Jun 28, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
[Archived Catalog]
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DANC 1090 - Musical Theater Dance
This course broadens the technical and stylistic range, movement vocabulary, and aesthetic choices of students through exploration of the diverse genres of musical theater dance. The course focuses on challenging, high energy warm-up sequences, across the floor progressions, and center floor combinations that require students to apply a robust physical practice. This course uses a variety of approaches to train the body including: Bartenieff Fundamentals, Improvisation, technical studies from Ballet, Tap, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Modern, and musical theater repertory. Students learn about historical and current musical theater choreographers and styles. Other class activities include discussions, musicianship, choreographic study, audition preparation, and various partnering exercises.
Requisites: DANC 1040, 1240, 2040, or 2240
Credit Hours: 1
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 studio
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to demonstrate technical proficiency and a stylistic range of musical theater dance.
- Students will be able to apply fundamental body knowledge to a range of movement approaches and combinations.
- Students will be able to demonstrate integrated alignment and carriage of the body.
- Students will be able to execute advanced movement vocabulary through challenging and extended movement combinations in both solo and ensemble work.
- Students will be able to create movement combinations that could be used for personal expression, auditions, and/or performance.
- Students will be able to recognize important aspects of musical theater including musicianship, choreography, and partnering work.
- Students will be able to discuss historical and current musical theater choreographers and styles.
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