DANCE TECHNIQUE COURSES:
Intensive
technique studies are essential to a serious dance student’s training.
Intending and current dance majors must register for two credits of dance
technique each semester of their four years at Bard. Technique courses led by Trisha Brown Dance Co. meet four times each
week and carry 2 credits, courses meeting twice weekly carry 1 credit.
Introductory Dance Courses:
Classes
in modern dance and ballet intended for the beginner;
no previous dance experience necessary. Open to all students. New
students with previous dance experience should speak with the dance professors
before registration.
16213 |
DAN 104
Intro to Modern Dance |
Peter Kyle |
T Th 3:10 pm-4:30 pm |
FISHER THORNE
STUDIO |
PART |
Class size: 25
Advanced Beginner level is intended for students who
have had at least one semester, or the equivalent, of dance. Students are urged
to speak with instructors about their dance level prior to registration.
16215 |
DAN 106
Advanced / Beginning Modern Dance |
Jean Churchill |
T Th 11:50 am-1:10 pm |
CAMPUS MPR |
PART |
Class size: 20
16214 |
DAN 106
Advanced / Beginning Ballet |
Jean Churchill |
T Th 8:30 am-9:50 am |
FISHER THORNE
STUDIO |
PART |
Class size: 20
Intermediate
and Advanced Dance Technique:
Intensive
technique studies are essential to a serious dance student’s training.
Intending and current dance majors must register for two credits of dance
technique each semester. Also open to
non-majors with experience, inclination, and permission of the instructor. Technique
courses led by Trisha Brown Dance Co. meet four times each week and carry 2
credits.
16218 |
DAN 212
Intermediate Ballet |
Peggy Florin |
W F 10:10 am-11:30 am |
FISHER THORNE
STUDIO |
PART |
Class size: 20
16220 |
DAN 212
Intermediate Modern Dance |
Peggy Florin |
T Th 10:10 am-11:30 am |
FISHER THORNE
STUDIO |
PART |
Class size: 20
16221 |
DAN 216
Intermediate Advanced Modern Dance |
Leah Cox/ TBDC |
M
T W
Th 1:30 pm-2:50 pm |
FISHER THORNE
STUDIO |
PART |
Class size: 25
16223 |
DAN 312
Advanced Ballet |
Maria Simpson |
T Th 11:50 am-1:10 pm |
FISHER THORNE
STUDIO |
PART |
Class size: 15
16219 |
DAN 141
Alexander Technique |
Peggy Florin |
W F 11:50 am-1:10 pm |
FISHER THORNE
STUDIO |
PART |
2 credits This course will introduce students to the
principles and application of the Alexander Technique, a method of
psychophysical re-education developed by F. Matthias Alexander in the early
parts of the 20th century. AT is system of learning that gives close
attention to functional anatomical organization; it is a study of how thought,
on the sensory & neuromuscular level, plays a crucial role in an
individual’s “use” of his/herself. Sought out by musicians, performing artists
and others who seek clarity and efficiency in motion and expression, Alexander
Technique aims to identify habitual misuse, promoting ease in any physical
practice. Students will be asked to identify habits of personal use and
alignment through observation, study of the skeleton, drawing, movement and
touch.
16217 |
DAN 120
Intro to Contact Improvisation |
Amii LeGendre |
T Th
10:10 am-11:30 am |
CAMPUS MPR |
PART |
Contact
Improvisation (CI) is an improvisational duet dance form based on immediate
response to sensation, weight, touch, and communication. This course explores
states of presence, perception, awareness, and responsiveness to one's self and
environment. This course will cultivate these states as a broader context for a
study of physical strategies related to gravity, momentum, flight, falling, and
rolling. Class size: 25
16222 |
DAN 222
Contact Improvisation II |
Amii LeGendre |
M W 8:30 am-9:50 am |
FISHER THORNE
STUDIO |
PART |
In this class, we will draw from our working knowledge of the fundamentals
of CI in order to deepen our practice; more challenging lifts and more nuanced
dancing. CI 2 emphasizes improvisation, amplifying not only strategies for
touch and weight sharing, but also mental mapping. We will look at the form of
CI in relation to questions around legibility and performance and we will use
our dancing as research to create scores that can cultivate specific states
(possibly for directing rehearsals), as well as to create improv-ography,
the practice of tracking, shaping, and archiving. Pre-requisite: Intro to Contact or
Permission from the Professor. Class size: 25
DANCE COMPOSITION
3 credits. Dance Composition aims to introduce principles
and theories about choreography in a studio setting. Three levels of Dance
Composition are required of all dance majors, and all students enrolled in
Dance Composition must attend Dance Workshop but should not register for it.
Dance
Composition is open to non-majors with permission of the instructor.
16216 |
DAN 118
Beginning Composition |
Peter Kyle |
T Th 4:40 pm-6:00 pm |
FISHER THORNE
STUDIO |
PART |
Class size: 12
16224 |
DAN 316
Dance Repertory |
TBDC |
M
3:10 pm-6:10 pm |
FISHER THORNE
STUDIO |
PART |
In
this course students will learn a piece from the repertory of the Trisha Brown
Dance Company to be performed at the spring Faculty Dance Concert. Students
MUST be available, without fail, for all rehearsals, including times outside of
the designated course time, which, among others, includes evening rehearsals
the week before the performance weekend. Enrollment by audition. All enrolled
students must also register for DAN 216 (4 day week) Class size: by invitation.
16554 |
DAN 350
JUNIOR / SENIOR SEMINAR |
Leah Cox Caleb Hammons |
W 3:10 pm-6:10 pm |
FISHER NUREYEV
STUDIO |
PART |
Cross-listed:
Theater & Performance
2 credits The current landscape of creative practices
and models for cultural production in the contemporary performanc
world is a unique and ever-evolving environment. Utilizing the practical
experiences of the instructors and guests and the resources of Bard’s Fisher
Center for the Performing Arts, this course will provide students with the
knowledge and skills to evolve their creative imaginations and launch a
creative practice post-graduation, building a foundation to support a sustained
career in the arts. Students will engage in critical dialogue about their own
work as well as other’s work, examining the most relevant and alternative models
that support a life in the performing arts. Led by Leah Cox ([email protected]) Note: This course will demand
2 - 4 hours of project-based homework each week. Class size: 15
16225 |
DAN 360
Dance History: Modernity and postmodernity |
Leah Cox |
Th 3:10 pm-5:30 pm |
FISHER CONFERENCE |
AART |
4 credits
What is postmodern dance, how does it relate to modern dance, and how
does it extend to current dance practices?
Our investigation will begin by looking at the group of artists who took
Robert Dunn’s composition class in 1962 in
16226 |
DAN WKSHP
Dance Workshop |
Maria Simpson |
T 6:15 pm-
8:00 pm |
FISHER THORNE
STUDIO |
PART |
Non-dance
majors and students not registered for composition courses can register for
Dance Workshop for 1 credit.