Course Outline of Record

Item	Value
Eff Term	Fall 2025
Curriculum Committee Approval Date	10/15/2024
Top Code	100800 - Dance
Units	2 Total Units (Lecture Units 1.5;  Lab/Other Units 0.5)
Hours	54 Total Hours (Lecture Hours 27; Lab Hours 27)
Total Outside of Class Hours	54
Total Student Learning Hours	108
Course Credit Status	Credit: Degree Applicable (D)
Material Fee	No
Basic Skills	Not Basic Skills (N)
Repeatable	No
Open Entry/Open Exit	Yes
Grading Policy	Standard Letter (S),  Pass/No Pass (B)
Local General Education (GE)	Area 7E Lifelong Understanding and Self-Development (GE)

Course Description

This course introduces the creative and production aspects of choreographing original work, from rehearsal to stage. All aspects of dance concert production are studied. Transfer Credit: CSU.

Course Level Student Learning Outcome(s)

1. Create a fully realized live dance concert in a studio setting that utilizes technical elements, stage flooring, backdrops, special effects and costume changes at a beginning level.
2. Choreograph aa choreographed group or solo dance composition for a studio concert with an awareness of stage space and its relation to the many styles of dance choreography and the audience at a beginning level.

Course Objectives

• 1. Collaborate with instructor and peers as a choreographer, lighting designer, costume designer, or director of staging for a studio dance concert at a beginning level.
• 2. Prepare a beginning level studio dance concert designed to reach diverse audiences.

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Lecture Content

Lecture demonstrations Principles of studio production at a beginning level Lighting design and techniques Costuming Scenic design Make-up Special effects Stage management Marketing including use of social media Publicity including use of social media Miscellaneous management aspects of studio dance production Miscellaneous technical aspects of studio dance production Principles of studio performance at a beginning level: Choreographic techniques and staging Rehearsal techniques Stage space and choreography Theories of choreography Use of dynamics Working in an ensemble Techniques for evaluating music for use in studio dance performance at a beginning level Live music Recorded music Created music Techniques for critical evaluation By instructor By students Journal

Lab Content

Warm-up exercises Application of studio dance concert rehearsal and performance skills at a beginning level

Method(s) of Instruction

• Lecture (02)
• Lab (04)

Instructional Techniques

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Reading Assignments

Textbook Instructor prepared materials

Writing Assignments

1. Critical written and oral evaluation of a live concert dance performance 2. Written personal performance evaluation

Out-of-class Assignments

View live dance concerts for the purpose of written and/or oral critical evaluation.

Study Non-Contact Hours Recommended

54

Methods of Student Evaluation

• Midterm Exam
• Final Exam
• Written Assignments
• Report
• Projects (Individual/Group)
• Problem Solving Exercises
• Oral Presentations
• Skills Demonstration

Demonstration of Critical Thinking

Critical written and oral evaluation of dance concert technical production. Attendance at a live dance concert for the purpose of written critical evaluation.

Required Writing, Problem Solving, Skills Demonstration

Critical written and oral evaluation of a live concert dance performance Written personal performance evaluation.

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.