DAN 318 - Contemporary Dance III and Repertory (4)

Advanced contemporary dance class that builds upon contemporary movement practices taught in the lower level courses. Students will learn an adult professional vocabulary in contemporary dance practice, intricate phrase work, and notions of presence and staging in concert. Students will become adept in contemporary dance technique through the practice of new movement vocabularies and new choreography. Students will work on advanced solo and duo work, as well as group work in choreography, as set by the professor. Theories of process in dance will be addressed in relation to the course materials. Work produced in this class will be performed for the campus community. Prerequisites: DAN 118 and 218, or permission of instructor. Every other Spring.