DANCE PROGRAM COURSES 2008-09
Fall Dance Academic Courses
Fall Dance Technique Courses
Spring Dance Courses
DANCE COURSES FALL 2008
1st Half Fall Semester 9/8-10/24
Please note that ACADEMIC COURSES start and AUDITIONS are held the week of 9/1.
All courses in PEM STUDIO/BMC unless otherwise noted.
| COURSE | DAY | TIME | INSTRUCTOR |
| Ballet I | M/W | 11:00-12:00 | Laura Katz Rizzo |
| Ballet II |
T/TH | 1:00-2:30 | Jorge Laico |
| *Ballet III w/pointe (see below) |
M/W |
7:00-9:00 |
Linda Mintzer |
| Modern I | M/W | 12:00-1:00 | Mady Cantor |
| Modern II | M/W | 1:00-2:30 | Noemi Segarra |
| Modern III | TU/TH | 4:00-5:30 | Becky Malcolm-Naib |
| Jazz II | M/W | 5:30-6:30 | Yasmin Goodman |
| Hip-hop | W/Fr | 2:30-3:30 | Michelle Byrd-McPhee |
| Classical Indian Dance |
M | 2:30-4 | Ramaa Ramesh |
| Tap I | M | 2:30-4 | Corinne Karon (BMC/ Ft.Ctr) |
| African | TU | 6:00-7:30 | Nia Eubanks (@Haverford/Gardner ) |
*Dance Outreach Project |
FR |
3:30-5:00 & additional rehearsal TBA |
Mady Cantor |
| Modern Ensemble Audition, Wednesday 9/3 @4 PM Pem Studio |
MW | 4:00-5:30 | Mady Cantor |
| Ballet Ensemble Audition, Thursday 9/4 @7PM Pem Studio | TH | 7:00-9:30 | Amanda Miller |
MORE INFORMATION ON FALL COURSES
* COURSE LEVELS: Level I, Hip-hop, Tap, Classical Indian, and African are open to all levels of experience; levels II-III, Ballet Workshop, and Dance Ensembles presuppose prior dance training. Students may enroll for a course either or both quarters with the exception of Ballet I. You may just enroll for Ballet I, in the 1st quarter but you'll need the 1st quarter of that technique or equivalent experience to enroll in the 2nd quarter. IF YOU NEED MORE INFO ABOUT CLASS LEVELS OR IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT PROFESSOR HAVILAND In the DANCE OFFICE at 526-5208 or lcarusoh@brynmawr.edu
*Ballet III - Twenty-five minutes of pointe work has been added to Ballet III for those who attend the class regularly and who elect to take this portion of the class. Participation is at the discretion of the instructor.
*Dance Outreach—Students learn a lecture-dem format and a dance (fully costumed and musically scored) usually based on a narrative and tour the project to public schools, libraries, etc. in the greater Philadelphia area. Experience in some dance form plus an interest in performance are basic requirements for selection into the program. Please contact Professor Madeline Cantor if you are interested. mcantor@brynmawr.edu
* Ensembles are semester long courses. No materials are necessary for the auditions; they are run in a manner similar to class. Students are expected to be working at the intermediate or above level of dance technique.
* Level II and III classes and the ensembles may be taken for PE Credit OR Academic credit. We strongly recommend that first semester frosh enroll for PE credit. Contact the Dance office with any questions.
DANCE COURSES FALL 2008
2nd Half Fall Semester 10/27-12/11
All courses in PEM STUDIO/BMC unless otherwise noted...
| COURSE | DAY | TIME | INSTRUCTOR |
| Ballet I | M/W | 11:00-12:00 | Laura Katz Rizzo |
| Ballet II |
T/TH | 1:00-2:30 | Jorge Laico |
| *Ballet III w/pointe (see below) |
M/W |
7:00-9:00 |
Linda Mintzer |
| Modern I | M/W | 12:00-1:00 | Mady Cantor |
| Modern II | M/W | 1:00-2:30 | Noemi Segarra |
| Modern III | TU/TH | 4:00-5:30 | Becky Malcolm-Naib |
| Jazz II | M/W | 5:30-6:30 | Yasmin Goodman |
| Hip-hop | W/Fr | 2:30-3:30 | Michelle Byrd-McPhee |
| African | TU | 6:00-7:30 | Nia Eubanks (@BMC/FtCtr ) |
| Dance Outreach Project | Continues | ||
| Modern Ensemble | Continues | ||
| Ballet Ensemble | Continues |
Dance Composition I
(ARTD B 142)
TTH 2:30pm-4:00pm
David Brick
This is a course about making dances. It is open to anyone who likes to create and likes to move. It explores basic elements of dances including space, time, rhythm, energy, dynamics, qualities of movement and gesture, and both traditional and postmodern structures. Compositional theory will be approached through the experience and practice of making dance studies starting with simple solo phrases and moving towards more complex and interactive group forms and processes. While primarily a studio course students will be expected to begin to develop and broaden their understanding of dance as an art form and their abilities to see and critique dances. To this end, students will also be assigned readings.
Students taking DANCE COMP I are also required to take a minimum of one dance technique class per week.
Students wishing to MINOR or MAJOR in Dance or to CHOREOGRAPH for the Spring Concert should consider completing DANCE COMPOSITION I by Spring of their second year. Dance Comp I is required for the major or minor and student choreography for the Spring Concert is selected from work produced in the Advanced Choreography course which has Comp I and II as prerequisites.
APPROACHES TO DANCE: THEMES AND PERSPECTIVES
ARTD B 140
T 6:30-9:15
Linda Caruso Haviland
Dance is art, is play, is ritual, is religion, is courtship, is politics, is bodied, is, in short, a significant and enduring human behavior. This course attempts to introduce students to this multi-layered notion of dance and to demonstrate how other areas of academic inquiry engage with dance to help make sense of it as a human phenomenon. The course also serves as an introduction to the creative, critical, and conceptual processes which emerge in response to the study of dance. Structured in 3-4 week modules, it includes the exploration of sub-fields of dance research such as Dance History, Dance and Philosophy, Dance Criticism, and Dance Ethnology. In addition to lectures and discussion, the course will include video and slide presentations as well as an opportunity to speak with professionals in the field.
NOTE: Students interested in majoring or minoring in Dance should take this course as soon as possible. It is offered every other year and is a requirement.
Advanced Choreography
(ARTD 342) .5-1 credit
Time: TBA
(Caruso-Haviland/Cantor)
Pre-requisites: Dance Composition I, Dance Composition II
Intermediate and Advanced Technique
.5 credit
ARTD 230-Modern II;330-Modern III
ARTD 231 Ballet II; 331 Ballet III
Ensembles
.5 credit
ARTD 345 01-Modern Ensemble (Cantor)
ARTD 345 02-Ballet Ensemble (Miller)
Senior Thesis/Project
(ARTD 390)
(Caruso-Haviland/Cantor)
Supervised Work
.5-1 credit
(ARTD 403) TBA
(Caruso-Haviland/Cantor)
DANCE COURSES SPRING 2009
We will offer:
a full slate of techinque courses
Modern, African, and Jazz Ensembles
Dance Composition II
and in addition to Advanced Choreography, Directed Studies, and Senior Thesis/Project we will offer one lecture/seminar course - TBA
CHECK BACK Mid-semester Fall, 2008 for Schedule!!