Course Outline of Record

Item	Value
Eff Term	Fall 2026
Curriculum Committee Approval Date	11/12/2025
Top Code	100810 - Commercial Dance (CTE)
Units	1 Total Units (Lecture Units .5;  Lab/Other Units 0.5)
Hours	36 Total Hours (Lecture Hours 9; Lab Hours 27)
Total Outside of Class Hours	18
Total Student Learning Hours	54
Course Credit Status	Credit: Degree Applicable (D)
Material Fee	No
Basic Skills	Not Basic Skills (N)
Repeatable	No
Open Entry/Open Exit	No
Grading Policy	Standard Letter (S),  Pass/No Pass (B)
Associate Arts Local General Education (GE)	Area 3 Arts and Humanities 3B Active Participation (OC2) Area 7 Life Skills, Lifelong Learning, and Self-Development 7B Activity (OE2)
Associate Science Local General Education (GE)	Area 3A Arts (OSC1)
California State University General Education Breadth (CSU GE-Breadth)	CSU E2 Activity Course (E2)

Course Description

Using traditional yoga postures and breathing techniques, this course is designed for the needs of the training dancer. Yoga postures to increase strength and flexibility, as well as restorative postures will be taught in order to bring about improvement in the execution of dance movements. Instruction at the beginning, intermediate, and intermediate/advanced levels is offered. Transfer Credit: CSU; UC: Credit Limitations: Any or all of these ATHL, DANC, KIN, MARA, PE Activity courses combined: maximum credit, 4 units.

Course Level Student Learning Outcome(s)

1. Perform traditional yoga postures and breathing techniques.
2. Demonstrate the correct use of yoga terminology
3. Perform basic progressions of poses (asanas), including standing poses, inverted poses, twists and balancing poses.

Course Objectives

• 1. Demonstrate back, hip, leg, abdominal, and arm strength.
• 2. Demonstrate correct body alignment for dance.
• 3. Improve range of motion in back, hips, and shoulders for dance.
• 4. Demonstrate proper correlation of breath and movement.
• 5. Demonstrate a personal yoga practice designed to keep the body conditioned for dance.
• 6. Demonstrate a personal yoga practice designed to provide restorative benefit to the body (potentially serving to lengthen an individual?s active capacity).
• 7. Improve coordination.
• 8. Improve overall health.

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Lecture Content

Orientation
Class requirements
Student goals and assessment
Course objectives
Yoga terminology

Pre-evaluation of student strength, flexibility, and familiarity with basic material

The importance of integration of breath and movement, of mindful attention to practice

Introduce correlation between the strength and range built in the postures and the strength and flexibility required for specific aspects of dance technique

Introduce the importance of correct sequencing of poses

Introduce the concept of counter posing, specific purpose of poses and their variations

Introduce variations in practice themes
Breathing and meditation exercises 

Lab Content

Warm-up and introduction of basic postures and breathing to prepare the body for activity
Basic principles of breathing and postural alignment
Identify poses which will address areas crucial to building strong dance technique: Introduce correct body alignment and basic asanas 
Basic progression of asanas, including standing poses, inverted poses, twists, and balancing poses
Introduce more elaborate versions of deep relaxation and restorative sequences
Practice mediation and pranayama
Increase strength, flexibility, and flow of movements in static poses and vinyasa with several leg, back, and arm variations
Perform more difficult back bending and inverted postures with several arm and leg variations
Continue to improve strength in single leg balancing poses, holding poses for longer periods of time, and adding balancing difficulties Deepening of breath and control of breath in more difficult postures 

Method(s) of Instruction

• Lecture (02)
• Lab (04)

Instructional Techniques

Lecture-lab/physical movement Instructor demonstration of physical movement Discussion Small group exercises Peer feedback Video viewing Written assignments Video taping of student s movement

Reading Assignments

Students will spend approximately 1 hour a week reading handouts and assigned chapters.

Writing Assignments

Students will spend approximately 1 hour a week writing in their journal and another half hour a week on their written assignment.

Out-of-class Assignments

Students will spend approximately 1 hour a week practicing skills learned in class.

Study Non-Contact Hours Recommended

18

Methods of Student Evaluation

• Final Exam
• Written Assignments
• Skills Demonstration

Demonstration of Critical Thinking

1.    Testing of skills and conditioning level (skills test)2.    Final skills test3.    Written test of terminology4.    Written assignments5.    Class participation and attendance6.    Video taping, pre-evaluation, and final evaluation

Required Writing, Problem Solving, Skills Demonstration

Journal, written exam (short answer), skills test, written paper

Resources Subscreen

• Textbook: B.K.S Iyengar. Light on Yoga . Shambhala Publications (2016).
• Textbook: B.K.S Iyangar. Tree of Yoga. Shambala (2025).

Eligible Discipline(s)

• Dance: Master’s degree in dance, physical education with a dance emphasis, or theater with dance emphasis, OR bachelor’s degree in any of the above AND master’s degree in physical education, any life science, physiology, theater arts, kinesiology, humanities, performing arts, or music OR the equivalent. Master's degree required.