Dance 8 encourages students to trust themselves and others, reflect on thoughts and experiences, and explore creative expression. Risk taking, personal awareness, and dance etiquette are emphasized. Students are introduced to dance terminology, movement elements, various genres, as well as dance history.Students will take part in a daily warm-up and cross-floor sequences to build rhythm,…

In Dance 9, students increase technical dance skills, rhythm and body awareness. Dance technique and risk-taking plays an increasingly important role during warm-up, cross-floor, and choreography. Collaboration, personal awareness, and dance etiquette are emphasized. Throughout the course, students are actively involved in the creation of a piece of choreography that they perform in the end…

This performance-based course continues to extend and develop knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to study dance at an intermediate level. Students will continue to strengthen and expand dance technique, terminology, creative expression, and style. All levels of dancers are encouraged to take this course. Dance Performance 10 consists of a daily warm-up, cross-floor exercises, and…