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LTCC CATALOG 2010-2011 137 DANCEDAN 106 FUNK/HIP HOP DANCE TECHNIQUESLecture 1, Lab 3, Units 2This course introduces the student to a variety of established andemerging street dance styles such as hip hop, funk, street jazz, locking,popping, old school, and break dancing. Students will gain anenhanced understanding of the historical cultural content of this everchangingAmerican dance form. Exploration of movement qualitiesand improvisation will be included, as well as basic rhythms andphrasing in listening and moving to hip hop/funk music.Transfers to CSU, UNR, UCREPEATABILITY: May be repeated 5 times.DAN 107A BEGINNING BALLROOM DANCELecture .5, Lab .5, Units .75This course is designed to teach American social dance styles including,but not limited to the following dances: foxtrot, waltz, swing,cha-cha, 2-step, tango, rhumba, and polka. Basic styling, rhythm,and partnering will be taught as well as the cultural and historicalbackgound on the evolution of these ballroom dance forms.Transfers to CSU, UNR, UCREPEATABILITY: May be repeated 5 times.DAN 107B INTERMEDIATE BALLROOM DANCELecture .5, Lab .5, Units .75This course is designed to advance student's understanding ofAmerican social dance by expanding their repertoire of dance skills,steps, rhythms, and partnering techniques in additional selected formsof ballroom dance including but not limited to: merengue, schottisch,Viennese waltz, country line dance, and support partnering. Stylisticorigins and modern transformations will be studied in their social andhistorical contexts.Transfers to CSU, UNR, UCADVISORY: DAN 107A or equivalent.REPEATABILITY: May be repeated 5 times.DAN 108 MULTICULTURAL ETHNIC DANCELecture 1, Lab 2, Units 1.75This course is for students who would like to experience selectedworld cultures through dance. Students will study the role of dancein society: consideration of style, historical background and religious,spiritual, and cultural influences. Emphasis on specific cultural danceswill vary and may include Caribbean, African, Mexican, SouthAmerican, European, and Asian.Transfers to CSU, UNR, UCREPEATABILITY: May be repeated 5 times.DAN 109A BEGINNING LATINO DANCELecture .5, Lab .5, Units .75This course is designed to teach Latin dance styles including thefollowing dances: Cha-cha, Merengue, Tango, La Salsa, Bachata,Rhumba, and Cumbia. Styling, rhythm, partnering, music, and ethniccostuming will be taught. The cultural and historical background onthe evolution of these Latin dance forms will be introduced.Transfers to CSU, UNR, UCREPEATABILITY: May be repeated 5 times.DAN 109B INTERMEDIATE LATINO DANCELecture .5, Lab .5, Units .75This course is designed to further enhance the student's understandingof Latin dance styles. The dances that will be explored include: Chacha,Merengue, Tango, La Salsa, Bachata, Rhumba, and Cumbia.Styling, rhythm, partnering, music, and ethnic costuming will betaught, as well as the cultural and historical background on theevolution of these Latin dance forms.Transfers to CSU, UNR, UCADVISORY: DAN 109A or equivalent.REPEATABILITY: May be repeated 5 times.DAN 110A BEGINNING MIDDLE EASTERNDANCELecture .5, Lab 2, Units 1.25This course emphasizes the social and stage dances from the regiondesignated as the Near and Middle East. This course incorporatesbeginning choreography, improvisation, movement vocabulary andstyling. Students will learn basic hip movements, undulations,shimmies, isolations, traveling steps, and combinations. Additionaltopics include the history and culture of tribal Middle Eastern danceas well as the costuming.Transfers to CSU, UNR, UCREPEATABILITY: May be repeated 5 times.DAN 110B INTERMEDIATE MIDDLE EASTERNDANCELecture 1, Lab 2, Units 1.75This intermediate Middle Eastern dance course is for students whohave already mastered the basics and desire to advance their skills.Emphasis is placed on presentation and performance. Additionaltopics include the history and culture of Middle Eastern dance as wellas introduction to veil work and zills (finger cymbal rhythms.)Transfers to CSU, UNR, UCADVISORY: DAN 110A or equivalent.REPEATABILITY: May be repeated 5 times.DAN 111 SWING/LINDY HOPLecture .5, Lab .5, Units .75This course focuses on instruction in steps, rhythms, and partneringtechniques of Swing dance. Dynamics of improvisation, sequencing,and style will be explored through Lindy Hop "Jitterbug" and themodern style of East Coast Swing. Stylistic origins and moderntransformations will be studied in their social and historical contexts.Transfers to CSU, UNR, UCREPEATABILITY: May be repeated 5 times.DAN 112A BEGINNING FLAMENCO DANCELecture 1, Lab 2, Units 1.75This course will introduce students to the movement and music offlamenco dance and its cultural, historic, and geographic origins. Thiscourse provides students with the opportunity to develop coordination,rhythm, and performance skills. The history of flamenco dance willbe introduced including cantos or flamenco song, music, instruments,and traditional and contemporary costuming.Transfers to CSU, UNR, UCREPEATABILITY: May be repeated 5 times.Dance