Course Outline of Record

Item	Value
Curriculum Committee Approval Date	10/01/2024
Top Code	100800 - Dance
Units	2 Total Units
Hours	54 Total Hours (Lecture Hours 27; Lab Hours 27)
Total Outside of Class Hours	0
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)
Local General Education (GE)	Area 7E Lifelong Understanding and Self-Development (GE)
California State University General Education Breadth (CSU GE-Breadth)	CSU E2 Activity Course (E2)

Course Description

This course includes the instruction and practice of jazz dance techniques in the contemporary style. Across the floor exercises, center floor combinations, and class choreography emphasize musicality, stylistic variation, and movement dynamics. The style of movement reflects popular music and culture. ADVISORY: DANC G125. Transfer Credit: CSU; UC.

Course Level Student Learning Outcome(s)

1. Course Outcomes
2. Demonstrate warm-up sequences including: stretches, cardiovascular exercises, and strengthening exercises.
3. Demonstrate various styles of jazz dance combinations.
4. Identify tempo, rhythm, syncopation, and counts in various musical selections.

Course Objectives

• 1. Demonstrate warm-up sequences including: stretches, cardiovascular exercises, and strengthening exercises.
• 2. Demonstrate various styles of jazz dance combinations.
• 3. Identify tempo, rhythm, syncopation, and counts in various musical selections.

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Lecture Content

Contemporary dance techniques Stage presence and performance qualities Critical evaluation of live dance concert History and important figures in jazz dance

Lab Content

Warm-up Exercises--Standing Back and hamstring stretches--sagittal plane--parallel and turned-out Calf stretches--parallel and turned out Foot--metatarsal stretches, tendus, pass s, and brushes Demi and grand pli s Side stretches--frontal and transverse planes Flexibility stretches for the hip socket area Front of the body (abdominal and thigh) stretches Torso contractions and back and abdominal stretches exercises Isolations--head, shoulder and shoulder girdle, ribcage, hips, arms, and ankle Grand battements in all directions Fan kicks and jumps Floor Stretches Hip socket rotation exercises Back flexibility exercises Hamstring stretches Stretches in second position Abdominal exercises Quadriceps stretch and strength exercises Moving Through Space Chass Pas de Bourr es Jazz walks Directional changes and weight shifts Moving isolations for coordination Chain turns, pirouettes, and piqu turns Front, side, and back leaps Combinations with complicated rhythmic structure

Method(s) of Instruction

• Lecture (02)
• DE Live Online Lecture (02S)
• DE Online Lecture (02X)
• Lab (04)
• DE Live Online Lab (04S)
• DE Online Lab (04X)

Reading Assignments

Hand-outs given in class.

Writing Assignments

Written self-reflection and evaluation.

Out-of-class Assignments

View and evaluate filmed dance performances.

Demonstration of Critical Thinking

Written critique of a live dance concert

Required Writing, Problem Solving, Skills Demonstration

View filmed dance performances Student will be assessed through demonstrated skill proficiency

Eligible Disciplines

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.

Textbooks Resources

1. Required Lindsay Guarino and Wendy Oliver. Jazz Dance: A History of the Roots and Branches , Latest ed. University Press of Florida, 2014 Rationale: To support class lectures

Other Resources

1. Dancewear, athletic-style clothing, and appropriate shoes as needed.