Dance- Course Descriptions

DNC 100 Modern Dance I- 1 Cr. Hr.- 2 Contact Hrs.  Basic exercises and technique for the beginning student in modern dance.  Movement, rhythmic and compositional forms will be studied. 

DNC 101 Modern Jazz Dance I-  1 Cr. Hr.- 2 Contact Hrs.  Basic dance exercises, technique, and jazz sequences will be taught in this course.  Students will gain the ability to recognize appropriate music and various phases of jazz dance history. 

DNC 102 Ballet I- 1 Cr. Hr.- 2 Contact Hrs.  Beginning and intermediate level Ballet dance exercises, techniques, and Ballet dance sequences will be taught in this course. 

DNC 106 Social Dance- 1 Cr. Hr.- 2 Contact Hrs.  Beginning dance steps and techniques relating to social dances, including ballroom and contemporary novelty dances.  A study of the history, music and rhythms that are related to social dance. 

DNC 200 Modern Dance II- 1 Cr. Hr.- 2 Contact Hrs.  Prerequisite: DNC 100 or permission of instructor.  Intermediate work in modern dance composition and technique.  History of modern dance is also studied, as well as different dance forms used in composing dance. 

DNC 201 Modern Jazz Dance II- 1 Cr. Hr.- 2 Contact Hrs.  Prerequisite: DNC 101 or permission of instructor.  Continuation of beginning and intermediate level jazz dance exercises, techniques and swquences will be taught in this course. 

DNC 213 Modern Jazz Dance III- 2 Cr. Hrs.- 4 Contact Hrs.  Prerequisite: DNC 201 or permission of instructor.  Continuation of intermediate and advanced level modern jazz exercises, techniques and sequences will be taught in this course. 

DNC 218 Dance Choreography and Design- 2 Cr. Hrs- Variable Contact Hrs.  Prerequisite: DNC 100 or permission of instructor.  Application of choreographic knowledge in the design of a dance work to include the principles of dance composition, direction and performance.