1521   DANCE PERFORMANCE (AUXILIARY)

Fall Semester, 1 credit

Prerequisite: Audition

 

This class is a select organization of students who study and perform the artistic form of Ballet, Modern Dance, and Lyrical Jazz as well as various Ethnic-Folk and Contemporary styles of dance.  The class provides opportunities for students to experience degrees of physical agility, technique, & flexibility through the study of dance as an artistic discipline and form of communication through the art of choreography.  The class utilizes a wide variety of equipment (flags, sabers, rifles, etc.) along with very extensive dance studies in ballet, modern dance & jazz.  Students develop the ability to express feelings and images through movement and to interpret and understand a wide range of music including classical, jazz, ethnic, contemporary, and new age music.  Students receive group and individual instruction and compete in both field show and winter guard competitions where they are evaluated and rated by credited adjudicators.  All members audition for the group and are assessed a department fee.