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CATALOG INFORMATION
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Discipline and Nbr:
DANCE 13.1 | Title:
JAZZ DANCE I |
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Full Title:
Jazz Dance I |
Last Reviewed:12/10/2018 |
Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
Maximum | 2.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 1.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 17.50 |
Minimum | 1.00 | Lab Scheduled | 3.00 | 3 min. | Lab Scheduled | 52.50 |
| Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| Contact Total | 4.00 | | Contact Total | 70.00 |
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| Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| Total Out of Class Hours: 35.00 | 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 30.1A
Catalog Description:
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This course for beginning dancers covers fundamentals of jazz dance in the areas of technique, movement vocabulary, terminology, rhythm and musicality. The course also covers basic jazz dance choreography and performance skills.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Course Completion of DANCE 10
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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This course for beginning dancers covers fundamentals of jazz dance in the areas of technique, movement vocabulary, terminology, rhythm and musicality. The course also covers basic jazz dance choreography and performance skills.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Course Completion of DANCE 10
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:34 - 4 Enrollments Total
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 1981 | Inactive: | |
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UC Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | 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 beginning jazz dance
exercises, technical principles, and movement vocabulary.
2. Perform beginning jazz dance warm-ups, techniques, stretching and
strengthening exercises, and movement combinations.
3. Describe technical principles incorporated in beginning jazz dance
and apply these to the execution of beginning jazz dance
movement.
4. Display performance skills in the performance of beginning jazz
dance movement sequences.
5. Perform beginning jazz dance movement in one or more jazz
dance styles.
6. Identify basic rhythmic concepts incorporated in beginning jazz
dance and relate them to the execution of dance movement.
7. Count beginning jazz dance movement sequences.
8. Critique a jazz dance performance or piece.
9. Repeating students must demonstrate increased depth and breadth of related skills,
with new learning objectives.
Topics and Scope
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I. Beginning jazz dance terminology and corresponding movement
vocabulary
II. Beginning 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. Choreographing a beginning jazz dance combination
VIII.How to execute jazz dance movement. Pedagogy may include:
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
IX. Critiquing jazz dance choreography - what to look for in a jazz
dance piece.
Topics for repeating students: Although some concepts, techniques, and
movement vocabulary will be reviewed, the specific choreography of the
movement sequences included in every phase of the class and the music to
which it is choreographed will vary from semester to semester.
Assignments:
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Homework (averaging 1 hour per week per unit):
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 approved by
instructor. Note: Critique is based on a performance occurring during
the current semester, or for video viewing option, instructor will
provide or approve a video.
5. Reading of handouts and/or selected readings from text
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 when appropriate
4. Practice sessions
5. Written 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 project | |
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.
Instructor Prepared Materials
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