DANCE 363R
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Dance Improvisation, Intermediate
Dance
College of Fine Arts and Communications
Course Description
Intermediate improvisational skills focused on impromptu creative problem solving and movement exploration.
When Taught
Fall and Winter
Min
1
Fixed
1
Fixed
0
Fixed
3
Title
Evolving Movement
Learning Outcome
Students will learn to evolve movement over an extended period of time without losing spontaneity.
Title
Movement and Exploration
Learning Outcome
Students will learn to Move! To Explore!
Title
Suspending Judgement
Learning Outcome
Students will learn to learn how to suspend judgment.
Title
Breaking Comfortable or Limiting Movement Patterns
Learning Outcome
Students will learn to break comfortable and limiting movement patterns, dancing in ways that you have not moved before.
Title
Form and Definition in Movement
Learning Outcome
Students will learn to evolve movement "in the moment" with a sense of form and definition (beginning, middle, end) thus "finding the dance" in the instant of exploration and improvisation.
Title
Improvisation and Muscle Readiness
Learning Outcome
Students will learn to develop improvisational skills of "muscle readiness".
Title
Recalling Movement
Learning Outcome
Students will learn to practice recalling movement.
Title
Spontaneity
Learning Outcome
Students will learn to "call up spontaneity at will".
Title
Improvisational Structures
Learning Outcome
Students will learn to practice relating to other dancers in various improvisational structures.
