Course Content and Outcome Guide for D 184
- Date:
- 06-DEC-2011
- Posted by:
- Djambel Unkov
- Course Number:
- D 184
- Course Title:
- Ballroom Dance
- Credit Hours:
- 1
- Lecture hours:
- 0
- Lecture/Lab hours:
- 0
- Lab hours:
- 30
- Special Fee:
- $12
Course Description
Introduces the fundamental principles of Ballroom Dance. Places emphasis on proper partnering, style, and phrasing. Focuses on elementary steps of Foxtrot, Waltz, Swing, Cha- Cha, and Rumba. May be taken a total of three times for credit as either D 184 or PE 186D. Audit available.Intended Outcomes for the course
1. Use an increased spatial awareness, musicality, and coordination in order to build social connections and help make social choices.
2. Learned history, origin, and precise styling for each dance will increase an understanding of Ballroom Dance as an art form and how it fits with other areas of dance.
3. Use developed skills in freestyle dancing to promote creative problem solving.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
Outcome Assessment Strategies will include:
1. Attendance and participation
2. Creative Projects
3. Practical evaluation (exercises, floor work)
Other Assessment Strategies may include:
1. Group or individual choreography
2. Written exam to test knowledge of terminology and/or history
3. Research paper
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
Structure
1. Basic skill introduction and/or review
2. New pattern presentation
3. Practice with rotation of partners
4. Develop both leading and following skills
5. Freestyle dancing and practice time
Movement
1. Dances to be covered: Foxtrot, Swing, Rumba, Cha Cha, and Waltz
2. Basic footwork specific to each dance
3. Appropriate styling, timing, rhythm and tempo
4. Improvised sequences or freestyle dancing
5. Skill development and variations
Theory
1. Familiarity with origins, history, and styling of each dance
2. Recognition of music used to accompany individual dances