ATC10: Grade 9 Comprehensive Dance
This course requires students to develop their dance skills and learn the theoretical basis for communicating through movement. Student learning includes creating dance; scientific and safety principles, the historical development of dance; the development of an aesthetic appreciation of dance by participating in dance class, rehearsals, and performances; and the specialized vocabulary of dance criticism.
In dance, the medium of expression is movement and the instrument is the human body. Dance education goes beyond studying a repertoire of movements to offering an understanding of the principles and concepts that govern and define the art. Expectations are organized into three strands: Theory, Creation and Analysis.
(Prerequisites: none)
ATC20: Grade 10 Comprehensive Dance
This course requires students to develop their dance skills and learn the theoretical basis for communicating through movement. Student learning includes creating dance; scientific and safety principles, the historical development of dance; the development of an aesthetic appreciation of dance by participating in dance class, rehearsals, and performances; and the specialized vocabulary of dance criticism.
(Prerequisites: none)
ATP3M: Grade 11 Performance Dance **NEW**
This course is replacing the old ATC3M course and has now become a Performance Dance Course. This course is designed to suit the needs of students who wish to perform through the medium of dance. Students will develop higher technical proficiency in a multitude of different styles; ability to express complex ideas through movement; language specific to dance to assist in evaluating movement performance and notating choreography and a variety of required performance skills and techniques.
Due to the nature of this course, an advance level of technical ability must be present prior to selection. This course stresses choreography and performance throughout the year and public performances are a mandatory part of the evaluation process
(Prerequisites: ATC10 or ATC20)
ATP4M: Grade 12 Performance
This course is designed to suit the needs of students who wish to perform through the medium of dance. Students will develop higher technical proficiency in a multitude of different styles; ability to express complex ideas through movement; language specific to dance to assist in evaluating movement performance and notating choreography and a variety of required performance skills and techniques.
Due to the nature of this course, an advance level of technical ability must be present prior to selection. This course stresses choreography and performance throughout the year and public performances are a mandatory part of the evaluation process.
(Prerequisites: ATC3M or ATP3M)
ATC4M: Grade 12 Comprehensive Dance
**FOR RETURNING 5TH YEAR DANCERS ONLY!**
This course is designed to suit the needs of students who wish to perform through the medium of dance and develop their skills in performance leadership and group choreography. Students will continue to develop higher technical proficiency in a multitude of different styles; ability to express complex ideas through movement; language specific to dance to assist in evaluating movement performance and notating choreography and a variety of required performance skills and techniques. They will also be learning how to create complex choreography and teach to a large group, prepare choreography and dancers for performance and critique their work.
Due to the nature of this course, an advance level of technical ability must be present prior to selection. This course stresses choreography and performance throughout the year and public performances are a mandatory part of the evaluation process.
(Prerequisites: ATP4M)