Jun 23, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

DANC 4040 - Dance Technique IV Jazz


A continuation of materials learned in Dance 3040. Students are expected to be upper intermediate level jazz dancers. Will hone technical jazz dance skills beyond those of the previous course and develop strong performance qualities in several different styles of jazz dance. Combinations will be longer and more challenging in terms of strength, range of motion, rhythm, and aesthetic point of view. For serious, non-major jazz dancers.

Requisites: DANC 3040
Credit Hours: 1.5
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 3.0 hours.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 studio
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Student will demonstrate advanced understanding of musicality (rhythms, meters, and phrasing) within movement combinations given.
  • Student will physically demonstrate understanding of advanced level technical skills, artistic qualities, and execute them in various spatial planes and pathways with clarity and artistic ownership.
  • Student will recognize, utilize and apply vocabulary terms given in class.
  • Student will understand one’s body orientation in space in given movement combinations.


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