DAN 139 - Modern Dance (Beginning/Intermediate)

1. Identify modern dance as a viable twenty-first century art form.
2. Demonstrate the basic theoretical elements i.e., time, shape, space, motion, dynamics, decentralization, etc.
3. Apply the fundamentals of sound physical technique including proper alignment, avoidance and treatment of injuries, executing “self warm-ups” and becoming “self-correcting.”
4. Demonstrate the performance skills of spontaneity, immediacy, and totality.