TAD 470 - DANCE TEACHING METHODS

College of Fine Arts

Credit(s): 3

This course is designed to develop skills to teach all the major dance styles including ballet, jazz, modern dance techniques, creative movement and improvisation. Topics will include class creation, developing inventive teaching skills, methods of class preparation, ways of communicating and correcting, preparing age-appropriate material, choosing music, use of imagery and teaching body awareness to students.

Prereq: One of the following classes - TAD 141, TAD 142, TAD 143 or TAD 147, and Permission from the instructor.