DANC2303 Dance Appreciation

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DANC2303 - Dance Appreciation

Michelle Contrino
Instructor

The aesthetics of dance as a performing art. Emphasis is placed on the development of an appreciation for dance as a form of communication and reflection of contemporary society (its interrelationships with culture and other art forms). Satisfied the Humanities / Visual and Performing Arts requirement of the College Core Curriculum.

Michelle Contrino graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Dance in 1991. She traveled abroad for nine years, working as a dancer for various luxury cruise lines, performing in Broadway and Vegas Revue Shows. Michelle, and her husband Jay, lived in Nashville, Tennessee for three years, where she was on faculty at the School of Nashville Ballet and a member of Epiphany Modern Dance Company. Michelle recently graduated with a Masters in Fine Arts in dance as a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society and the National Dean's List. She is currently teaching classes at the University of North Texas, Texas Woman's University, and North Central Texas College, where she is helping to design a new associate's degree program in dance.

Dance at NCTC

Instructor Email:

mcontrino@nctc.edu

Instructor Phone:

Drama & Dance Department : 940-668-3318

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Prerequisite(s):

None

Textbook(s):

Ambrosio, Nora. Learning About Dance: Dance as an Art Form

and Entertainment. Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt, 2008.

Additional
Requirements:

Access to a computer with Internet and email capability:

Access to the internet and ability to send and receive email is essential to participation in an online course.

Document Software: Any one of the following document formats:

Microsoft Word or Works, or any rich text format (.rtf). Microsoft Excel is also required. The exchange of documents between student to instructor, instructor to student and student to student is an integral

part of the conduct in an online course.

Adobe Acrobat Reader: Online course material is often in portable document format (.pdf). An Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to open this material. If you do not have an Adobe Reader installed on your computer

- you may download a free reader over the internet from Adobe. <http://www.adobe.com/>

Power Point Viewer: Online lectures and other instructional materials are often in Power Point Format (.ppt). If you do not have Microsoft Powerpoint software loaded on your computer you will be unable to open some course materials. As with the Adobe Acrobat Reader, you may download a free Power Point Viewer

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Sample Syllabus:

Students will.....

1) Identify and understand the characteristics of dance by developing a personal aesthetic definition of dance and by relating dance to different cultural, socioeconomic, and historical periods/situations.

2) Become familiar with the vocabulary and concepts, both verbal and kinesthetic, of selected dance forms (ballet, modern, world. jazz, tap. social, and improvisational dance genres).

3) Demonstrate an understanding of the basic elements which contribute to dance production.

4) Conduct scholarly research using print, electronic media, and Internet sources and integrate research findings into writings, scrupulously avoiding plagiarism and using MLA style of documentation.