Ballet IV

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Execute Ballet technique, and demonstrate strength, flexibility, and endurance by practicing.
• Effectively practice Ballet through a honed kinesthetic awareness of physical investigation.
• Understand and effectively use Ballet vocabulary to describe what you will physically do.
• Acknowledge and accept the rigor and specificity of body alignment within a Balletic context.
• Integrate your personality into the codified steps of the technique by understanding musicality, dynamics, and presence.
• Analyze and discuss Ballet’s historical and contemporary contexts, especially in relationship to your own development as a dance, movement, and performance studies scholar.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Participation & Engagement	50%
Movement Journals	18%
Concert Viewing & Critical Response	2%
Culturally Relevant Balletic Investigations	10%
Final Artistic Project	20%

Attendance/Participation:

Participation and engagement make up 50% of the final grade, so attendance and active involvement are essential.

Students are expected to attend all classes in person unless they communicate at least 2 hours before class to arrange an alternative (such as asynchronous participation).

Two absences are allowed for any reason; up to two additional absences may be made up through extra credit assignments.

Doctor’s notes do not excuse participation; instead, they require a makeup assignment.

Engagement credit is earned by being attentive, asking questions, practicing proactively, and supporting peers.

Proper dress, studio etiquette, and readiness to dance are part of participation expectations.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

No course materials are required.