D 187 Ballet 3

This intermediate-advanced level class accommodates the dance major and non-major student. Focus is on technical execution, musicality, and line. Class work builds on the student's ballet vocabulary through more advanced center floor phrases, adagios, petit allegros and grande allegros. Contents and expected learning proficiencies of this course vary from term to term. May be repeated up to 12 total credits.

Credits

2

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Efficient alignment
2. Articulation of hip joint and feet
3. Placement of arms in port de bra
4. Spinal integration in port de corps
5. Ability to maintain core support during ballet barre exercises
6. Ability to correctly demonstrate plies, tendus, degages, petite battements, rond de jambs, developpes and fondus
7. Ability to perform positions of the body, complex port de bras and port de corps
8. Ability to combine ballet jumps and traveling steps
9. Name and perform exercises with technical ballet terms