Units: 2
Hours: Studio, 3 hours; extra reading, 1 hour; individual study, 1 hour; screening, 1 hour
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Prerequisites: none
Description: Jazz dance technique at beginning level. Focuses on rhythms, isolations, syncopation, and performance quality. Students learn a variety of jazz styles from lyrical to funk and classical to musical theater. Outside-of-class assignments include readings, video viewings, and written assignments in historical, cultural, and aesthetic issues pertaining to jazz dancing. Course is repeatable.