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Lower Division
DANCE 35. History and Appreciation of World Dance
(4)
STAFF
Introduction to dance as cultural and social expression in a variety of cultures. Forms covered include Flamenco, Ballet in Global Perspective, Afro-Caribbean, South Asian, and Latin/x forms of dance.
DANCE 36. History of Modern Dance
(4)
BENNAHUM
Repeat Comments: Not open for credit to students who have completed DanceW 36.
Historical development of modern dance in the United Sates and Europe in the twentieth century. Emphasis on visionary, feminist, and radical aspects of the form.
DANCE 40. Summer Ballet
(3)
STAFF
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 18 units.
Fundamentals of ballet technique.
DANCE 41. Summer Modern Dance
(3)
STAFF
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 18 units.
Fundamentals of modern dance technique.
DANCE 42A. Beginning Ballet
(1)
MOSELEY
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 4 units.
Introduction to basic elements of ballet.
DANCE 42B. Beginning Ballet
(1)
MOSELEY
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 4 units.
Beginning ballet. Introduction to basic elements of ballet.
DANCE 42C. Beginning Ballet
(1)
MOSELEY
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 4 units.
Introduction to basic elements of ballet.
DANCE 42D. Continuing Ballet
(2)
MOSELEY
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 6 units.
Further study of basic elements of ballet.
DANCE 42E. Continuing Ballet
(2)
MOSELEY
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 6 units.
Further study of basic elements of ballet.
DANCE 42F. Continuing Ballet
(2)
MOSELEY
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 6 units.
Further study of basic elements of ballet.
DANCE 43A. Beginning Street Dance Forms
(2)
STAFF
Recommended Preparation: Good body awareness and fitness.
Introduction to the various forms of street dance including Hip Hop and Isolations.
DANCE 43B. Beginning Street Dance Forms
(2)
STAFF
Recommended Preparation: Good body awareness and fitness.
Introduction to the various forms of street dance including House Dance, Whacking, and Punking.
DANCE 43C. Beginning Street Dance Forms
(2)
STAFF
Recommended Preparation: Good body awareness and fitness.
Introduction to the various forms of street dance, including Voguing, Freestyle, Popping, and Locking.
DANCE 44A. Beginning Modern Dance
(1)
STAFF
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 4 units each.
Introduction to basic elements of modern dance.
DANCE 44B. Beginning Modern Dance
(1)
STAFF
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 4 units each.
Introduction to basic elements of modern dance.
DANCE 44C. Beginning Modern Dance
(1)
STAFF
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 4 units each.
Inroduction to basic elements of modern dance.
DANCE 44D. Continuing Modern Dance
(2)
STAFF
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 6 units.
Further study of basic elements of modern dance.
DANCE 44E. Continuing Modern Dance
(2)
STAFF
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 6 units.
Further study of basic elements of modern dance.
DANCE 44F. Continuing Modern Dance
(2)
STAFF
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 6 units.
Further study of basic elements of modern dance.
DANCE 45. History and Appreciation of Dance
(4)
PRESS
Introduction to history and appreciation of dance. Explores dance from a wide cross-cultural perspective of cultural mutuality and diversity, established traditions, and the power of dance to bring about social change, activism and justice.
DANCE 46. Introduction to Social Dance: History and Practice
(2)
WHITED
An introductory level survey of Social Dance. Studio- based physical practice will be complimented by a survey of the history, theory and/or literature of Social Dance. A beginning level elective dance course, Intro to Social Dance focuses on forms developing in Europe, North and South America, as well as their migration and development across borders. Course work is grounded in the physical study of multiple styles alongside outside classwork comprised of readings, viewings and collaborative group projects.
DANCE 47A. Ballet I
(2-4)
MEUNIER, MOSELEY
Prerequisite: Audition.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Designed for majors. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units. Open to non-majors by audition; first day of class serves as audition.
Analysis and exploration of technical and expressive elements of the ballet. For dance majors.
DANCE 47B. Ballet I
(2-4)
MEUNIER, MOSELEY
Prerequisite: Audition.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Designed for majors. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units. Open to non-majors by audition; first day of class serves as audition.
Analysis and exploration of technical and expressive elements of the ballet. For dance majors.
DANCE 47C. Ballet I
(2-4)
MEUNIER, MOSELEY
Prerequisite: Audition.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Designed for majors. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units. Open to non-majors by audition; first day of class serves as audition.
Analysis and exploration of technical and expressive elements of the ballet. For dance majors.
DANCE 47D. Ballet II
(2-4)
MEUNIER, MOSELEY
Prerequisite: Dance 47C.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Designed for majors. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units. Open to non-majors by audition; first day of class serves as audition.
Further analysis and exploration of technical and expressive elements of ballet. For dance majors.
DANCE 47E. Ballet II
(2-4)
MEUNIER, MOSELEY
Prerequisite: Dance 47C.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Designed for majors. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units. Open to non-majors by audition; first day of class serves as audition.
Further analysis and exploration of technical and expressive elements of ballet. For dance majors.
DANCE 47F. Ballet II
(2-4)
MEUNIER, MOSELEY
Prerequisite: Dance 47C.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Designed for majors. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units. Open to non-majors by audition; first day of class serves as audition.
Further analysis and exploration of technical and expressive elements of ballet. For dance majors.
DANCE 50. Fundamentals of Choreography
(3)
MCCARTHY, WHITED
Prerequisite: Dance 51
A study of the basic elements pertaining to the craft of choreography. Emphasis on exploration of movement variation, breath rhythm, the development of dance phrases, and the use of stage space. For dance majors.
DANCE 51. Improvisation
(3)
SMILEY, WHITED
Prerequisite: Dance 56C; dance majors only.
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 6 units.
The fundamental exploration of movement potential with particular focus on the individual and group dynamics.
DANCE 53. Contact Improvisation
(2)
SMILEY, WHITED
Recommended Preparation: Beginner to Intermediate level Modern Technique.Repeat Comments: May be repeated twice for up to 6.0 units.
Lower division studio course in the fundamentals of Contact Improvisation (as developed by Steve Praxton, and his contemporaries.) Exploring the egalitarian effort of shared weight and mutual support. Contact Improvisation serves as a fundamental step in a dance student's partnering training, and informs a deeper sense of weight and sentimentality in individual dance technique.
DANCE 56A. Modern Dance I
(2-4)
COLAHAN, MCCARTHY, WHITED
Prerequisite: Audition.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Designed for majors. May be repeated for credit to maximum of 8 units. Open to non-majors by audition; first class serves as audition.
Analysis and exploration of the technical aspects of movement as an expressive medium. For dance majors.
DANCE 56B. Modern Dance I
(2-4)
COLAHAN, MCCARTHY, WHITED
Prerequisite: Audition.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Designed for majors. May be repeated for credit to maximum of 8 units. Open to non-majors by audition; first class serves as audition.
Analysis and exploration of the technical aspects of movement as an expressive medium. For dance majors.
DANCE 56C. Modern Dance I
(2-4)
COLAHAN, MCCARTHY, WHITED
Prerequisite: Audition.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Designed for majors. May be repeated for credit to maximum of 8 units. Open to non-majors by audition; first class serves as audition.
Analysis and exploration of the technical aspects of movement as an expressive medium. For dance majors.
DANCE 56D. Modern Dance II
(2-4)
COLAHAN, MCCARTHY, WHITED
Prerequisite: Dance 56C.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Designed for majors. May be repeated for credit to maximum of 8 units. Open to non-majors by audition; first class serves as audition.
Analysis and exploration of the technical aspects of movement as an expressive medium at the intermediate level. For dance majors.
DANCE 56E. Modern Dance II
(2-4)
COLAHAN, MCCARTHY, WHITED
Prerequisite: Dance 56C.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Designed for majors. May be repeated for credit to maximum of 8 units. Open to non-majors by audition; first class serves as audition.
Analysis and exploration of the technical aspects of movement as an expressive medium at the intermediate level. For dance majors.
DANCE 56F. Modern Dance II
(2-4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Dance 56C.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Designed for majors. May be repeated for credit to maximum of 8 units. Open to non-majors by audition; first class serves as audition.
Analysis and exploration of the technical aspects of movement as an expressive medium at the intermediate level. For dance majors.
DANCE 60. Summer Jazz Dance
(3)
STAFF
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 18 units.
Fundamentals of jazz technique.
DANCE 82AAZZ. Special Topics: Physical Practice
(2)
STAFF
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors.
Repeat Comments: DANCE 82 may be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
A Super Course designed to house various forms of physical practice/technique not currently represented in the curriculum. Topics may include: somatic forms such as Alexander Technique, Yoga, Pilates: non-western dance forms such as West African, Flamenco, Kathak, Bhara Natyam, Korean Dance, Cambodian Dance, etc.; percussive forms such as Tap, Hoofing, or Clogging; or many other forms that may be the expertise of faculty, guest artists, visiting lecturers/professors, or graduate students.
DANCE 82AR. Special Topics: Physical Practice - Aerial Dance
DANCE 82BX. Open-level Ballet Physical Practice
DANCE 82C. Special Topics, Physical Practice: Conditioning/Pilates
DANCE 82FL. Special Topics: Physical Practice-Flamenco
DANCE 82JZ. Special Topics, Physical Practice: Jazz Technique
DANCE 82MX. Open-level Modern/Contemporary Physical Practice
DANCE 82TP. Special Topics: Physical Practice - Tap
DANCE 94. Group Studies for Lower-Division Dance Students
(1-4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Lower-division standing.
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 16 units, but only 8 units may be applied toward the major.
Group studies in selected areas of emphasis.
DANCE 99. Independent Study in Dance
(1-5)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor and department; completion of lower-division dance history course.
Enrollment Comments: Students must have a minimum 3.0 GPA and are limited to 5 units per quarterand 30 units total in all 98/99/198/199/199AA-ZZ courses combined.
Independent study in dance. Projects in pedagogy, choreography or dance research.
Upper Division
DANCE 120.
Aesthetics of Performance: New Visions in Contemporary Dance and Theater
(4)
STAFF
Enrollment Comments: Quarters usually offered: Winter.
An exploration of diversity, meaning and influence in the art-making process. This course aims to develop an articulate, critical facility with a sharp aesthetic eye. Students will view, discuss, and write about the art work of contemporary and historically significant dance, theater, and visual artists with a focus on the experimental and avant-garde.
DANCE 142M.
Masculinities In/As Performance
(4)
WHITED
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors.
Repeat Comments: Course cannot be repeated for additional units of credit.
Upper division seminar exploring the intersection of multiple masculinities IN performance (dance, theater, performance art, film/TV, internet platforms, and more), and AS performance. Topics include maleness/masculinity as a social construct, considerations of masculinity in adolescent development and pedagogy, implications of race and class: marginalized masculinities, female masculinity, trans-masculinity, and more. These lenses are then employed to consider how masculinity forms identity and frames representation in various performative platforms.
DANCE 143A.
Street Dance Forms
(2)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
Recommended Preparation: Good body awareness and fitness.
Focuses on the various forms of street dance: Hip Hop, House Dance, Popping, Locking, Whacking, Punking, Voguing, and Freestyle. Students learn the physical lexicon of the various styles, and are immersed in the cultural aspects of the forms, contextualizing the dances both historically and socially. With a strong focus on accurately embodying the essence of each style, the class breaks down the initiation of motion and pathways of energy that result in these unique and specialized modes.
DANCE 145B.
Critical Topics in Dance History: Ballet in Global Perspective
(4)
BENNAHUM
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Recommended Preparation: Dance 36 or 45.
Upper division seminar that studies the historical relationship of ballet dancing to the body politic from the global economies of Italian city-states through Louis XIV's use of ballet as weapon of state to revolutionary Russia whose exiled artists dispersed contemporary ballet worldwide.
DANCE 145C.
Dancing the Diaspora: Dances of the Afro-Caribbean and American Worlds
(4)
BENNAHUM
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Recommended Preparation: Dance 36 or 45.
Upper division seminar that traces a genealogy of dance and choreographic practice from West Africa throughout the Afro- Caribbean during the transatlantic slave trade and into the Southern, Midwestern and Northeastern states of the U.S. We will study the Africanist presence in the body from Brazil to Cuba to New Orleans to New York City.
DANCE 145D.
George Balanchine and the New York City Ballet, 1904- Present
(4)
BENNAHUM
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Recommended Preparation: Dance 36 or Dance 45.
Upper-division seminar that focuses on the exiled Russian architect of American ballet George Balanchine and his appropriation and incorporation of Afro-American jazz/tap into the corporeal language of classical ballet.
DANCE 145E.
Dance Modernism: Cubism, Surrealism and the Euro-American Avant-Garde, 1905 - 1939
(4)
BENNAHUM
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Recommended Preparation: Dance 36 or 45
Upper division seminar that considers the history of modernism in dance, theater, music and art from Russia on the eve of its Bolshevik Revolution to America. We study the revolutionary Moscow Art Theater, Isadora Duncan's influence on the Ballets Russes and the feminist protest theater of Martha Graham, Helen Tamiris, Charles Weidman and Anna Sokolow.
DANCE 145G.
Race, Immigration, and Contemporary American Dance
(4)
BENNAHUM
Prerequisite: Upper division standing.
Repeat Comments: Not able to repeat for additional units.
Race, Ballet, and Contemporary American Dance is a quarter-long, upper division Dance Studies course that examines how racism has shaped artistic practice and perception of the dancing body in both classical and contemporary dance.
DANCE 145H.
Flamenco and the Afro-Roma Presence in Spanish History
(4)
BENNAHUM
Prerequisite: Dance 45.
Dance history and performance traces the African and Roma-Gypsy origins of Flamenco in its artistic, ethno-religious and political formation. Together, we trace the cultural origins of Flamenco: ethnic, religious, cultural, and geographic. Flamenco is a transhistorical form of guitar (tocque), spoken word or rapped song (cante), and dance (baile) that dates to the Hispano-Arab, African, and Roma (Gypsy presence in 'Al Andalus, southern Spain. A transatlantic form of performance art performed by artists worldwide, Flamenco is the visual, musical, and corporeal embodiment of exile. An expression of resistance to homelessness and persecution, Flamenco's texture, look, and feel are reminders of the diasporic wandering of the Roma people.
DANCE 145W.
Dance as Social Protest: Art, Dance & Film, 1955 - 1975
(4)
BENNAHUM
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Recommended Preparation: Dance 36 or 45.
Upper division seminar that traces a history of Postmodern, site-specific dance in California and New York and focuses specifically on 3 seminal American artists: Anna Halprin, Simone Forti and Yvonne Rainer.
DANCE 147A.
Ballet III
(3)
MEUNIER, MOSELEY
Prerequisite: Dance 47F.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Designed for majors. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 16 units, but only 8 units may be applied toward the major. Open to non majors by audition; first class serves as audition.
Advanced analysis and exploration of the technical and expressive elements of ballet. For dance majors. Open to non majors by audition.
DANCE 147B.
Ballet III
(2-4)
MEUNIER, MOSELEY
Prerequisite: Dance 47F.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Designed for majors. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 16 units, but only 8 units may be applied toward the major. Open to non majors by audition; first class serves as audition.
Advanced analysis and exploration of the technical and expressive elements of ballet. For dance majors.
DANCE 147C.
Ballet III
(2-4)
MEUNIER, MOSELEY
Prerequisite: Dance 47F.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Designed for majors. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 16 units, but only 8 units may be applied toward the major. Open to non majors by audition; first class serves as audition.
Advanced analysis and exploration of the technical and expressive elements of ballet. For dance majors.
DANCE 147D.
Ballet IV
(2-4)
MEUNIER, MOSELEY
Prerequisite: Dance 147C.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 16 units each, but only 8 units each may be applied toward the major. Open to non majors by audition; first day of class serves as audition.
Further analysis and exploration of the technical and expressive elements of ballet.
DANCE 147E.
Ballet IV
(2-4)
MEUNIER, MOSELEY
Prerequisite: Dance 147D.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units each. Open to non majors by audition; first day of classserves as audition.
Further analysis and exploration of the technical aspects of dance as an expressive medium.
DANCE 147F.
Ballet IV
(2-4)
MEUNIER, MOSELEY
Prerequisite: Dance 147E.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units each. Open to non majors by audition; first day of classserves as audition.
Further analysis and exploration of the technical aspects of dance as an expressive medium.
DANCE 147PA.
Ballet: Pointe
(1-2)
MEUNIER, HUSTON
Prerequisite: Dance 47C.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. May be repeated for credit in combination with Dance 147P to a maximum of 10 units each, but only 6 units each may be applied toward the major. Open to non majors by audition.
Basic pointe work, including barre and center practice. For dance majors.
DANCE 147PB.
Ballet: Pointe
(1-2)
MEUNIER, HUSTON
Prerequisite: Dance 47C.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. May be repeated for credit in combination with Dance 147P to a maximum of 10 units each, but only 6 units each may be applied toward the major. Open to non majors by audition.
Basic pointe work, including barre and center practice. For dance majors.
DANCE 147PC.
Ballet: Pointe
(1-2)
MEUNIER, HUSTON
Prerequisite: Dance 47C.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. May be repeated for credit in combination with Dance 147P to a maximum of 10 units each, but only 6 units each may be applied toward the major. Open to non majors by audition.
Basic pointe work, including barre and center practice. For dance majors.
DANCE 147S.
Ballet III
(3)
MEUNIER, HUSTON
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or instructor approval.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Designed for majors. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 16 units, but only 8 units may be applied toward the major. Open to non majors by audition; first class serves as audition.
Advanced analysis and exploration of the technical and expressive elements of ballet. For dance majors. Open to non majors by audition.
DANCE 149.
Dance Workshop
(1-4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Audition.
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units.
Projects in performance, production, choreography, and directing.
DANCE 151A.
Choreography
(3)
WHITED, MCCARTHY
Prerequisite: Dance 50 and Dance 51
Analysis of the elements of choreographic form; styles and trends; experience in development of dance studies; theory and technique of advanced choreography. Part A focuses on formal devices and developmental tools of dance composition, and introduces duet form.
DANCE 151B.
Choreography
(3)
WHITED, MCCARTHY
Prerequisite: Dance 151A
Analysis of the elements of choreographic form; styles and trends; experience in development of dance studies; theory and technique of advanced group choreography. Part B taps more broadly into the methods and theories behind dance composition and movement invention and interrogates multiple points of entry into the making process. Self-solo, duet and trio form is explored.
DANCE 151C.
Choreography
(3)
WHITED, MCCARTHY
Prerequisite: Thtr 23D
Analysis of the elements of choreographic form; styles and trends; experience in development of dance studies; theory and technique of advanced group choreography.
DANCE 151DA.
Digital Editing for Dance
(3)
MCCARTHY
Prerequisite: Dance 50 and upper-division standing.
Enrollment Comments: Designed for majors.
Repeat Comments: Legal repeat of Dance 151T
A video skill-building course that introduces students to non- linear editing software and video camera operation. Drawing upon choreographic principles, students will create short film projects expanding their compositional proficiency and their technical knowledge of video editing tools.
DANCE 151DB.
Digital Dance Portfolio
(3)
MCCARTHY
Prerequisite: Dance 151DA
Enrollment Comments: Designed for majors. Quarters usually offered: Winter.
Focus on the creation of a video portfolio of choreographic work. Building on technical editing skills with an introduction to formatting options for web-ready, DVD-ready and large screen-ready video, and compositional techniques in editing theatrical dance works.
DANCE 151DC.
Dance Videography
(3)
MCCARTHY
Prerequisite: Dance 50 and upper-division standing.
Enrollment Comments: Designed for majors. Quarters usually offered: Spring.
Focus on the creation of a video portfolio of choreographic work. Building on technical editing skills with an introduction to formatting options for web-ready, DVD-ready and large screen-ready video, and compositional techniques in editing theatrical dance works.
DANCE 151E.
Choreography for the Theatre
(2)
STAFF
Recommended Preparation: Dance 145M.
The study of important dance routines of the American musical theatre from 1789 to present, with opportunity for perfomance.
DANCE 156A.
Modern Dance III
(2-4)
COLAHAN, MCCARTHY, WHITED
Prerequisite: Dance 56F.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Designed for majors. May be repeated for credit to maximum 8 units. Open to non-majors by audition; first day of class will serve as audition.
Advanced analysis and exploration of the technical aspects of dance as an expressive medium. For dance majors. Open to non majors by audition.
DANCE 156B.
Modern Dance III
(2-4)
COLAHAN, MCCARTHY, WHITED
Prerequisite: Dance 56F.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Designed for majors. May be repeated for credit to maximum of 8 units. Open to non-majors by audition; first day of class will serve as audition.
Advanced analysis and exploration of the technical aspects of dance as an expressive medium. For dance majors.
DANCE 156C.
Modern Dance III
(2-4)
COLAHAN, MCCARTHY, WHITED
Prerequisite: Dance 56F.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Designed for majors. May be repeated for credit to maximum of 8 units. Open to non-majors by audition; first day of class will serve as audition.
Advanced analysis and exploration of the technical aspects of dance as an expressive medium. For dance majors.
DANCE 156D.
Modern Dance IV
(2-4)
COLAHAN, MCCARTHY, WHITED
Prerequisite: Dance 156C.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Designed for majors. May be repeated for credit to maximum of 8 units. Open to non-majors by audition; first day of class will serve as audition.
Further analysis and exploration of the technical aspects of dance as an expressive medium.
DANCE 156E.
Modern Dance IV
(2-4)
COLAHAN, MCCARTHY, WHITED
Prerequisite: Dance 156C.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Designed for majors. May be repeated for credit to maximum of 8 units. Open to non-majors by audition; first day of class will serve as audition.
Further analysis and exploration of the technical aspects of dance as an expressive medium.
DANCE 156F.
Modern Dance IV
(2-4)
COLAHAN, MCCARTHY, WHITED
Prerequisite: Dance 156C.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units each. Open to non majors by audition; first day of classwill serve as audition.
Further analysis and exploration of the technical aspects of dance as an expressive medium.
DANCE 158.
Pedagogy II
(2-3)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Dance 56F and 58.
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 16 units but only 8 units may count toward major.
Further analysis of the theory and practice of teaching dance, including function and esthetics in the development of movement vocabulary, application of anatomy, kinetics and musicality. Includes practical experience teaching dance classes.
DANCE 158A.
Teaching Dance in Community: Fundamentals of Engaging the At-Risk Youth Artist
(4)
BENNAHUM
Prerequisite: Upper-division or permission of instructor.
Recommended Preparation: Dance 36 or Dance 45.Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Upper-division, hands-on course that teaches undergraduate students how to teach dance, choreography, and digital media to at-risk youth in fragile economic communities. Students will be mentored by professor and master artists, develop syllabi and teach a dance curriculum.
DANCE 158B.
Fundamentals of Dance Pedagogy
(4)
PRESS
Prerequisite: Dance 56C and Dance 45.
Recommended Preparation: Dance 50 and Dance 51.Enrollment Comments: Designed for majors.
Upper division course examining philosophical and practical methodologies in teaching dance for children and adults, while focusing on multicultural awareness, academic study, Laban Movement Analysis, neuroscience, and classroom management. The integration of theory and practice, critical thinking skills, communication, collaboration and creativity are all emphasized.
DANCE 158C.
Classical Ballet Pedagogy: The Art of Teaching Ballet Technique, Pointe, Male Technique, and Pas de Deux
(4)
MEUNIER
Prerequisite: DANCE 47A, 47B, 47C, 47D, 47E, 47F
Recommended Preparation: Ballet l/ ll (must be at Ballet lll or lV level)
Upper Division studio course in classical ballet instruction. The fundamentals of teaching ballet technique from Vaganova, Balanchine, and the ABT Curriculum. Students learn how to structure a ballet class, understand alignment corrections, ballet vocabulary, step progression, and combination development for optimal dancer development. The course also covers pointe work, male technique, and partnering. The course stresses how to use positivity, encouragement, psychology, and emphasize using correct vocabulary when teaching to avoid physically handling students.
DANCE 163.
Advanced Improvisation
(2)
SMILEY, WHITED
Prerequisite: Dance 51 or permission of instructor.
Recommended Preparation: Dance 50, Dance 51, Dance 56A-F or equivalent experience.Enrollment Comments: May be repeated once for credit for a maximum of 4 units. Only two units may be applied for credit in the major.
An Advanced-level studio course focusing on various approaches and applications of dance improvisation. Topics covered include solo and group improvisation, score building and utilization, contact improvisation (CI), and improvisation for performance and site-specific work. Students are assigned readings and viewings to ground their work in the classroom within past and current theory and improvisational practices.
DANCE 164.
Integrated Dance Partnering
(2)
WHITED
Prerequisite: Dance 47F and Dance 56F or equivalent.
Recommended Preparation: Dance 50 and Dance 51.
An Upper Division, intermediate/advanced study of the skills, mechanics and intersection of multiple partnering dance forms. Integrated Partnering will draw from contact improvisation, ballet and contemporary partnering in order to develop a broad understanding, and adaptable command of partnering. Beyond foundational mechanics, conditioning and safe practices, the course delves into selected repertory phrase work-and partnered work in collaborative, compositional, and improvisational capacities; supporting the practical application of skills in a professional rehearsal context.
DANCE 165.
Embodied Anatomy
(2-4)
SMILEY
Prerequisite: Upper-division or permission of instructor.
For dancers and individuals interested in studying human anatomy from a dancer's perspective, including scientific information, experiential practice, and a focus on both the body's physical structure and its kinetic possibilities. Brings awareness to how we synthesize time and space in order to move rhythmically, create coherent shapes, locomote through space and organize complex coordination of multiple systems within the body. Anatomical awareness helps with injury prevention and offers one a more meaningful relationship to their human form.
DANCE 166.
DANCE DRAMATURGY: THEORY IN PRACTICE
(4)
WHITED
Prerequisite: DA 151A, DA 151B No pre-requisites for Graduate Students, instructor approval needed for non-Theater/Dance graduate students
Recommended Preparation: DA 151C, DA 186, and/or DA 167A/167B
A seminar/studio course centered on the theory and practice of new work dramaturgy, specifically in the areas of Dance, and Devised Dance/Physical Theater. Studying and practicing contemporary approaches to dramaturgy in American contexts, we consider its varied applications and locate its development from origins in the European Theater. Two-thirds of course activity is fulfilled in a seminar format--with discussions, readings and viewings--and one-third covers practical dramaturgical work on a chosen project during the quarter.
DANCE 167A.
Senior Solo Experimental Performance: Workshop in Creative Practice
(2)
MCCARTHY
Prerequisite: DANCE 50, DANCE 51, DANCE 151A.
Recommended Preparation: Senior standingEnrollment Comments: Quarters usually offered: Winter. Course cannot be repeated for additional units.
Project development techniques, exploring modes of creative expression through various art disciplines and live performance techniques. Students engage in weekly workshops and discussions to build a tool kit for innovative dance creation.
DANCE 167B.
Senior Solo Experimental Performance: Multimedia Project Development
(1)
MCCARTHY
Prerequisite: DANCE 50, DANCE 51, DANCE 151A, DANCE 167A
Recommended Preparation: Senior standing.Enrollment Comments: Quarters usually offered: Spring. Course cannot be repeated for additional units.
Individually researched performance projects. Engaging with dance, music, theater, object-based storytelling, video projection, visual art and world building techniques. Students create a unique one-person show/presentation to be shared in a live public performance ant the end of the quarter. Based primarily in one on one mentor-ship through the process of devising and refining the final project.
DANCE 171.
Music for Dance: Listening Based Survey of Contemporary Aesthetics
(3)
STAFF
Overview of form, structure, and tonality in western music, including global and historical influences. Examination of styles of music composition and performance, related to dance and choreography.
DANCE 182AAZZ.
Special Topics: Physical Practice
(2)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Enrollment Comments: Designed for majors.
Repeat Comments: DANCE 182 may be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
A Super Course designed to house various forms of physical practice/technique not currently represented in the curriculum. Topics could include: somatic forms such as Alexander Technique, Yoga, Pilates: non-western dance forms such as West African, Flamenco, Kathak, Bharathanatyam, Korean Dance, Cambodian Dance, etc.: percussive forms such as Tap, Hoofing, or Clogging; or many other forms that may be the expertise of faculty, guest artists, visiting lecturers/professors, or graduate students.
DANCE 182AR.
Intermediate Aerial Dance
DANCE 182BX.
Open-level Ballet Physical Practice
DANCE 182C.
Special Topics, Physical Practice: Conditioning/Pilates
DANCE 182FL.
Special Topics: Physical Practice-Flamenco
DANCE 182JZ.
Special Topics, Physical Practice: Jazz Technique
DANCE 182MX.
Open-level Modern/Contemporary Physical Practice
DANCE 182TP.
Special Topics: Physical Practice - Tap
DANCE 186.
Dance Production
(1-4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Dance 151C.
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Exploration of the process of collaboration between dance choreographers and theatre designers in the development of designs for dance productions. Final project will be a public performance of the choreographers' and designers' work.
DANCE 189.
Elements of Performing
(1-3)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Dance 56F.
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 6 units.
The study of stage technique for the development of alert, responsive, and dynamic performers. Individual coaching in the elements of performing such as projection, timing, and pre- performance preparation.
DANCE 190.
UCSB Dance Company
(2-4)
MOSELEY
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 16 units, but only 8 units may be applied toward the major.
Selected students work as dancers in the UCSB Dance Company, studying and analyzing choreography and performance. The company performs locally and/or on tour. Students experience the integral workings of a company.
DANCE 191.
Senior Project
(3)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Dance 151C.
Choreographic or performance project produced as the culminating presentation for the B.F.A. degree. Course includes detailed documentation of the procedure followed during the creation of the final project, and results in a written and visual document following a closely crafted prompt.
DANCE 193H.
Senior Honors Project
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Senior standing.
Enrollment Comments: This course is for students who will complete their projects in one quarter. A final grade will be assigned upon completion. Students must have a 3.0 university grade-point average; 3.4 departmental grade-point average, unless exempt by petition; faculty nomination.
Senior honors project. Advanced thesis project in either academic research or creative activity, supervised by a faculty advisor. Students successfully completing the project, as evaluated by a three-person committee, will graduate with distinction in the major.
DANCE 193HA.
Senior Honors Project
(2-4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Senior standing.
Enrollment Comments: Students must have a 3.0 university grade-point average; 3.4 departmental grade-point average, unless exempt by petition; faculty nomination. A three quarter "in-progress" course with grades assigned upon completion of Dance 193HC.
Senior honors project. Advanced thesis project in either academic research or creative activity, supervised by a faculty advisor. Students successfully completing the project, as evaluated by a three-person committee, will graduate with distinction in the major. Students must ha 3.0 university grade-point average; 3.4 departmental grade-point average, unless exempt by petition; faculty nomination.
DANCE 193HB.
Senior Honors Project
(2-4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Dance 193HA; senior standing.
Enrollment Comments: Students must have a 3.0 university grade-point average; 3.4 departmental grade-point average, unless exempt by petition; faculty nomination. A three quarter "in-progress" course with grades assigned upon completion of Dance 193HC.
Senior honors project. Advanced thesis project in either academic research or creative activity, supervised by a faculty advisor. Students successfully completing the project, as evaluated by a three-person committee, will graduate with distinction in the major.
DANCE 193HC.
Senior Honors Project
(2-4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Dance 193HA or 193HB; senior standing.
Enrollment Comments: Students must have a 3.0 university grade-point average; 3.4 departmental grade-point average, unless exempt by petition; faculty nomination. A three quarter "in-progress" course with grades assigned upon completion of Dance 193HC.
Senior honors project. Advanced thesis project in either academic research or creative activity, supervised by a faculty advisor. Students successfully completing the project, as evaluated by a three-person committee, will graduate with distinction in the major.
DANCE 194.
Group Studies in Dance
(1-4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Group projects in selected areas of emphasis.
DANCE 195.
SBDT Apprentice/Mentor Program
(2)
STAFF
Recommended Preparation: Dance 47F, 50, 51, 56F
Prepares students for professional work in the field of dance. Apprentices will join with professional dancers in UC Santa Barbara's resident professional dance company, Santa Barbara Dance Theater, to rehearse choreographic works, with the possibility of performing in studio showings, repertory previews and the company's concerts on and off campus. These experiences are expected to raise each apprentice's awareness of collaborative methods and professional standards of performance artistry. The artistic director of Santa Barbara Dance Theater will be designated as the instructor of record, with mentoring and coordinating assistance from one or more company members.
DANCE 199.
Independent Study in Dance
(1-5)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor and department; upper-division standing; completion of 2 upper-division courses in Dance.
Enrollment Comments: Students must have a minimum 3.0 GPA for the preceding 3 quaters and are limited to 5 units per quarter and 30 units total in all 98/99/198/199/199AA-ZZ courses combined.
Independent study in dance. Projects in choreography or dance research.
DANCE 199RA.
Independent Research Assistance in Dance
(1-5)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing; completion of 2 upper-division courses in Dance; consent of instructor and department.
Enrollment Comments: Students must have a minimum 3.0 GPA for the preceding 3 quarters and are limited to 5 units per quarter and 30 units total in all 98/99/198/199/199AA-ZZ courses combined.
Independent research assistance in dance. Supervised assistance in faculty research project.
Lower Division
DANCEW 36. History of Modern Dance
(4)
BENNAHUM
Historical development of modern dance in the United Sates and Europe in the twentieth century. Emphasis on visionary, feminist, and radical aspects of the form.
Lower Division
THTR 1. Play Analysis
(4)
KING
Provides the theater artist with practical tools for text analysis. Studying five major works ranging from Shakespeare to a living playwright, the course examines such concepts as language, style, period, character, themes, and structure.
THTR 2A. Performance in Global Contexts: Africa and the Caribbean
(4)
STAFF
Introduction to local performance traditions in Africa and the Caribbean, such as storytelling, ritual, and Carnival. The course also examines how African and Caribbean playwrights put those traditions to social and political uses by incorporating them into post-colonial plays.
THTR 2B. Performance in Global Contexts: ASIA
(4)
STAFF
Introduction to pan-Asian performance traditions (theater, dance, performance art, popular culture) in various national genres such as Beijing opera, Chinese spoken drama, Taiwanese heavy metal, Indian and Korean dance, Japanese Noh, Bunraku, Anime, and Indonesian mask and puppet theater.
THTR 2C. Performance in Global Contexts: EUROPE
(4)
STAFF
Introduction to theater and performance practice and traditions in Europe. Topics will include ritual, the rise of a public theater, the political uses of theater, the development of festival theater, and the uses of performance in non-theatrical contexts.
THTR 2D. Performance in Global Contexts: LATIN AMERICA
(4)
CABRANES-GRANT
An introduction to theater and performance in Latin America.
THTR 5. Introduction To Acting
(3)
STAFF
An introduction for majors and nonmajors to the multiple problems of the actor's art and craft.
THTR 9. Introduction to Dramatic Writing
(4)
STAFF
An intensive introduction to playwriting for beginning dramatists. Students will read and analyze the structure of plays, write and stage their own short plays, and gain experience acting in and directing each other's work. Homework for the course includes a series of written and performance-based assignments.
THTR 10A. Movement For The Stage
(2)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Theater 5; audition.
Enrollment Comments: Students must be concurrently enrolled in Theater 15A. Restricted to BFA Acting students.
Intense physical training designed to produce a neutral, dynamic, and expressive bodily instrument.
THTR 10B. Movement For The Stage
(2)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Theater 5; audition.
Enrollment Comments: Students must be concurrently enrolled in THTR 15B. Restricted to BFA Acting students.
Intense physical training designed to produce a neutral, dynamic, and expressive bodily instrument.
THTR 10C. Movement For The Stage
(2)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Theater 5; consent of instructor.
Enrollment Comments: Can be repeated once for credit. Restricted to BFA Acting students.
Intense physical training designed to produce a neutral, dynamic, and expressive bodily instrument.
THTR 11A. Voice Laboratory
(2)
MORGAN
Prerequisite: Theater 5; consent of instructor.
Enrollment Comments: Can be repeated once for credit. Restricted to BFA Acting students.
A fundamental approach to voice for the actor with emphasis on vocal production, articulation, and quality; plus physical relaxation techniques.
THTR 11B. Voice Laboratory
(2)
MORGAN
Prerequisite: Theater 5; consent of instructor.
Enrollment Comments: Can be repeated once for credit. Restricted to BFA Acting students.
A fundamental approach to voice for the actor with emphasis on vocal production, articulation, and quality; plus physical relaxation techniques.
THTR 11C. Voice Laboratory
(2)
MORGAN
Prerequisite: Theater 5; consent of instructor.
Enrollment Comments: Can be repeated once for credit. Restricted to BFA Acting students.
A fundamental approach to voice for the actor with emphasis on vocal production, articulation, and quality; plus physical relaxation techniques.
THTR 15A. Fundamentals of Acting
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Theater 5; consent of instructor.
Enrollment Comments: Restricted to BFA Acting students. Can be repeated once for credit.
Development of the intermediate actor's foundational work in improvisation, technique, scene study, textual analysis, and characterization while exploring creative capacity.
THTR 15B. Fundamentals of Acting
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Theater 5; consent of instructor.
Enrollment Comments: Restricted to BFA Acting students. Can be repeated once for credit.
Development of the intermediate actor's foundational work in improvisation, technique, scene study, textual analysis, and characterization while exploring creative capacity.
THTR 15C. Fundamentals of Acting
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Theater 5; consent of instructor.
Enrollment Comments: Restricted to BFA Acting students. Can be repeated once for credit.
Development of the intermediate actor's foundational work in improvisation, technique, scene study, textual analysis, and characterization while exploring creative capacity.
THTR 19. Design Fundamentals for Dance and Theater
(4)
STAFF
Enrollment Comments: Misc: Not open for credit to students who have completed Theater W 19.
Repeat Comments: Not open for credit to students who have completed Theater W 19.
Lectures, demonstrations and projects to provide an understanding of the stage design process for theater and dance. Study of the elements, principles, terminology, and basic techniques. Exploration of the communicative and collaborative process between designer and choreographer/director. Concentration in scenic, costume, and lighting design.
THTR 22. Scenic Design
(4)
STAFF
Recommended Preparation: Thtr 19Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units with instructor consent.
Projects in the interpretation of plays through scenic elements with concentration on the design process and the dramatic use of space. Drafting projects including floor plans, elevations and basic perspective drawing.
THTR 23. Stage Lighting Design
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Theater 19.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units with instructor consent.
Lecture-demonstration in instrumentation, color in light, control equipment, and basic lighting design theories. Technical drawing including light plots, scheduling and organization for lighting design. Some practical application through laboratory and studio exercise.
THTR 23D. Dance Lighting Design
(3)
SCOTT
Prerequisite: Theater 19.
Lecture-demonstration in instrumentation, color in light, control equipment, and basic lighting theories. practical application through laboratory assignments and studio productions.
THTR 25. Costume Design
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Theater 19.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units with instructor consent.
Exploration of basic elements and principles of theatre costume design. Projects in the interpretation of plays through costume elements with concentration on the design process. Emphasis on figure drawing.
THTR 27A. Theater Graphics and Figure Drawing
(2)
STAFF
Introduction to sketching and drawing styles for the theater designer. Includes light and shade, perspective, and line drawing. Focus on drawing the human form, rendering of fabric, texture and movement.
THTR 29A. Scenic Practicum
(1)
STAFF
Empirical understanding of methods of assembly and materials for stage scenery. Shop organization and operation are experienced during the construction process.
THTR 29B. Lighting Practicum
(1)
STAFF
Empirical understanding of optical properties of lightin units, available hanging positions and apparatus, lighting control, electrical safety and stage crew organization.
THTR 29C. Costume Practicum
(1)
STAFF
Empirical understanding of methods of assembly and materials for stage dress. Costume shop organization and operation are experienced during the construction process.
THTR 29D. Run Crew Practicum
(1)
STAFF
Empirical understanding of backstage organization and operation during live performance.
THTR 31A. Costume Construction
(2-4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Theater 29C.
Introduction to materials and construction techniques used in the production of theatrical costumes.