Dance
The Kinesiology, Health, & Dance Department offers one-unit courses in Yoga, Ballet, Modern Dance, Jazz Dance, Choreography, Social Dance, Tap, and Flamenco. We also offer a three-unit History and Appreciation of Dance course.
Dance Studies Courses
1 Unit (Lab 2 Hrs)
Transfer Credit: CSU (CSUGE Area E), UC
Prerequisite: DANCETQ 111
Students choreograph and perform dances with emphasis on energy space and time using basic steps and combinations, spacing, design, terminology, and music, Students learn an appreciation of dance as a performing art form.
3 Units (Lec 3 Hrs)
Transfer Credit: CSU (CSUGE Area C1), UC (IGETC Area 3A)
Advisory: ENGLISH 028, ENGLISH 067
Students learn a historical perspective of dance from ritual to contemporary theatrical dance forms focusing on the ethnic, cultural, and ritual forms of dance as it affects and reflects the world in
which people live. Primarily, students focus on how dance reflects the historical, social, and political climate of the day. Students consider the impact of dance on the western world and how it has
been affected by the different dance traditions worldwide.
Dance Techniques
1 Units (Lab 2 Hrs)
Transfer Credit: CSU (CSUGE Area E), UC
Level 1
Students learn basic ballet steps and combinations at an introductory
level, terminology, music, and appreciation of dance as a performing
art.
Level 2
Students continue to learn basic ballet steps and combinations,
terminology, music, and appreciation of dance as a performing art.
Level 3
Students learn more complex ballet steps and combinations, terminology,
music, and appreciation of dance as a performing art.
Level 4
Students perform several ballet combinations with an emphasis
on basic steps and combinations, terminology, music, and appreciation
of dance as a performing art form.
1 Units (Lab 2 Hrs)
Transfer Credit: CSU (CSUGE Area E), UC
Level 1
Students learn beginning jazz dance technique with an emphasis on basic steps, combinations, terminology, music, and appreciation of dance as a performing art form.
Level 2
Students learn elementary jazz dance technique with an emphasis on basic elementary level steps, combinations, terminology, music, and appreciation of dance as a performing art form.
Level 3
Students learn intermediate jazz dance technique with an emphasis on intermediate level steps, combinations, terminology, music, and appreciation of dance as a performing art form.
Level 4
Students learn advanced jazz dance technique with an emphasis on advanced level steps, combinations, terminology, music, and appreciation of dance as a performing art form.
1 Unit (Lab 2 Hrs)
Transfer Credit: CSU (CSUGE Area E), UC
Level 1
Students learn basic modern dance steps and combinations, terminology,
music, and appreciation of dance as a performing art.
Level 2
Students learn and review basic modern dance steps and combinations,
terminology, music, and appreciation of dance as a performing art.
Level 3
Students will review basic and intermediate concepts and terminology
in modern dance and perform modern dance combinations with an emphasis on steps and combinations of greater complexity and duration with continued appreciation of dance as a performing art.
Level 4
Students perform advanced level modern dance combinations with emphasis on complexity in dance technique, rhythmic phrasing, duet and multi-partner collaborations, demonstrating clarity of detail and body connectivity. Students refine techniques of personal artistry, musicality, and performance and display deeper
understanding and appreciation of dance as a performing art form.