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DANC 107 Ballet I 1 credits
A beginning course in ballet technique, including basic positions, beginning patterns and exercises. Students develop an awareness of the many ways their body can move, an appreciation of dance as an artistic expression and a recognition of the dancer as an athlete.
- Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025
- ARP, Arts Practice PE, Physical Education
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DANC 147 Moving Anatomy 1 credits
This course seeks to provide an underlying awareness of body structure and function. Using movement to expand knowledge of our anatomy will encourage participants to integrate information with experience. Heightened body awareness and class studies are designed to activate the general learning process.
- Winter 2025
- ARP, Arts Practice PE, Physical Education
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DANC 148 Modern Dance I: Technique and Theory 1 credits
A physical exploration at the introductory level of the elements of dance: time, motion, space, shape and energy. Students are challenged physically as they increase their bodily awareness, balance, control, strength and flexibility and get a glimpse of the art of dance.
- Winter 2025, Spring 2025
- ARP, Arts Practice PE, Physical Education
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DANC 150 Contact Improvisation 1 credits
This is a course in techniques of spontaneous dancing shared by two or more people through a common point of physical contact. Basic skills such as support, counterbalance, rolling, falling and flying will be taught and developed in an environment of mutual creativity.
- Fall 2024
- ARP, Arts Practice PE, Physical Education
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DANC 158 Contemporary Dance Forms I 1 credits
This course provides an introduction to a variety of movement approaches that develop an awareness of the body in space and moving through space. Students will learn approaches designed to strengthen muscles, support joint mobility, find breath support, enhance coordination, and encourage embodied learning.
- Fall 2024
- ARP, Arts Practice PE, Physical Education
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DANC 200 Modern Dance II: Technique and Theory 1 credits
A continuation of Level I with more emphasis on the development of technique and expressive qualities.
- Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025
- ARP, Arts Practice PE, Physical Education
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DANC 205 Winter Dance 1 credits
Intensive rehearsal and performance of a work commissioned from professional guest choreographer. The class will culminate in a performance in the Spring Term, so students taking this course should plan to register for DANC 206 in Spring. Open to all levels.
- Winter 2025
- ARP, Arts Practice
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DANC 206 Spring Dance 1 credits
Rehearsal and full concert performance of student dance works created during the year and completed in the spring term. Open to all levels.
- Spring 2025
- ARP, Arts Practice
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): DANC 205 – Winter Dance or DANC 215 – Winter Dance, Student Choreography or DANC 350 – Semaphore Repertory Dance Company with a grade of C- or better.
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DANC 208 Ballet II 1 credits
For the student with previous ballet experience. This course emphasizes articulation of technique and development of ballet vocabulary.
- Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025
- ARP, Arts Practice PE, Physical Education
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DANC 210 Contemporary Dance Forms II 1 credits
This course is intended for students seeking to refine and deepen their awareness of embodied movement approaches. Through these approaches, students will work to develop an alert and articulate body. In both standing and floor work, momentum, dynamic shifts and spatial challenges are introduced.
- Winter 2025
- ARP, Arts Practice PE, Physical Education
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DANC 215 Winter Dance, Student Choreography 1 credits
For students enrolled in Dance 205, supervised student choreography with two public showings.
Requires concurrent registration in DANC 205
- Winter 2025
- ARP, Arts Practice
- DANC 205
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DANC 254 Jazz Dance: Roots and Grooves 3 credits
This course positions jazz and related social dance styles as forms with African diasporic roots and American branches. Composed of 60% in-class movement investigation and 40% both in-class and out of class reading, viewing, writing, and creating, Jazz Dance: Roots and Grooves will ask students to invest in how the elements of groove, improvisation and interaction unite different approaches to jazz and make it a form that appreciates the past, centers the present and innovates for the future. Some dance experience recommended.
- Winter 2025
- ARP, Arts Practice PE, Physical Education
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DANC 301 West African Dance 2 credits
In this class you will be introduced to traditional West African dance movement accompanied by live drumming. A variety of dynamics such as grounding, centeredness, and footwork will be addressed. Each class will cover the cultural background of the rhythm as well as the conversation between drummer and dancer. All levels are welcome to join in this vigorous experience of West African dance forms.
- Fall 2024
- ARP, Arts Practice PE, Physical Education
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DANC 309 Ballet III 1 credits
This is an advanced class for students who have some capabilities and proficiency in ballet technique. Content is sophisticated and demanding in its use of ballet vocabulary and musical phrasing.
- Spring 2025
- ARP, Arts Practice PE, Physical Education
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DANC 310 Contemporary Dance Forms III 1 credits
This advanced course will continue to focus on a variety of embodied movement approaches to refine the awareness of the moving body and prepare for the rigors of performance and physical research. The aim will be on finding a personal connection to movement through subtlety, speed and effort.
- Spring 2025
- ARP, Arts Practice PE, Physical Education
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DANC 350 Semaphore Repertory Dance Company 1 credits
Provides advanced dance students with an intensive opportunity to develop as performers in professional level dances. Skills to be honed are: the dancer as contributor to the process of art-making; defining individual technical and expressive gifts; working in a variety of new technical and philosophical dance frameworks. In addition to regular training during the academic terms, participation in a "preseason" rehearsal period before fall term is required. A few pieces of student choreography will be accepted for repertory. The group produces an annual concert, performs in the Twin Cities and makes dance exchanges with other college groups. Recommended Preparation: Admission by audition.
Audition required.
- Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025
- ARP, Arts Practice