Program Outcomes - (HC29)

Upon successful completion of all program requirements, graduates will be able to:

1. Demonstrate and execute warm-up exercises specific to all dance forms (ballet, modern, ethnic, jazz).
2. Execute desirable physical activity, preparation, and training for the dancer, actor, or musician so that she/he may intelligently choose a further course of action in the arts.
3. Execute a variety of choreographic styles to enhance and broaden movement and choreographic vocabulary utilizing time, space and energy.
4. Demonstrate kinesthetic awareness, mental and physical coordination, rhythmic sensitivity, and musicality.
5. Identify dancers and choreographers and their particular contributions to the field of dance and their processes in creating dance.
6. Choreograph and perform movement and demonstrate performance skills of concentration, projection, characterization, expression and ensemble work.
7. Demonstrate wherewithal for scheduling and conducting rehearsals and producing a performance that includes staging, lighting, costuming, decor, and publicity.