COLLIN COLLEGE
DIVISION OF FINE ARTS
COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Information
Course Number: DANC 1101
Course Title: Dance Improvisation
Course Description: Exploration of movement and visual design leading to choreographic studies.
Focus on developing creative potential, personal movement style and expressiveness.
Emphasis on experiencing new kinds of movement, making connections among varied
movement ideas, seeking new relationships and learning to visualize ideas in dance.
Course Credit Hours:
Lab Hours:
1
3
Student Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able
to do the following:
1. Explore, view and discuss dance as a living embodiment of ourselves and our culture
2. Develop creativity and imagination through personal problem-solving activities
3. Develop each individual’s style of movement and enhance personal appreciation of dance as
an art form
4. Develop communication skills by drawing relationships between movement ideas and create
new relationships and themes
5. Develop critical thinking by making justified judgments about dance utilizing a critical process
that involves description, analysis, interpretation and evaluation of movement forms
6. Develop choreographic skills through improvisation activities
7. Deepen the dancer’s enjoyment of movement and provide ways to access that channel
8. Understand the value of dance as a lifetime fitness activity
Withdrawal Policy: See the current Collin Registration Guide for last day to withdraw.
Collin College Academic Policies: See the current Collin Student Handbook
Americans with Disabilities Act Statement: Collin College will adhere to all applicable federal,
state and local laws, regulations and guidelines with respect to providing reasonable
accommodations as required to afford equal educational opportunity. It is the student’s
responsibility to contact the ACCESS office, SCC-G200 or 972.881.5898 (V/TTD: 972.881.5950)
to arrange for appropriate accommodations. See the current Collin Student Handbook for
additional information.