234 DANCE!
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Dance Program Description:
Welcome to Dance! Dance at I.S. 234 focuses on using your creativity as well as learning about dance techniques, culture/history of dance, and what it means to be an observer & a performer. As a dance student, you will be introduced to technique and vocabulary from different dance genres, styles, mind body/physical conditioning practices as well as investigate the diversity and creativity of one another through improvisation and choreography. The I.S. 234 dance student is recognized as a dance artist, one who engages in the art form of dance through multiple perspectives (seeing, rehearsing, creating, performing, discussing, critiquing, reading, writing, researching, etc.).
Program Objectives:
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To enhance one’s physical skills (ex. attention to alignment, strength, flexibility, coordination, rhythmic accuracy, spatial awareness, and precision).
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To develop one’s own natural creative movement abilities with attention to choreographic tools and inspiration.
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To cultivate the artistryof one’s dancing (ex. musicality, expressiveness & stage presence, movement fluidity, transitions, phrasing)
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To instill an appreciation for dance as an art form and make connections between dance, your self, the community, and the rest of the world.
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234 Dance Students working on a spatial design using "Lateral T" from Modern/Horton Technique!
234 Dance Students working on collaborative "Support" shapes inspired by the work of choreographer Merce Cunningham.
