DANC 420 - Teaching Methods of Dance

4 credit(s)
Concentrates on how to prepare students to teach dance. It focuses on isolating and analyzing individual movements, with an emphasis on correct, safe execution and use of appropriate muscles. In addition, students learn how to teach with an accompanist, understand time signatures for specific movement combinations, prepare a course lesson plan, and daily lesson plans. Each student will teach at least one lesson to the entire class.
Prerequisite(s): DANC 305 and DANC 306; or DANC 321 and DANC 322; or DANC 326 and DANC 327.