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Dance 1
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Course Information
Course Number: 7172
Level: College Prep
Department: Physical Education
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Course Description
Prerequisite: Freshman and Sophomore P.E.
Open to: Juniors and Seniors
Length: Semester
Credit: .5
Summary: This course will take students though the history
and performance of various dance styles as well as multicultural
dance. This class also offers beginning level technique instruction
in ballet, modern, jazz, hip-hop and tap. Through nutritional
lectures and dance fitness exercses, students will also understand
why and how to take care of their bodies properly. Students are
evaluated mainly on their technique and understanding of various
dances.
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Course Goals
1. Identifying
and demonstrating movement elements and skills in performing dance
2. Understanding
dance as a way to create and communicate meaning
3. Demonstrating
and understanding dance in various cultures and historical periods
4. Making
connections between dance and a healthful living
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Textbooks and Materials
Gym shirt and shorts
Black stretch pants or Yoga pants
Gym shoes and socks for fitness days
Ballet shoes or jazz shoes (not required but recommended); no flip-flops or bare feet
Dance Folder since there is no required text you will be receiving
a lot of handouts in class, so it is suggested that you keep all of
those handouts in a dance specific folder.
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Outline
Quarter 1:
Students will go through technique and history of ballet and modern
dance. There will be an evaluation of technique and vocabulary
understanding at the end of the quarter. This will be based on the
student's performance of a dance choreographed by the instructor
that incorporates all dance elements in both ballet and modern that
students will be assesd on.
I. Mondays
Dance Fitness/Health (Ab Labs)
Objectives
Identify
3 personal goals to improve themselves as dancers
Explain
strategies and exercises to prevent dance injuries
Create
their own warmup and discuss how that warmup prepares the body and
mind for expressive movement
II. Unit 1
Ballet 1
Objectives
Demonstrate
strength, flexibility, agility, and coordination in locomotor and
nonlocomotor movements
Perform
technical skills with artistic expression, clarity, and musicality
Describe
the action and movement elements observed in ballet using
appropriate dance vocabulary
Demonstrate
the ability to remember extended movement sequences
III. Unit
2 Modern
Objectives
Accurately
transfer patterns from the visual to the kinesthetic
Formulate
and answer questions about how movement choices communicate abstract
ideas in dance
Demonstrate
understanding of how personal experience influences the
interpretation of a dance
Create
a dance that successfully communicates a topic of personal
significance
Create
a dance that effectively communicates a contemporary social theme
IV.
Dance History
Objectives
Competently
perform folk and/or classical dances from various cultures
Learn
from resources in their own community a folk dance of a different
culture and the
cultural/historical context of that dance; effectively
sharing the dance and its context with their peers
Describe
the role of dance in at least 2 different cultures
Analyze
how dance and dancers are portrayed in contemporary media
Quarter 2:
The second quarter will take students through jazz and hip-hop
styles of dance as well as reviewing technique and vocabualry from
ballet and modern. Students will learn dances from each of the four
styles and will be evaluated on one dance that combines the jazz and
hip-hop styles. There will also be opportunities for students to
form groups and choreograph their own dances using one of the four
dance styles. This dance will be presented to the class on assigned
dates.
Grading:
- 50% of your grade will be based on participation, behavior,
and dress attire.
- 50% of your grade will be based upon physical and mental
comprehension of the dance styles studied. The break down of
points is as follows:
Assessments:
Fitness Testing
(25pts) 25 points
Vocabulary Quizes (1 @ 5pts )
10 points
Ballet Routine Evaluation (1 @ 50pts) 50 points
Modern Evaluation (1 @ 50 pts) 50
points
Tendu Evaluation (1 @ 20 pts) 20
points
Jazz Dance Assignment (1 @50pts) 50 points
Total Points
205 points
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