Intermediate Technique Traditional Forms (Ballet & Historic Modern)

This course is designed for the student who has had an extensive ballet, modern, contemporary, and/or jazz background. The material covered is based on years of innovation and codification and has become foundational for various forms of dance. Students will continue to refine their alignment and placement and to increase their strength, endurance, flexibility, control, coordination, breath, and musicality. As the semester progresses, students will be challenged and their technical growth will be heightened. Movement patterns will focus on increasing movement range spatially and dynamically, and on breadth of expression. Students are encouraged to learn from individual and collective corrections and to continue to increase their growth both technically and artistically.