press release for programs, marketing and promotional posters and flyers
This is a degree applicable course but assessment tools based on writing are not included because skill demonstrations are more appropriate for this course.
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 40 - 50%
Pre-performances rehearsals, formal performances (tour), professionalism, final performance exam
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 0 - 0%
None
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 40 - 50%
Attendance, participation (costuming, publicity or fundraising)

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Instructor prepared materials

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