• DANC 221R: Pointe II

  1.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): By audition only.. For dance majors and other students with an interest in the professional dance world. Emphasizes women's pointe work. Builds strength and control necessary for further advanced study. Explores various music components necessary for development of virtuosity en pointe. Completers will have skills necessary to progress to advanced pointe class. Includes guest choreographers and teachers. May be repeated for a total of six credits toward graduation.. Course Lab fee of $120 for support applies.
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• DANC 222R: Allegro Dance II

  1.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Corequisite(s): DANC 227R or DANC 327R. Focuses on allegro ballet technique at a beginning level and introduces dance majors and other interested students to jumps, turns, and other allegro technical abilities. Builds strength and control necessary for further intermediate study. Explores the development of musicality and epaulement as it relates to artistic interpretations. Prepares students to perform simple allegro variations from the classical repertoire. May be repeated for a maximum of 4 credits toward graduation.
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• DANC 225R: Character Dance I

  1.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Intermediate equivalent skill level to be determined by audition. Teaches theatre dance based on ethnic styles within ballet performance context to students at an intermediate or higher skill level. May be repeated for a maximum of 3 credits toward graduation.
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• DANC 2260: Character Dance II

  1.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): DANC 225R. Teaches Character Dance for ballet students at an advanced skill level. Studies theatre dance based on ethnic styles within ballet performance context.
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• DANC 227R: Ballet Technique II

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): Instructor Approval. For intermediate level ballet students. Requires ability to handle the varying technical difficulties of classical ballet. Includes theories from Soviet, French, Italian, American, English, and Danish schools. Provides hands-on experience in barre and center floor work to increase strength, flexibility, and artistic interpretation. Emphasizes body alignment and correct placement. Successful completers should be fully prepared to participate in an upper division classical ballet course. May be repeated for a total of 18 credits.. Course Lab fee of $216 for support applies.
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• DANC 2330: Improvisation

  1.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  For students interested in experiencing and developing skills in physical inventiveness and performance intuition and immediacy. Provides guided exploration in the elements of dance for the creative development of personal movement vocabulary, spontaneous group interaction, and the ability to recall and give form to movement generated improvisationally.. Course lab fee of $64 for Dance Accompanist applies.
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• DANC 2340: Composition

  2.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): DANC 2330. Pre- or Corequisite(s): DANC 143R, or DANC 144R, or Instructor Approval. For students interested in experiencing and developing skills in dance composition. Includes conceptual and practical exploration of the basic elements of dance in both solo and group forms. Investigates the relationship between choreographic intention, movement invention, content, and form/structure. Introduces choreographic devices and forms and encourages experimentation in the choreographic process. Emphasizes the process of creating and giving form to a personal movement vocabulary.. Course lab fee of $85 for Dance Accompanist applies.
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• DANC 2350: Dance and Technology

  2.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Explores fundamental approach to Dance for Camera in its various forms. Includes documentary-style videos as well as the creation of dances made specifically for the screen. Explores three-dimensional movement through the two-dimensional medium of the camera. Examines how editing choices creates dance composition in video form. Discusses aesthetic and historical representations of the body through media. Covers choreography for the camera, video camera basics, elements of a video shoot, and video-editing while preparing the student for further integration of dance and technology, such as the use of video projection during live dance performance. Provides the necessary skills to professionally produce video resumes.. Lab access fee of $10 for computers applies.
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• DANC 243R: Modern/Contemporary Dance Technique and Theory Level II /Semester I

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): by audition. Teaches fundamental body and performance technique. Emphasizes locomotor skills and movement progressions as well as elements of body, effort, shape, space, and time. May be repeated for 9 credits toward graduation.. Course Lab fee of $216 for support applies.
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• DANC 244R: Modern/Contemporary Dance Technique and Theory Level II/Semester II

  3.00 Credits

  Utah Valley University

  
  Prerequisite(s): DANC 243R. Focuses on development of technical and performance skills in modern/contemporary dance. Includes concepts of applied anatomy and kinesiology as well as Bartenieff Fundamentals. Emphasizes clarity of movement intent and interpretation in movement progressions. May be repeated for a maximum of 9 credits towards graduation.. Course Lab fee of $216 for support applies.
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