DNCE 55 - CHOREOGRAPHY I

    Recent Professors
    J. La Curan
    Recent Semesters
    Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
    Class Size
    20–25 students
    Credits
    3
    Spring 2026 Sections
    View Spring 2026 sections of DNCE 55
    Transfers To
    CSUCSU GE Area E
    Description
    This beginning-level course provides a theoretical and practical foundation in dance composition. It emphasizes the development of basic skills in problem solving and in the craft and creation of dances. Students will explore and develop movement studies and full-length dances for both individuals and groups. The focus is on creating compositions with thematic and artistic clarity, incorporating shapes, times, space, energy, phrasing, abstraction, stylization, and various choreographic devices and structures.
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 12:30pm–2:20pm, Mon 5:30pm–6:20pm, Mon 6:30pm–7:20pm, Mon Wed 10:00am–11:50am