California Community Colleges System Courses

CHOREOGRAPHY FOR PERFORMANCE I

Introduction to the basic concepts of choreography and dance composition. Students will be given the opportunity to create original beginning dance works for individuals and groups to be performed in

• California Community Colleges System
• 96 hours
• Paid Course

DANCE PRODUCTION I

Introduction to the fundamentals of dance production and performance. Includes instruction on how to produce and mount a full-scale theatrical production for public performance, makeup techniques, lig

• California Community Colleges System
• 96 hours
• Paid Course

REPERTORY DANCE II

Continuation into the intermediate-level concepts of dance performance. Includes intermediate experience with the rehearsal process, learning dance works, and preparation for a performance. Students w

• California Community Colleges System
• 96 hours
• Paid Course

CHOREOGRAPHY FOR PERFORMANCE II

Continuation into the intermediate-level concepts of choreography and dance composition. Students will be given the opportunity to create intermediate original dance works for individuals and groups t

• California Community Colleges System
• 96 hours
• Paid Course

DANCE PRODUCTION II

Continuation into the intermediate level of dance production and performance. Includes instruction on how to produce and mount a full-scale theatrical production for public performance, makeup techniq

• California Community Colleges System
• 96 hours
• Paid Course

INTRODUCTION TO CONTEMPORARY DANCE

Introduction to the fundamental techniques of contemporary dance. Emphasis is placed on development of the knowledge and understanding the principles of contemporary dance, including basic movement th

• California Community Colleges System
• 36 hours
• Paid Course

INTERMEDIATE CONTEMPORARY DANCE

Continuation into intermediate contemporary dance technique and training. Includes the intermediate vocabulary and practice of barre, center floor exercises, and across the floor combinations.

• California Community Colleges System
• 36 hours
• Paid Course

DANCE CONDITIONING

Introduction to the principles of dance and conditioning through floor work derived from various dance disciplines, including ballet, jazz, contemporary, and other psycho-physical disciplines. Topics

• California Community Colleges System
• 36 hours
• Paid Course

INTRODUCTION TO HIP-HOP DANCE

An introduction to the technique of hip-hop dance with an integrated fitness approach that focuses on developing the stabilization muscles of the center of the body. Concentration will be on isolation

• California Community Colleges System
• 36 hours
• Paid Course

INTERMEDIATE HIP-HOP DANCE

Continuation into the intermediate fundamentals of hip-hop technique and training. Includes the intermediate vocabulary and practice of isolations and across the floor exercises.

• California Community Colleges System
• 36 hours
• Paid Course

BEGINNING MODERN DANCE

Introduction to the elementary fundamentals of modern dance technique and training. Course includes the basic vocabulary and practice of beginning modern center barre and floor exercises.

• California Community Colleges System
• 36 hours
• Paid Course

INTERMEDIATE MODERN DANCE

Continuation into the intermediate fundamentals of modern technique and training. Includes the intermediate vocabulary and practice of center floor and across the floor exercises.

• California Community Colleges System
• 36 hours
• Paid Course

BEGINNING JAZZ DANCE

Introduction to the fundamental technique of jazz dance. Emphasis is placed on class participation so that students may develop their knowledge and understanding of the basic principles of jazz dancin

• California Community Colleges System
• 36 hours
• Paid Course

INTERMEDIATE JAZZ DANCE

Opportunity to practice and develop intermediate jazz techniques. Emphasis on techniques presented, as well as information on historical and stylistic perspectives of this dance form.

• California Community Colleges System
• 36 hours
• Paid Course

BEGINNING BALLROOM & SOCIAL DANCE

Introduction to beginning ballroom and social dance techniques. Instruction and practice in beginning swing, cha-cha, waltz, fox trot, rhumba, and tango dances.

• California Community Colleges System
• 36 hours
• Paid Course