Course Content and Outcomes Guides (CCOG)

CCOG for D 184B archive revision 201403

You are viewing an old version of the CCOG. View current version »

Effective Term:
Summer 2014 through Summer 2019

Course Number:
D 184B
Course Title:
Ballroom II
Credit Hours:
1
Lecture Hours:
0
Lecture/Lab Hours:
0
Lab Hours:
30

Course Description

Continues the development of skills in ballroom dance at an intermediate level as well as enriching the depth of the dance technique and complexity of choreography. Focus is placed on: appropriate partnering in order to lead or follow, rhythm, style, and phrasing. Dances may include: Waltz, Foxtrot, Tango, Quickstep, Rumba, Cha-Cha, Swing, Samba, Jive, and Night Club Two Step. D 184B and PE 186E are equivalent and only one may be taken for credit. Audit available.

Addendum to Course Description

Combined classes are limited to two levels.  Class meeting times are not to exceed 110 minutes per day. 

Intended Outcomes for the course

1. Use increased spatial awareness, partnering skills, and coordination in order to build social connections and help make social choices.
2. Use social skills to acknowledge diversity and develop tolerance, support, and attentiveness towards other human beings.
3. Appreciate ballroom dance as an art form and understand how it fits in with other areas of dance.
4. Use developed skills in improvisation to promote creative problem solving.
 

Outcome Assessment Strategies

1. Participation
2. Creative Projects
3. Practical Evaluation
Other assessment strategies may include:
1. Group or individual choreography
2. Written exam to test knowledge or terminology and/or history
3. Research paper

Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)

Structure:
   Skill introduction and review
   New pattern presentation
   Practice with rotating partners
   Improvisational dance and practice time
Movement:
   Footwork and floor craft specific to each dance
   Appropriate styling and musicality
   Improvised sequences
   Skill development and variations
Theory:
   Familiarity with origins, history, and styling of each dance
   Recognition of music used to accompany individual dances
   Ability to dance written patterns