Dance (DAN) at Rappahannock Community College
Distance Learning
Time of Day
Term
- DAN 161 - Dance Production
- Focuses on the creative and business-related aspects of producing a dance performance. Teaches basic skills such as lighting, costuming, music, and choreography.Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
3 credits - DAN 163 - Jazz I
- Explores a variety of contemporary jazz styles from global perspectives. Includes floor stretches, isolations, dance patterns and locomotor movements. Part I of II. May be repeated up to 4 times for credit.Laboratory 2 hours. Total 2 hours per week.
1 credits - DAN 164 - Jazz II
- Introduces dance through contemporary jazz movements. Includes floor stretches, isolations, dance patterns and locomotor movements. Part II of II.Lecture 0-1 hours. Laboratory 2-4 hours. Total 2-4 hours per week.
1-2 credits - DAN 166 - Ballet I
- Explores classical and contemporary styles of ballet. Teaches ballet as a discipline with correct alignment and ballet form. Expresses movement through traditional dance form with choreographic emphasis. Part I of II. May be repeated up to 4 times for credit.Laboratory 2 hours. Total 2 hours per week.
1 credits - DAN 200 - History of Modern Dance
- Explores the origin and development of modern dance, with concentration on American choreographers Doris Humphrey, Isadora Duncan and Martha Graham. Studies the cultural, intellectual and physical influences on the development of different techniques and movement theories as well as modern dance companies.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
3 credits
