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CATALOG INFORMATION
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Discipline and Nbr:
DANCE 29 | Title:
DANCE ENSEMBLE |
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Full Title:
Dance Ensemble |
Last Reviewed:2/24/2020 |
Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
Maximum | 3.00 | Lecture Scheduled | .50 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 8.75 |
Minimum | 2.00 | Lab Scheduled | 5.50 | 17 min. | Lab Scheduled | 96.25 |
| Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| Contact Total | 6.00 | | Contact Total | 105.00 |
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| Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| Total Out of Class Hours: 17.50 | Total Student Learning Hours: 122.50 | |
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:
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The Dance Ensemble class provides the intermediate through advanced dance student with diverse performance experiences. Collaboratively, the faculty and class/company members create a short performance, traditionally referred to as a "lecture/demo," designed to educate the audience about dance as an art form. Students develop their own choreography and perform both student and faculty pieces in a variety of venues within the community.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Course Completion or Concurrent Enrollment in DANC 3.1 ( or DANCE 3.1 or PE 25.1 or PE 25 or PE 144) OR Course Completion of DANC 11.3 ( or DANCE 11.3 or PE 27.2 or PE 146.2) OR Course Completion of DANC 13.3 ( or DANCE 13.3 or PE 30.2 or PE 149.2) OR Course Completion of DANC 16.3 ( or DANCE 16.3 or PE 28.2 or PE 147.2) OR Course Completion of DANC 21.3 ( or DANCE 21.3 or PE 59.2 or PE 48.7)
Limits on Enrollment:
By audition
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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This course provides the intermediate through advanced dance student with diverse performance experiences. Students have the opportunity to choreograph and perform both student and faculty pieces in a variety of venues within the community.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Course Completion or Concurrent Enrollment in DANC 3.1 ( or DANCE 3.1 or PE 25.1 or PE 25 or PE 144) OR Course Completion of DANC 11.3 ( or DANCE 11.3 or PE 27.2 or PE 146.2) OR Course Completion of DANC 13.3 ( or DANCE 13.3 or PE 30.2 or PE 149.2) OR Course Completion of DANC 16.3 ( or DANCE 16.3 or PE 28.2 or PE 147.2) OR Course Completion of DANC 21.3 ( or DANCE 21.3 or PE 59.2 or PE 48.7)
Limits on Enrollment:By audition
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:34 - 4 Enrollments Total
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
Associate Degree: | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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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 1998 | Inactive: | |
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UC Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1998 | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Certificate Applicable Course
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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By the conclusion of the semester students will be able to:
1. Plan and execute a theme-based dance performance in a lecture/demo
format, geared toward educating the audience about dance as an art form.
2. Demonstrate intermediate or higher level technique skills in
performance.
3. Display performance skills such as projection and dynamics.
4. Apply principles of composition to dance pieces.
5. Perform in a wide variety of settings on various types of stages, both
traditional and informal.
6. Evaluate and critique performances in terms of:
a. Individual growth as a dancer and performer.
b. Aesthetics of the choreography and the performance as a whole in
relation to the show's theme.
c. Meeting of audience educational objectives.
Topics and Scope
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I. Performance planning
A. Selection of a cohesive theme and format
B. Casting of pieces
C. Educational considerations of the lecture/demo format
1. Characteristics of the four dance forms: modern, jazz, hip hop
and/or ballet
2. Communication of information about dance as an art form
D. Choreographic process
1. Musical accompaniment
2. Structure
3. Movement invention
4. Choreographic devices
E. Costuming
F. Program order
G. Selection of venues
II. Rehearsal process
A. Application of dance skills taught in intermediate level dance
technique classes in modern, jazz, hip hop and/or ballet dance
forms
B. Setting and meeting of rehearsal goals
C. How to teach and/or pick up choreography
D. Staging
E. Spacing
III.Performance process
A. Projection and focus
B. Performance energy
C. Adapting to differing performance situations
D. Performance organization
IV. Post performance analysis
A. Aesthetic criteria
B. Criteria for judging the learning experience from personal and
audience perspectives
Assignments:
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May include any or all of the following:
1. Learning of dances
2. Practice of assigned roles in a dedicated and conscientious manner
3. Preparation of choreography to teach in rehearsal
4. Hands-on involvement with pre-production aspects of the performance
such as costuming or program order
5. Written synopsis or description of dances or dance forms for the
spoken component of the performance (1 paragraph)
6. One performance at the college and five to eight performances in the
community
7. Two page post-production critique or opinion paper analyzing the
aesthetic success of the performance and the learning experience gained
from the entire process
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 10 - 20% |
Critique or opinion paper | |
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 30 - 50% |
Class performances, Performance exams, Performance in dance productions | |
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 - 60% |
Attendance and participation | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Instructor prepared materials
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