DANC 116 - Dance Partnering I

Units: 1 ; Breadth Area: GE-E
Embodied study of partner dances. All experience levels. Techniques drawing from Contact Improvisation, Ballroom Dance, Social Dance, Athletics, and Martial Arts. Effective communication skills between dance partners.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 2 units.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-E -Lifelong Learning and Self-Development
Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

utilize basic dance partnering techniques;
adapt movement specifically for their own body, abilities/disabilities and technique level;
communicate and collaborate in diverse environments;
perform original works choreographed by an individual or in collaboration with others.

E. Lifelong Learning and Self-Development Learning Outcomes

develop intellectual, practical, and/or physical skills and abilities that will serve them throughout their lives;
apply their learning to other pursuits within and outside of the classroom; and
demonstrate the capacity to make informed and ethical decisions.