Fine Arts

The class will cover jazz movements that will be created and performed in small groups, the outcome should produce a dance with coherence and aesthetic unity. This course exists to teach students how to demonstrate a consistency and reliability in performing dance skills maintaining clarity, and stylistic nuance by assessing and fine tuning jazz technique and performance.

Student will use this course as a consistence and reliable way to perform and maintain clarity and stylistic nuance by assessing and fine tuning ballet technique and through performances. The student will acquire the knowledge and skills needed to know and use the elements of energy/force, space, and time. The students will learn ballet techniques with use of a proper barre, center, allegro, and adagio work.

This ballet class is designed for dancers to work at a ballet barre. Proper body placement and alignment will be taught as well as terminology. The dancers will work in all 5 positions as well as second, devant, and derriere.

Students will research and analyze the style of a choreographer then create a dance in that style. The class will critique the dance performance to assess coherence and aesthetic unity. The students learn to analyze a dance style, create a piece of choreography, and teach the piece for performance. There is a performance required at the end of the semester.

This course is a study of basic conducting technique and ensemble repertoire. Students work with and without a baton in exploring the art of communication by gesture. (This course may be taken for credit as MUSI 230.)