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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
DANC 21.2 | Title:
HIP HOP/FUNK II |
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| Full Title:
Hip Hop/Funk II |
| Last Reviewed:10/13/2025 |
| 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
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
DANCE 21.2
Catalog Description:
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This Level II advanced-beginning hip hop/funk course will allow students to continue the study of hip hop/funk dance as it applies to technique, movement vocabulary, terminology, rhythm, and musicality. This class incorporates styles and choreography used in the current dance vernacular and culture.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Course Completion of DANCE 21.1
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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This Level II advanced-beginning hip hop/funk course will allow students to continue the study of hip hop/funk dance as it applies to technique, movement vocabulary, terminology, rhythm, and musicality. This class incorporates styles and choreography used in the current dance vernacular and culture.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Course Completion of DANCE 21.1
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
| Associate Degree: | Effective: | Fall 2025
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| Area: | L8
| Student Success and Wellness
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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: | Spring 2007 | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Spring 2007 | Inactive: | |
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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:
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1. Execute and analyze advanced-beginning Level II hip hop/funk dance sequences using applicable dance vocabulary.
2. Perform advanced-beginning Level II hip hop/funk dance choreography.
3. Choreograph an advanced-beginning Level II hip hop/funk dance combination.
Objectives:
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At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Identify a variety of advanced-beginning Level II hip hop/funk dance movements using appropriate terminology (either written or spoken).
2. Perform a variety of advanced-beginning Level II hip hop/funk walks, footwork, and dance sequences.
3. Explain advanced-beginning Level II musical concepts as related to hip hop/funk dance.
4. Demonstrate the ability to count music and connect dance movements with music.
5. Perform an advanced-beginning Level II hip hop/funk dance incorporating performance qualities appropriate to the dance form.
6. Demonstrate the ability to rapidly pick up, reproduce and retain advanced-beginning Level II hip hop/funk choreography.
7. Analyze correct body mechanics in the context of advanced-beginning(Level II hip hop/funk dance movement.
8. Perform strengthening and flexibility exercises to enhance hip hop/funk dance ability.
9. Differentiate between safe and unsafe execution of various hip hop movements.
10. Practice basic dance injury prevention techniques.
Topics and Scope
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I. Level II Warm-Up Exercises
A. Locomotor movement combinations
B. Isolations and body articulations
C. Strengthening exercises
D. Stretching exercises
II. Level II Across-the-Floor
A. Hip hop/funk walks, footwork, and movement vocabulary
B. Movement phrases used in combinations
III. Level II Hip Hop/Funk Combinations
IV. Picking Up and Retaining Level II Choreography
A. Skills involved in becoming a picking up movement rapidly
B. Sight-reading of choreography
C. Improving movement memory
V. Level II Musical Concepts
A. Counting music
B. Rhythm
1. Accents
2. Syncopation
C. Musicality (connection of movement to music)
VI. Level II Performance Quality
A. Dynamics
B. Personal style
C. Attitude
VII. Basic Body Mechanics and Alignment as Related to Level II Hip Hop Dance Techniques
VIII. Injury Prevention
IX. Critiquing Contemporary Dance
A. Observation
B. Evaluation
All topics are covered in the lecture and lab portions of the course.
Assignments:
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Lecture-Related Assignments:
1. Weekly practice of instructor choreography and dance skills covered during class sessions
2. Choreography of a hip hop/funk 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)
5. Reading of handouts and/or selected readings
Lab-Related Assignments:
1. Class performance: hip hop/funk dance technique activities assessed in terms of improvement
2. Performance exams
3. Practice sessions
4. Final exam
Additional assignments as determined by instructor may include:
1. Hip hop/funk dance video viewing and analysis
2. Partner activities focusing on dance technique
3. Student choreography work sessions
4. Note-taking
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 - 10% |
| 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 project | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
10 - 20% |
| Exams | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
40 - 60% |
| Participation, additional assignments (if assigned) | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Hip Hop Dance (The American Dance Floor). Rajakumar, Mohanalakshmi. Greenwood Publisher. 2012. (classic).
Hip-Hop Dance Mastery: Breaking, Popping, Locking & Power Moves: Master the Art of Hip-Hop with Step-by-Step Techniques and Pro-Level Strategies, Fink. Independently published (February 18, 2025)
Instructor prepared materials
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