DAN 138 - Modern Dance (Beginning)

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