Formally structured and assessed Jazz dance class/performance

Performance 1

Formally structured and assessed Tap dance class/performance

Performance 2

Across all areas of study students will explore and develop the core skills of dance and dance training, including:

• Centre work, floor work, travelling, sequences and combinations 
• Postural alignment, placement and centring principles 
• Extension, flexion and suppleness in the body
• Control, strength and precision in movement 
• Use of weight and space in relation to tasks 
• Musicality- Rhythm, timing, speed and dynamic range 
• Expression and artistry
• Movement and muscle memory 

Theatre and Concert Jazz Dance 
Jazz dance techniques will be developed through exploring the work of the principle exponents Jazz dance. The students will be asked to develop theatricality, expressions, strength and flexibility. Jazz dance will be developed through an exploration of dynamics, isolations, fast paced sequences and rhythmic patterns. The work will be developed through the intentions and choreographic approaches of various creative practitioners reflective of concert and theatre jazz dance, and commercial Jazz dance forms. 

Tap 
The Tap element of the module will explore Musical Theatre Tap and American Rhythm Tap techniques. The students explore musicality through syncopation and improvisation, and rhythmic response, through an emphasis on control and co- ordination of footwork. This class will develop itself not through the adherence to a particular Tap style but will instead focus on Tap in mainstream theatre and screen forms. 
All classes will build from fundamental vocabulary to more challenging rhythmic combinations for a greater understanding of musicality and performance precision.

Dance Technique 1 (Jazz/Tap) - 4563IAB

Dance Technique 1 (Jazz/Tap)

Recognise, describe and demonstrate the identification and use of good studio practice, class protocol and class etiquette.  

Recognise, describe, demonstrate and identify the core level of practical understanding of the movement vocabulary, technical skills and practices of tap dance  

Recognise, describe and demonstrate the core level of practical understanding of the movement vocabulary, technical skills and practices of Jazz dance techniques  