Degree Type: Associate of Arts Degree, AA
Pathway: Arts & Humanities
More Options: Classroom Based
Program Length: 4 Semesters
Location: Downtown Studio, Studio West
Transferability: Transferable, Guaranteed Transfer (GT)
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Mission Statement: The Dance Program is dedicated to creating a well-rounded dance artist who is capable of pursuing a variety of diverse paths. We recognize that every person that enters our program is an individual who has different desires, needs, concerns and goals. We are here to aid on this journey. The program strives to help each student develop, strengthen and further advance technique in a variety of different dance genres, as well as develop critical thinking skills through creative and scholarly processes. We believe that the understanding of the body and the way it moves is a way of knowledge and wisdom that can teach all people (not just dancers) about society, culture and history. Students will discover how to work within groups and how to express their own individuality. Students may study dance for enrichment, fitness, and/or to complete an AA Degree with Designation in Dance (2 year program). Students do not have to be majors to take any/all dance classes. PPSC Dance Promo
The program strives to help each student develop, strengthen and further advance technique in a variety of different dance genres, as well as develop critical thinking skills through creative and scholarly processes. You will discover how to work within groups and how to express your own individuality. Upon completion, you will be able to teach dance at studios or in schools, audition for professional companies, create and produce their own work, and/or transfer to a four-year institution to major/minor in dance.
Students who study dance gain an understanding of:
Students may study dance for enrichment, fitness and/or to complete and earn a Degree with Designation in Dance.
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Dance is a unique professional field unlike any other that demands dedication, drive and determination. The dance profession requires a person to be physically and emotionally strong, flexible, creative and eager. Upon completion, you will be able to teach dance at studios or in schools, audition for professional companies, create and produce their own work, and/or transfer to a four-year institution to major/minor in dance.
The program strives to help each student develop, strengthen and further advance technique in a variety of different dance genres, as well as develop critical thinking skills through creative and scholarly processes. Dance is a unique professional field unlike any other that demands dedication, drive, and determination. The dance profession requires a person to be physically and emotionally strong, flexible, creative, and eager. Upon completion, students will be able to teach dance at studios or in schools, audition for professional companies, create and produce their own work, and/or transfer to a four-year institution to major/minor in dance.
Students who study dance gain an understanding of:
Students may study dance for enrichment, fitness and/or to complete and earn a Degree with Designation in Dance. You do not need to be a Dance Major in order to take any of our Dance Department classes.
Introduces the history of dance as a theatre or performing art. Examines dance from Classical Greece through the Renaissance, including court and classical ballet to modern dance with African and Caribbean influences.
Includes a continuing study of modern dance movement concepts. Focuses on advancing technique work and proficiency. Expands and deepens understanding of alignment, strength, flexibility, endurance, coordination, rhythm and spatial awareness. Improvisation may be included. This course is for students who have successfully completed Modern I or have previous dance training. This course may be repeated up to two times for credit.
Analyzes, discusses and traces the history of Dance for Camera/Screendance including musicals, art-films and commercial media. Students will get hands-on-training in using the video camera as a two-dimensional stage, progressing to creating their own Dances for Camera. This class will require students to watch and analyze dance media, read and apply historical information discussed in creating their own screen dances, and be actively engaged in class discussions and feedback sessions.
view in catalogStudents who have studied in the PPSC Dance Department have gone on to major and/or minor in Dance at the following institutions:
• University of Colorado at Boulder
• Colorado State University, Fort Collins
• Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction
• University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
• Metropolitan State University, Denver
• Oklahoma City University, OK
• University of Texas, Austin
• Palm Beach Atlantic University, FL
• Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO
• University of Hawaii, Manoa, HI
Students who have studied in the PPSC Dance Department have also danced professionally with Ormao Dance Company in Colorado Springs & VisKosity Dance Collective in Boulder, as well as creating & performing their own work.
Students have also gone on to teach at a variety of different studios and schools across Colorado and have interned and danced as far away as Russia with professional company, Pantera Contemporary Dance.
Upon completion, you will be able to teach dance at studios or in schools, audition for professional companies, create and produce your own work, and/or transfer to a four-year institution to major in dance. Students planning for an AA Degree or to transfer and major/minor in dance will be required to take 10 credits of technique in at least three different styles, as well as Dance Performance I-II, Dance Composition I-II, Dance for Camera, History of Dance, and Methods of Teaching Dance. Technique/Genres of dance styles offered include: Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Feldenkrais for Performing Artists, Tap, Hip Hop, Belly Dance, Ballroom, and Salsa.
By the time you graduate with your AA Degree in Dance, you will be able to:
Dance Faculty Contact
Stephanie Kobes-Newcomb
Stephanie Kobes-Newcomb@pikespeak.edu
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