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DANCE221-01-02-CX-Fall2022
Ballet I is designed for dance majors and minors who come from diverse dance backgrounds. The course develops progressively through basic movement concepts and how they are applied in ballet technique. Ballet vocabulary will be explored experientially with an eye to how it connects to other dance disciplines. While some dance majors may already have extensive previous training in ballet, reexamining foundational principles from the perspective of an adult dance artist (as versus a child/teen dance student) is a one major subtext of this course. This course will emphasize replacing rote repetition of formulaic exercises with strategic, consciously chosen movements that use the DNA of ballet technique to solve movement problems that arise in any style or genre of dance