Dance

Class attire: Solid black yoga pants (or sweat pants for male students) and solid black T-shirt.

Class Fee: $70.00

This course is designed to meet the needs of all students, both male and female, who wish to increase their coordination skills, physical endurance, flexibility, and muscular strength through classes in theatrical and social dance techniques. Emphasis is placed on understanding the elements of dance, on communicating through movement, and on developing a cultural and historical perspective of dance as an art form.

Performance and field trips opportunities are available for all students. In the winter and spring, all students perform in a required end of course recital.

Students may take this class more than once but will not earn additional Fine Arts credits with teacher approval.

Available: CHS

Prerequisite: Dance I or teacher approval

Class attire: Solid black yoga pants (or sweat pants for male students) and solid black T-shirt.

Class Fee: $70.00

This course is designed for students to increase and build upon the technical and academic skills introduced and achieved through their involvement in Dance I. Students will be involved in activities which focus on the development of a greater level of coordination skill, physical endurance, flexibility, and muscular strength through technique classes in theatrical and various social dance styles. Performance and field trips opportunities are available for all students. In the winter and spring, all students perform in a required end of course recital.

Available: CHS

Prerequisite: Dance I and Dance II or teacher approval

Class attire: Solid black yoga pants (or sweat pants for male students) and solid black T-shirt.

Class Fee: $70.00

This course is designed for students who wish to continue building technical and artistic abilities in all theatrical dance forms. At this level, students will study the basics of dance composition. All students will participate in choreography workshops, and student works will be performed at the end of course recital. Strong leadership qualities and self-discipline are necessary to be successful in this course. Performance and choreography opportunities are available for all students.

Performance and field trips opportunities are available for all students. In the winter and spring, all students perform in a required end of course recital.

Available: CHS

Prerequisite: Dance I, Dance II, Dance III and an audition.

If a student is a senior, he/she may also audition for the class without having completed the pre-required courses. Auditions do not guarantee every student a place in the class.

Class attire: Solid black yoga pants (or sweat pants for male students) and solid black T-shirt.

Class Fee: $70.00

This class is designed for students interested in pursuing a career in dance. Students will study ballet, modern, lyrical-jazz, improvisation, and choreography. In addition, students will learn about various dance career paths, and explore college dance programs and professional companies. Students will have opportunities to have headshots made, develop a resume, create an audition tape, take master classes with various local dance teachers, perform, and teach a class. Strong leadership qualities and self-discipline are necessary to be successful in this course. Students must be able to participate in after school pro-jects/rehearsals.

Performance and field trips opportunities are available for all students. In the winter and spring, all students perform in a required end of course recital.

Available: CHS

Prerequisite: Dance I and II or teacher approval

Cost: $119

The IB DP dance course takes a holistic approach to dance, and embraces a variety of dance traditions and dance cultures—past, present and looking towards the future. Performance, creative and analytical skills are mutually developed and valued whether the students are writing papers or creating/performing dances. The curriculum provides students with a liberal arts orientation to dance. This orientation facilitates the development of students who may become choreographers, dance scholars, performers or those, more broadly, who seek life enrichment through dance.

In addition, the course enables students to:

• understand dance as a set of practices with their own histories and theories, and to understand that these practices integrate physical, intellectual and emotional knowledge

• experience dance as an individual and collective exploration of the expressive possibilities of bodily movement

• understand and appreciate mastery in various dance styles, traditions and cultures familiar and unfamiliar

• recognize and use dance to create dialogue among the various traditions and cultures in their school environment, their society and the world at large.