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Kinesiology

KINE 004 Dance Appreciation 3.0 Units KINE 004B Beginning Tap Dance 1.0 Unit
Course Advisory: Eligibility for ENGL 001. Course Advisory: SCC minimum English and
Transferable to UC/CSU Math standards.
Hours: 48-54 lecture. General Education: Option A: Physical Education;
The development of dance in Western Europe and the Option C: Area E
U.S. from ancient times to the present. Explores dance as Transferable to UC/CSU
an emerging art form from the Renaissance to the 20th Hours: 48-54 lab.
century. Emphasizes the contemporary dance heritage of Introduction to body placement, body balance, rhythm,
the United States. Field Trip may be requested. coordination, musicality, and a repertoire of the traditional
tap (foot) techniques. This course presents lecture
KINE 004A 1.0 Unit information on music, music analysis, understanding basic
Beginning Contemporary Modern Dance components of fitness as related to dance, nutrition and
Course Advisory: SCC minimum English and basic first aid and injury prevention. History of tap dance
Math standards. as an indigenous American dance form is included. Skills
General Education: Option A: Physical Education; exams and written exams are used to evaluate student
Option C: Area E achievement.
Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 48-54 lab. KINE 004C Intermediate Tap Dance 1.0 Unit
Introduction to basic contemporary modern dance Prerequisite: A minimum grade of C in KINE 004B.
techniques. This class will focus on proper contemporary Course Advisory: SCC minimum English and
modern dance alignment, terminology, center work, Math standards.
movement across the floor, composition and self- General Education: Option A: Physical Education;
expression through movement. Students will study Option C: Area E
posture and alignment for dance, alignment reference Transferable to UC/CSU
points and basic postural muscles. Students will develop Hours: 48-54 lab.
physical strength, flexibility, coordination, and an increase Explore intermediate tap dance step, patterns,
in movement memory. Students will study the basic combinations, and choreography. Music theory concepts
components of fitness as they relate to dance training and as they apply to the syncopated rhythms of tap dance
basic health guidelines for nutrition and injury care and are included. The history of tap dance as an indigenous
prevention. Students will explore a variety of common American dance form is discussed. Interval performance
accompaniments for contemporary modern dance. Basic exams are used to evaluate student achievement. Written
music notation will be presented in preparation for future exams are used to evaluate the student’s knowledge
dance composition. The history of Modern Dance is of technique, music theory, rhythmic patterns, and
included. Interval skills exams and written exams serve to the historical and cultural significance of tap dance in
measure student achievement. America. Students will learn to appreciate this dance
form via attendance at a dance concert or musical theater
performance.

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