Course Calendar Semester 1
Section 1 – Foundation
A) Body: Exploring the Ways We Move
Week 1: Impulse
Warm Up
Origins of Movement
Week 2: Phrase; Linking Movements
Words become Actions
Retrograde and Deconstruction
Week 3: Shapes; Body Design
Shape Sequence
Shapes in Motion
Week 4: Creating a Solo
Using all 3 previous studies create a 2 minute solo (EXAM)
Section 2 – Creative Process and Performance
A) Choreographic Principals using RONDO
Week 5: ABA with Call and Response
Locomotor and
Non-Locomotor Movements
Week6: CAD with
Canon and
Mirroring
Week 7: AEZ with
Shapes and
Unison
Week 8: RONDO – ABACADAEZ Complete
Group Evaluations (Quiz Grade)
Final Edit and Performance (Exam Grade)
B) Literacy Project
Week 9: Poetry In Motion
Using Jazz and Street Dance Movements
Week 10: Poetry Slam
Verse 1 and Hook
Week 11: Poetry Slam
Verse 2 and Bridge
Week 12: Poetry Slam
Verse 3 and Ending
Section 3 - Technique
A) Dance Techniques
Week 13: Ballet
History and Origin
Terminology and Movements
Week 14: Ballet Continued
Swan Lake
Elements of Dance Analysis (Quiz)
Week 15: Modern/Contemporary
History and Origins
Techniques and Choreographers
Week 16: Modern/Contemporary Continued
Revelations
EOD Analysis (Quiz)
Week 17: Jazz and Theatre Dance
History
Comparison (Quiz)
Week 18: Class Performance
Self Evaluations (Exam Grade)
As part of my literacy initiative, each Friday class will do an Article of the Week. The AOW assignment will count as a quiz or exam grade.
A) Body: Exploring the Ways We Move
Week 1: Impulse
Warm Up
Origins of Movement
Week 2: Phrase; Linking Movements
Words become Actions
Retrograde and Deconstruction
Week 3: Shapes; Body Design
Shape Sequence
Shapes in Motion
Week 4: Creating a Solo
Using all 3 previous studies create a 2 minute solo (EXAM)
Section 2 – Creative Process and Performance
A) Choreographic Principals using RONDO
Week 5: ABA with Call and Response
Locomotor and
Non-Locomotor Movements
Week6: CAD with
Canon and
Mirroring
Week 7: AEZ with
Shapes and
Unison
Week 8: RONDO – ABACADAEZ Complete
Group Evaluations (Quiz Grade)
Final Edit and Performance (Exam Grade)
B) Literacy Project
Week 9: Poetry In Motion
Using Jazz and Street Dance Movements
Week 10: Poetry Slam
Verse 1 and Hook
Week 11: Poetry Slam
Verse 2 and Bridge
Week 12: Poetry Slam
Verse 3 and Ending
Section 3 - Technique
A) Dance Techniques
Week 13: Ballet
History and Origin
Terminology and Movements
Week 14: Ballet Continued
Swan Lake
Elements of Dance Analysis (Quiz)
Week 15: Modern/Contemporary
History and Origins
Techniques and Choreographers
Week 16: Modern/Contemporary Continued
Revelations
EOD Analysis (Quiz)
Week 17: Jazz and Theatre Dance
History
Comparison (Quiz)
Week 18: Class Performance
Self Evaluations (Exam Grade)
As part of my literacy initiative, each Friday class will do an Article of the Week. The AOW assignment will count as a quiz or exam grade.