DANCE COMPOSITION II

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: DANCE 156 or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Fall 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Generate and manipulate innovative movement material quickly Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Create meaning and context for work through thoughtful and informed structural development Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Make effective editing choices about choreography Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Demonstrate discipline and consistency in the working process Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Take risks and exhibit confidence in creative work and performance Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Lead dancers effectively in the rehearsal process Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Offer astute and useful feedback to classmates Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 8. Consciously integrate other dance studies into the choreographic process Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 9. Demonstrate an increased literacy in contemporary dance/performance Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 10. Write and speak articulately about one’s creative point of view and progress in the context of contemporary dance/performance Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 11. Present a complete work of three or more dancers (not including the choreographer) Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 12. Integrate ideas, frameworks, or questions drawn from knowledge outside the field of dance into the choreographic process. Audience: Graduate 13. Write and speak about one’s creative point of view and progress in an interdisciplinary context that includes contemporary dance and related areas of knowledge. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Generate and manipulate innovative movement material quickly Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Create meaning and context for work through thoughtful and informed structural development Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Make effective editing choices about choreography Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Demonstrate discipline and consistency in the working process Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Take risks and exhibit confidence in creative work and performance Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Lead dancers effectively in the rehearsal process Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Offer astute and useful feedback to classmates Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 8. Consciously integrate other dance studies into the choreographic process Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 9. Demonstrate an increased literacy in contemporary dance/performance Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 10. Write and speak articulately about one’s creative point of view and progress in the context of contemporary dance/performance Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 11. Present a complete work of three or more dancers (not including the choreographer) Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 12. Integrate ideas, frameworks, or questions drawn from knowledge outside the field of dance into the choreographic process. Audience: Graduate 13. Write and speak about one’s creative point of view and progress in an interdisciplinary context that includes contemporary dance and related areas of knowledge. Audience: Graduate