5th PERIOD

Class info

This course introduces students to rules, procedures, etiquette and vocabulary required for safe and effective participation in dance and provides a sequential introduction to dance techniques such as warm up, cool down, conditioning, stretching, and injury prevention. Students are introduced to a variety of dance styles such as modern, tap, jazz, and nonwestern dance. Students conduct creative movement studies using and choreographic elements such as relationships, levels, speed, direction, and pathways in individual, partner and group activities.