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DANCE 102: Musical Theater Dance Styles (MUSIC 184E)

Students will be able to demonstrate period specificity, character of style through learning different musical theater dances from the early 20th C.to the present. ALL students will participate in an end of quarter showing of the choreography developed and composed in class. Class will be supplemented with the occasional guest, DJ accompaniment and video viewing.
Last offered: Winter 2020 | UG Reqs: WAY-CE, way_ce | Repeatable for credit

DANCE 105R: Contemporary Choreography: Choreographic Realization Project

Choreographic Realization Project will focus on the creation of a choreographic work created collaboratively between participating students and the instructor. Student dancers with all levels of choreographic experience will be invited to work in tandem with the instructor on the creation of rigorous and detailed movement statements as material for the larger group work. The course will function both as an introduction to choreographic methods and tools as well as an experiential investigation of collaborative processes. The course will culminate in an informal public showing on the final class day. Dancers of all levels and movement backgrounds are welcome.
Last offered: Winter 2020 | UG Reqs: WAY-CE

DANCE 108: Hip Hop Choreography: Hip Hop Meets Broadway

What happens when Hip Hop meets "Fosse", "Aida", "Dream Girls" and "In the Heights"?The most amazing collaboration of Hip Hop styles adapted to some of the most memorable Broadway Productions.This class will explore the realm between Hip Hop Dance and the Broadway Stage. Infusing Acting thru dance movement and exploring the Art of Lip Sync thru Hip Hop Dance styles.
Terms: Spr | Units: 1 | UG Reqs: way_ce, WAY-CE | Repeatable 9 times (up to 9 units total)
Instructors: Reddick, R. (PI)

DANCE 109: Choreography: Strategies to Building Movement, Dance, and Time Based Art

A class for students interested in contemporary methods of devising movement for performance. At the forefront of current dance culture hybridity has become the new normal, with movement blended from everyday actions, classical forms, hip-hop, and beyond. The body as a vehicle for expression is an ever expanding landscape and the class will focus on the plethora of ways movement can be derived including; the many ways improvisation can engender movement, how systemic approaches to performance can enhance a creators understanding of the body in space, the ways chaos and ugliness can redefine our notions of beauty, and how environment, sound, music, and context can inform our physical sensibilities. The class is open to all students from any movement background or those new to dance with a curiosity about how the body can be a vibrant and multifaceted artistic tool. For more information please contact choreographer and lecturer Alex Ketley at aketley@stanford.edu.
Last offered: Winter 2022 | UG Reqs: WAY-CE | Repeatable 2 times (up to 4 units total)

DANCE 121: Creative and Contemplative Movement: Intro to Qigong (LIFE 121)

In the class, students will be introduced to qigong as moving meditation. Qigong, loosely translated as energy cultivation, is a branch of Traditional Chinese Medicine based on the principles of Buddhism and Taoism. It can integrate the mind and body and cultivate awareness of the present moment. In this class, we will conceptualize qigong through the lenses of both creativity and contemplation and practice it as a slow dance-meditation. Students will learn exercises based on the Yoqi Six Phases of Qi Flow, developed by Marisa Cranfill, as well as engage in creative, improvisational movement. Readings to support the practice include writings by contemporary scholars and practitioners, and articles about the most recent evidence-based research. Assignments include short written reflections as well as solo and collaborative creative projects.
Terms: Spr | Units: 1-2 | UG Reqs: WAY-CE
Instructors: Otalvaro, G. (PI)

DANCE 123: Choreography: Hot Mess & Deliberate Failure as Practice

A dance class in how we become the worst dancer possible. The foundation of this class has many parts. One is that, in almost every respect the way we gain insight into anything is to understand more clearly its polarity. As a class we purposely explore chaos, failure, and "bad" dancing, with the hope that then we will have a greater chance to understand and refine our personal notions around beauty. The class also acknowledges that creativity is at times born from the loss of control. Instead of looking at this idea obliquely, Hot Mess looks at this directly by having dancers confront a number of movement and vocal prompts that are literally impossible to execute in any good way. This class embraces and celebrates destabilization, with all the exuberance, fear, and learning that can happen when we accept and practice being lost.
Terms: Spr | Units: 2 | UG Reqs: WAY-CE
Instructors: Ketley, A. (PI)

DANCE 133: History of the Waltz

Two hundred years of waltzing: Regency era waltz (1816), Vienna in the 1830s, redowa and mazurka waltz variations, waltz in 5/4 time, the Russian Mazurka Quadrille, pivots, 20th-century hesitation waltz, tango waltz, Parisian valse musette, 1930s Boston, 1950s Bandstand-style waltz, swing waltz. Each form is explored for possible adaptation to today's non-competitive social dancing. May be repeated for credit two times.
Last offered: Autumn 2022 | UG Reqs: WAY-CE | Repeatable 2 times (up to 2 units total)

DANCE 140: Contemporary Modern II

This intermediate level course will cover fundamental principles underlying the evolving style of modern/contemporary dance both technical and artistic in nature. Students will perform creative and technical exercises that develop strength, flexibility, musicality, increased range of motion, functional efficiency, and performance quality as a means towards developing more, efficient, expressive, and communicative bodies. The contemporary technique taught in this class prepares the student to perform with clarity and artistry, and with deeper anatomical knowledge and connectivity.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr | Units: 1 | UG Reqs: WAY-CE | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: Simpson, R. (PI)

DANCE 141: Contemporary Modern III

This advanced level technique course will cover the fundamental principles underlying modern/contemporary dance both technical and artistic in nature. Students will perform technical exercises that develop functional efficiency, strength, flexibility, musicality, range of motion and performance quality as a means towards honing their own artistic expression and physicality. More advanced concepts such as qualitative versatility, phrasing awareness, innovative physical decision-making, and attention to performance will be explored in greater depth. The contemporary technique taught in this class prepares the student to perform with clarity and artistry, and with deeper anatomical knowledge and connectivity. Short written reflections and concert attendance will supplement studio work. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr | Units: 1 | UG Reqs: WAY-CE | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: Simpson, R. (PI)

DANCE 141S: Contemporary Modern: Advanced Comparative Techniques

Students will take technique classes each week from various, diverse and notable Contemporary Modern Dance Instructors from across the Bay Area and beyond, in order to learn from and be exposed to the scope and breadth of the contemporary dance field.
Last offered: Spring 2022 | UG Reqs: WAY-CE
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