Dance

DNCE BC1135x-BC1136y Ballet, I: Beginning 1 pt.

DNCE BC1137x-BC1138y Ballet, II: Advanced Beginning 1 pt.

DNCE BC1247x-BC1248y Jazz, I: Beginning 1 pt. Prerequisites: BC1137, BC1138, BC1332, or BC1333. Intermediate level in modern or ballet technique is required.

DNCE BC1330x-BC1331y Modern, I: Beginning Modern Dance 1 pt. Open to all beginning dancers.

DNCE BC1332x-BC1333y Modern, II: Advanced Beginning Modern Dance 1 pt.

DNCE BC1445x-BC1446y Tap, I: Beginning 1 pt. Prerequisites: BC1137, BC1138, BC1332, or BC1333, or permission of the Dance Department. Intermediate level in modern or ballet technique is required.

DNCE BC2137x-BC2138y Ballet, III: Intermediate 1 pt.

DNCE BC2139x-BC2140y Ballet, IV: High Intermediate 1 pt.

DNCE BC2143x and y Pointe: Intermediate to Advanced Study of Pointe Work for Ballet Prerequisites: DNCE BC2137 or permission of department. Focuses on developing strength and refinement that is specific to pointe work for the intermediate and advanced ballet dancer. Permission of the instructor required.

DNCE BC2248x-BC2249y Jazz, II: Intermediate 1 pt. Prerequisites: DNCE BC1247, BC1248 or permission of instructor.

DNCE BC2252x and y African Dance I 1 pt. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. Concentrates on the dances of West Africa, including Senegal, Mali, and Guinea, and a variety of dances performed at various functions and ceremonies. Explanation of the origin and meaning of each dance will be an integral part of the material presented.

DNCE BC2253x and y African Dance II 1 pt. Prerequisites: DNCE BC2252 or permission of instructor.

DNCE BC2254x Classical Indian Dance 1 pt. Principles and practices of Bharata Natyam including the adavu movement system, hasta or hand gestures, narrative techniques, or abhanaya, as well as other classical Indian dance forms.

DNCE BC2255x and y Afro-Cuban Dance: Orisha, Rumba, Salsa 1 pt. Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor. This class will introduce students to the African-based folkloric and popular dances of Cuba, including Orisha, Rumba, and Salsa. In addition to learning rhythms and dances, these forms will be contextualized within the historical and contemporary significance of Afro-Cuban dance performance.

DNCE BC2332x-BC2333y Modern, III: Intermediate Modern Dance 1 pt.

DNCE BC2334x-BC2335y Modern, IV: High Intermediate Modern Dance 1 pt.

DNCE BC2447x-BC2447y Tap, II: Intermediate 1 pt. Prerequisites: DNCE BC1445, BC1446, or Permission of instructor.

DNCE BC2452x and y Pilates for the Dancer 1 pt. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor or DNCE BC1330, BC1331, BC1135, BC1136. Focus on movement practices, primarily for dancers, which introduces the concepts of Joseph Pilates, a seminal figure in creating a method of body conditioning. Learn and practice a repertory of mat work to improve body awareness, strength, flexibility, and dynamic alignment.

DNCE BC2455x and y Feldenkrais for Dancers 1 pt. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. Develops sensory awareness of their individual neuromuscular patterns in this practical method of attaining optimal, efficient movement. Injury prevention/recovery, improved skill acquisition, and increased strength/coordination/flexibility all result from the discovery and release of habitual rigidities. Applicable to all dance styles and activities.

DNCE BC2501x or y Biomechanics for the Dancer: Theory and Practice 3 pts. Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of dance techniques in ballet or modern. Links conditioning skills, movement therapies, and neuromuscular patterning through the process of building strength, alignment, and awareness in essential musculature needed for foundational work in ballet and modern.

DNCE BC2555x Ensemble Dance Repertory (Modern Dance) 3 pts.Not offered in 2013-2014. Prerequisites: Intermediate level technique and permission of instructor. Study and performance of choreography using three approaches: learning excerpts from the repertory of selected choreographers, analyzing through reconstruction of classic repertory works, and understanding the choreographic process by working in a creation from initial concept to finished dance.

DNCE BC2557y Evolution of Spanish Dance Style 3 pts.Not offered in 2013-2014. Study of Spanish dance and music from late-17th century to the present. Dance and music styles including castanet technique. Through historical documents, students will experience the cultural history of Spain.

DNCE BC2558y Tap Ensemble 3 pts. Prerequisites: Advanced or Intermediate level tap training and Permission of the Instructor. A tap composition, improvisation, and performance class, for experienced tap dancers to develop skills in music, choreography, and creative rhythm-making.

DNCE BC2561y Kinesiology: Applied Anatomy for Human Movement 3 pts. Focus on physical sciences that relate to human movement, with an emphasis on functional anatomy. Topics include skeletal structure, physics of dance, muscular balance, and improving movement potential.

DNCE BC2562x Movement Analysis 3 pts. Prerequisites: An intermediate or advanced dance technique course or permission of instructor. Limited to 10. Introduction to the theories and methods of movement analysis, focusing on its application to dance performance and research. Through lectures, readings, integrative movement exercises, and observation labs, students will learn to analyze and describe the qualitative aspects of human movement; to notate movement in motif writing; and to refine their ability to move efficiently and expressively.

DNCE BC2563y Dance Composition: Form 3 pts. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. Study of choreography as a creative art. The development and organization of movement materials according to formal principles of composition in solo and duet forms. Applicable to all styles of dance.

DNCE BC2563x Composition: Form, Dance/Theater 3 pts. An exploration of choreography that employs text, song, vocal work, narrative and principles of artistic direction in solo and group contexts.

DNCE BC2564x Dance Composition: Content 3 pts. Continued study of choreography as a communicative performing art form. Focuses on the exploration of ideas and meaning. Emphasis is placed on the development of personal style as an expressive medium and unity of style in each work. Group as well as solo compositions will be assigned.

DNCE BC2565y World Dance History 3 pts. Investigates the multicultural perspectives of dance in major areas of culture, including African, Asian, Hispanic, Indian, Middle Eastern, as well as dance history of the Americas through reading, writing, viewing, and discussion of a wide range of resources. These include film, original documents, demonstration, and performance.

DNCE BC2567y Music for Dance 3 pts. Study of musicianship and musical literacy in relation to dance. Using computer software, drumming studies, score and audio-visual analyses, students will learn to identify the compositional elements of dance music with a multi-cultural emphasis. Presentation of individual and collective research in written and performance format.

DNCE BC2570x Dance in New York City 3 pts. Prerequisites: Fee: $175. Study of the cultural roots and historical contexts of specific communities using New York City's dance scene as a laboratory. Students observe the social environments in which various modes of dance works are created while researching the history of dance in New York City. Course includes attendance at weekly events, lecture-demonstrations, and performances.

DNCE BC2575x or y Choreography for the American Musical 3 pts. Prerequisites: Suggested DNCE BC2560, BC2566, BC2570 Explores the history and evolution of American Musical Theater dance, a uniquely American art form, with special focus on the period known as "The Golden Era." Analysis of the genre's most influential choreographers (including Balanchine, de Mille, Robbins), their systems, methodologies and fusion of high and low art on the commerical stages.

DNCE BC2580y Tap as an American Art Form 3 pts. Prerequisites: DNCE BC1446 or equivalent experience. Studio/lecture format focuses on tap technique, repertory, improvisation, and the development of tap explored through American history, jazz music, films, videos, and biographies.

DNCE BC3000y From the Page to the Dance Stage 3 pts. Study of dance works which have their origins in the written word. Topics considered include: Is choreography a complete act of creative originality? Which literary genres are most often transformed into dance pieces? Why are some texts privileged with dance interpretation(s) and others are not?

DNCE BC3001x Western Theatrical Dance from the Renaissance to the 1960s 3 pts. Focuses on the history of theatre dance forms originating in Europe and America from the Renaissance to the present. Includes reading, writing, viewing, and discussion of sources such as film, text, original documentation, demonstration, and performance.

DNCE BC3009x and y Independent Study 1-4 pts.

DNCE BC3138x-BC3139y Ballet, V: Advanced 1 pt.

DNCE BC3140x-BC3141y Ballet, VI: Advanced Ballet with Pointe 1 pt.

DNCE BC3142x Classic Variations 1 pt.

DNCE BC3143 (Section 01) Classic Variations 1 pt.

DNCE BC3150x or y Advanced Studio: Ballet or Modern 1 pt. Prerequisites: Permission of Department. May be repeated for credit up to four times.

DNCE BC3200x or y Dance in Film 3 pts. Prerequisites: DNCE BC2566, DNCE BC2570, FILM W1001, and permission of instructor. Survey of theatrical dance in the 20th century specific to film production. Five kinds of dance films will be examined: musicals, non-musicals, documentaries, film essays and pure dance recording.

DNCE BC3249y Jazz, III: Advanced Jazz Dance 1 pt. Prerequisites: DNCE BC2248, y or permission of instructor.

DNCE BC3332x-BC3333y Modern, V: Advanced Modern Dance 1 pt.

DNCE BC3334x Improvisation 1 pt. In this course we will investigate techniques from Ruth Zaporah's Action Theater™ work, Viola Spolin's improvisational "games," Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen's Body-Mind Centering®, and layered improvisational prompts created by the instructor and variations suggested by the class. Together we will create our own methods to facilitate relevant performance practices.

DNCE BC3335x-BC3336y Modern, VI: High Advanced Modern Dance 1 pt.

DNCE BC3338x and y Contact Improvisation 1 pt. Prerequisites: Limited to twenty people. Examination of the gender-neutral partnering technique that is now common in contemporary dance. Focus is placed on recent improvisatory forms, sensation building, center connection and risk. Emphasis is placed on listening and sensing rather than controlling or leading.

DNCE BC3339x and y Advanced Contact Improvisaton 1 pt. Prerequisites: DNCE BC3338 Contact Improvisation. Sophomore standing or permission of instructor required. Examination of this gender-neutral partnering technique further exploring compositional forms as they arise from the practice. Students will also investigate a variety of set repertory dance texts that have originated from contact improvised material.

DNCE BC3447x-BC3448y Tap, III: Advanced Tap Dance 1 pt. Prerequisites: DNCE BC2447, BC2448, or permission of instructor.

DNCE BC3565 Composition: Collaboration and the Creative Process 3 pts. This course is a study in dance composition with a focus on collaboration. Whether creating a solo or larger group piece, students are encouraged to collaborate with other artists. Methods employed by contemporary choreographers will be explored. Peer feedback and creative dialogue will be a component of every class.

DNCE BC3566 Composition: Site Specific and Experimental Methods 3 pts. Focuses on collaborative creation as conceptual artists, choreographers, improvisers, and performers with an emphasis on site-specific projects and experimental methods.

DNCE BC3567x or y Dance in Asia 3 pts. Focus on the major dance genres and personalities in East Asia-China, Korea, and Japan from two aspects: (1) continuity of traditional forms, with emphasis on the social, economic, and historical factors in their development; and (2) changes that have occurred from within and from outside the traditions.

DNCE BC3570x or y Latin American and Caribbean Dance: Identities in Motion 3 pts. Examines the history and choreographic features of Latin American and Caribbean dance forms. Dances are analyzed in order to uncover the ways in which dancing shapes national, racial, and gender identities. Focuses on the globalization of these dances in New York City.

DNCE BC3574x Inventing the Contemporary: Dance Since the 1960s 3 pts. Explores modern/contemporary dance in the United States and Europe since the 1960's. Major units are devoted to the Judson Dance Theater and its postmodernist aftermath, Tanztheater and European dance revisionism, and African-American dance and the articulation of an aesthetic of cultural hybridity.

DNCE BC3575 George Balanchine and the Reinvention of Modern Ballet 3 pts. This course examines the life and major work of Balanchine, founder of the New York City Ballet, tracing his development as an artist, his landmark collaborations with Stravinsky, his role in defining modern ballet style and his reinvention of the modern ballerina.

DNCE BC3576x Dance Criticism 3 pts. Intensive practice in writing about dance. Readings drawn from 19th- and 20th-century criticism. Observation includes weekly performances and classroom videotape sessions.

DNCE BC3577 Performing the Political: Embodying Change in American Performance 3 pts. Exploration into the politics of performance and the performance of politics.

DNCE BC3578x Traditions of African-American Dance 3 pts. Traces the development of African-American dance, emphasizing the contribution of black artists and the influence of black traditions on American theatrical dance. Major themes include the emergence of African-American concert dance, the transfer of vernacular forms to the concert stage, and issues of appropriation, cultural self-identification, and artistic hybridity.

DNCE BC3580 History of Social Dancing: Dance Crazes from the Waltz to Flash Mobs 3 pts. The history of social dancing from the Renaissance to the present: waltz, contradances, ragtime, jazz, disco. Topics include dance "manias"; youth and anti-dance movements; intersections between the ballroom, stage, and film; competitive, exhibition, and "flash mob" dancing. Lectures based on archival sources, film, literature, music, images, and live performances.

DNCE BC3583y Gender and Historical Memory in American Dance of the 1930's to the Early 1960's 3 pts. Prerequisites: One course in dance history/studies or permission of the instructor. Explores the question of why so many women dancer/choreographers of the 1930's - to the early 1960's, including relatively well-known ones, have ended up as peripheral rather than central players in what has become the master narrative of a crucial era of the recent dance past.

DNCE BC3591x Senior Seminar in Dance 4 pts. Research and scholarly writing in chosen topics relating to dance. Methods of investigation are drawn from prominent archival collections and personal interviews, as well as other resources. Papers are formally presented to the Dance Department upon completion.

DNCE BC3592x or y Senior Project: Research for Dance 4 pts. Independent study for research and writing (35 to 50-page thesis required).

DNCE BC3593x or y Senior Project: Repertory for Dance 3 pts. Independent study for preparing and performing repertory works in production to be presented in concert.

DNCE BC3601 (Section 1-4) Rehearsal and Performance in Dance 1-3 pts.Not offered in 2013-2014. Prerequisites: Audition. Subject to cap on studio credit. Can be taken more than once for credit up to a maximum of 3 credits a semester. Students are graded and take part in the full production of a dance as performers, choreographers, designers, or stage technicians.

DNCE BC3602 (Section 1-4) Rehearsal and Performance in Dance 1-3 pts. Prerequisites: Audition. Subject to cap on studio credit. Can be taken more than once for credit up to a maximum of 3 credits a semester. Students are graded and take part in the full production of a dance as performers, choreographers, designers, or stage technicians.

DNCE BC3603 (Section 1-4) Rehearsal and Performance in Dance 1-3 pts. Prerequisites: Audition. Subject to cap on studio credit. Can be taken more than once for credit up to a maximum of 3 credits a semester. Students are graded and take part in the full production of a dance as performers, choreographers, designers, or stage technicians.

DNCE BC3604 (Section 1-4) Rehearsal and Performance in Dance 1-3 pts. Prerequisites: Audition. Subject to cap on studio credit. Can be taken more than once for credit up to a maximum of 3 credits a semester. Students are graded and take part in the full production of a dance as performers, choreographers, designers, or stage technicians.

DNCE BC3980y Performing the Political: Embodying Change in American Performance 4 pts. Prerequisites: An introductory course in dance or theatre history or permission of instructor. Enrollment limited to 12 students. Exploration into the politics of performance and the performance of politics through the lens of 20th-century American dance.

DNCE BC3981x Inventing American Modern Dance: Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn 4 pts. Prerequisites: An introductory dance or theater history course or permission of the instructor. The life, writings, and dances of Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn, focusing on their pioneering role in the development of American modern dance and their radical stagings of race, class, gender, and sexuality.

DNCE BC3982x or y Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and Its World 3 pts. Prerequisites: Introductory course in dance, music, theatre history, 20th century art history or permission of instructor. Examines the multifaceted revolution of Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and its impact on dance, music, theatre, and visual arts in the opening decades of the 20th century. Outstanding works such as Petrouchka, The Rite of Spring, Parade, Les Noces, and Prodigal Son, studied in depth, with an emphasis on artistic collaboration and the remaking of traditional dance language.