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DNCE 1321 - VIEW COURSE PROPOSAL – NEW COURSE

Approvals Received:

Department
on 10-20-04
by Jacki Anderson
(andersjs@umn.edu)

Curriculum Committee
on 10-28-04
by Karen Van Horn
(vanhornk@umn.edu)

Approvals Pending:

Curriculum Committee > Campus Assembly > Catalog

Effective Status:

Active

Effective Term:

1059 - Fall 2005

Course:

DNCE 1321

Institution:

UMNMO - Morris

Career:

UGRD

College:

MDHU - UMM-Humanities, Div of

Department:

233 - UMM-Humanities, Div of-Adm

General

Course Title Short:

CE: Intro Modern Dance/Ballet

Course Title Long:

CE: Introduction to Modern Dance and Ballet

Max-Min Credits
for Course:

1.0 to 1.0 credit(s)

Catalog
Description:

Practice in the fundamental movement vocabulary and steps of Dance with an emphasis on traditional ballet techniques and modern dance interpretations. Exploration of body awareness through improvisational exercises and compositional studies. Discussion of the cultural origins of style in Dance and the role of dance in contemporary life.

Additional Course
Information
(for catalog
production):

Grading Basis:

S-N only

Honors Course:

Delivery Mode(s):

Classroom

Years most
frequently offered:

Every academic year

Term(s) most
frequently offered:

Fall

Component 1:

STU (with final exam)

Auto-Enroll
Course:

Graded
Component:

STU

Academic
Progress Units:

Not allowed to bypass limits.
1.0 credit(s)

Financial Aid
Progress Units:

Not allowed to bypass limits.
1.0 credit(s)

Repetition of
Course:

Allow up to 2 repetition(s) totalling up to 2.0 credit(s).

Course
Prerequisites
for Catalog:

Course
Equivalency:

No course equivalencies

Consent
Requirement:

No required consent

Enforced
Prerequisites:
(course-based or
non-course-based)

No prerequisites

Editor Comments:

Proposal Changes:

History Information:

Assessment
and Goals:

Assessment: Students will participate in dance lessons and discussion, learn and create movement sequences to perform for one another in small groups and write several 1-2 page papers responding to their experiences, assigned readings and videos. Goals: Explore the expressive movement potential of the human body using the broad fundamentals of modern dance. Introduce dance as a performance art. Teach the basic elements, terminology of ballet and modern dance, and compare their differences. Experience kinesthetically the technical requirements for dance. Give students an understanding of basic principles of skeletal alignment for dance. Teach the codified techniques of ballet and how they apply to modern dance. Sketch historical and cultural context for these two styles of concert dance.

Rationale for
Changes or
Exceptions:

THIS COURSE WAS PREVIOUSLY OFFERED BY WELLNESS AND SPORTS SCIENCE IN THE EDUCATION DIVISION AND EMPHASIZED THE ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH DANCE AS PHYSICAL EXERCISE AND TRAINING. IT IS NOW OFFERED IN THE HUMANITIES DIVISION WITH GREATER CONTENT IN THE ANALYTICAL ASPECTS OF DANCE AS AN ART FORM.

General Education

Faculty
Sponsor Name:

Ferolyn Angell

Requirement
this course fulfills:

ART/P - ART/P Artistic Performance

Provisional
Approval:

Regular
Approval:

Yes; date: Oct 8, 2004