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Modern Dance

Course Number: #9933

Participation in this class is by audition only, or by written permission from the instructor. This course consists of learning and performing Intermediate to Advanced levels of the Graham and Horton Modern dance techniques. Class is structured just as a professional contemporary dance class with a warm-up, across the floor progressions, center combinations, improvisation and choreography. Students will learn and develop movement skills and weight shifts characteristic of the Graham and Horton technique such as: fall-recovery, contract-release, fortifications, “flat back” and coccyx balance. We also view dances on video to further expose students to Modern dance from a global perspective, and we receive Master Classes taught by local and regional dance professionals in our community. Scheduling preferences will be given to upperclassmen when necessary.

Prerequisites: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in Wellness/Fitness I

Credit(s): .5

Open to Grade(s): 9–12

Materials: appropriate dance attire with bare feet or socks