An opportunity for students to develop skills of dance improvisation through the exploration of structured movement problems. Students study selected contemporary dance artists whose work stresses improvisation in performance and/or as a training vehicle. Department consent required for dance minors. Requisites: Restricted to Dance (DNCE or DBFA, excludes DNCE-MIN) majors only.
Explores movement invention and strategies of choreographic manipulation of body, space and time. Students add to their toolbox of compositional resources through solo and duet studies. Class interrogates and supports the students' developing language for addressing, critiquing and comprehending compositional choices and structures through verbal and written feedback practice. Can be taken out of sequence with DNCE 3043. Formerly DNCE 2033. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of DNCE 1013 and DNCE 2021 or DNCE 3041 or DNCE 4061 (minimum grade C-). Restricted to Dance (DNCE or DBFA, excludes DNCE-MIN) majors only.
Examines physical and spatial relationships via group and site specific work. New methods of creative problem solving unearth and mine one's imagination and inspiration, cultivating the individual's unique process of dance-making. Class interrogates and supports students' developing language for addressing, critiquing and comprehending compositional choices and structures through verbal and written feedback practice. Can be taken out of sequence with DNCE 3033. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of DNCE 1013 and DNCE 2021 or DNCE 3041 or DNCE 4061 (all minimum grade C-).Restricted to Dance (DNCE or DBFA, excludes DNCE-MIN) majors only.
Explores movement and vocal improvisational techniques to enhance creative, interdisciplinary, collaborative, and performance skills. Helps individuals expand their definition of performance, discover and access the diversity of the human instrument, and employ improvisation to create personal and social commentary. Meets with DNCE 5023.
Focuses on deepening the artistic voice and engaging with other art forms. Students explore the integration of technology and collaboration in creative projects and continue to engage in an objective critical process of their own work and the work of others. Meets with DNCE 5053. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of DNCE 3043 (minimum grade C-). Restricted to Dance (DNCE or DBFA, excludes DNCE-MIN) majors only.
Covers in-depth practical and theoretical approaches to dance composition for graduate students; solo and group forms; and analysis of historical and contemporary dance works. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours with different instructors. Requisites: Restricted to Dance (DNCE) graduate students only.
