Jun 28, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

DANC 1230 - Beginning Dance Composition I


Exploration of movement materials through improvisation and short problems dealing with rhythm, space, movement qualities, and dynamics.

Requisites: Dance major or minor
Credit Hours: 2
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 studio, 2.0 laboratory
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • An enhanced capacity to observe and discern movement and describe it (fluency in verbal descriptions of dance).
  • Students will be able to demonstrate: the ability to create movement (develop a movement vocabulary).
  • Ability to engage in and explore movement ideas in improvisation,
  • Ability to produce, rehearse, and perform movement studies based on explorations in space, time, and energy.


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