Jessica Oliver

Directed study and practice of dance in performance as a soloist or ensemble member.Offered for variable credit, 1-2 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours.

Directed study and practice of dance in performance as a soloist or ensemble member.Offered for variable credit, 1-2 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours.

A guided creative component for students completing the requirements for college or departmental honors awards leading to an honors thesis, project or report under the direction of a faculty member from one of the undergraduate colleges, with a second faculty reader and oral examination.Prerequisite(s): Honors Program participation, senior standing.

Explore dance as an art form and academic discipline within a global context. No prior dance experience necessary.

Jazz dance techniques for theatrical performance emphasizing body alignment, coordination, flexibility, rhythm and jazz dance vocabulary in simple dance combinations. Suitable for the beginning through advanced student. Previously offered as TH 2412.

Course focuses on training performers in the various dance styles used in Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals, and demonstrates the dance skills through performance of choreography by well-known choreographers.Prerequisite(s): Ballet 1 or consent of instructor.

Directed study and practice of dance teaching. This course provides the opportunity for students to learn about the process of teaching through active observation and assisting the instructor during a dance course.Offered for variable credit, 1-2 credit hours, maximum of 3 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.

Fundamentals of ballet vocabulary, technique, and aesthetics taught through exercises at the barre, center work, and movement combinations. Suitable for the beginning through advanced student.

Class provides an introduction to the use of gravity, spatial awareness, rhythm, and energy through study of global influences which construct contemporary dance - through floor work, center, and traveling combinations. Suitable for the beginning through advanced student.

A guided preparation course for students completing the requirements for college or departmental honors awards leading to an honors thesis, project or report under the direction of a faculty member from one of the undergraduate colleges, with a second faculty reader. This preparation course is typically taken the semester before HONR 4993.Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Honors College participation, Senior Standing.

Explore dance as an art form and academic discipline within a global context. No prior dance experience necessary.

This course offers specialized topics in dance techniques and dance histories.Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 3 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Instructor approval.

Directed study and practice of dance teaching. This course provides the opportunity for students to learn about the process of teaching through active observation and assisting the instructor during a dance course.Offered for variable credit, 1-2 credit hours, maximum of 3 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.

Fundamentals of ballet vocabulary, technique, and aesthetics taught through exercises at the barre, center work, and movement combinations. Suitable for the beginning through advanced student.

Directed study and practice of dance in performance as a soloist or ensemble member.Offered for variable credit, 1-2 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours.

Explore dance as an art form and academic discipline within a global context. No prior dance experience necessary.

Jazz dance techniques for theatrical performance emphasizing body alignment, coordination, flexibility, rhythm and jazz dance vocabulary in simple dance combinations. Suitable for the beginning through advanced student. Previously offered as TH 2412.

This course offers specialized topics in dance techniques and dance histories.Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 3 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Instructor approval.

Directed study and practice of dance teaching. This course provides the opportunity for students to learn about the process of teaching through active observation and assisting the instructor during a dance course.Offered for variable credit, 1-2 credit hours, maximum of 3 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.

Directed study and practice of dance in performance as a soloist or ensemble member.Offered for variable credit, 1-2 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours.

Building upon Ballet I, this course emphasizes technical and artistic skills in style and presentation, and the use of increasingly complex combinations and technical vocabulary.Prerequisite(s): DANC 2002 or permission of instructor.

Class provides an introduction to the use of gravity, spatial awareness, rhythm, and energy through study of global influences which construct contemporary dance - through floor work, center, and traveling combinations. Suitable for the beginning through advanced student.

An investigation of the elements of dance composition and improvisation in order to experience new kinds of movement, make connections among varied movement ideas, and seek new relationships to create dances. A primer for choreographic studies.Prerequisite(s): DANC 2002 and DANC 2102 or permission of instructor.

Explore dance as an art form and academic discipline within a global context. No prior dance experience necessary.

Directed study and practice of dance teaching. This course provides the opportunity for students to learn about the process of teaching through active observation and assisting the instructor during a dance course.Offered for variable credit, 1-2 credit hours, maximum of 3 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.