Course Syllabus

Course Syllabus

Course Name	Course Code	Term/Year	Start Date	End Date	Location
Ballroom II	PED 186 E	Winter 2019	Jan 7th	March 20th	Rachel’s School of dance

Instructor Information

Name: Manuela Pascual/ Dave Reed/ Marietta Campbell

E-mail: manuela.pascual@faculty.klamathcc.edu

Phone:5418920614

Place–Rachel’s School of Dance at 7:00 pm

Course Description:

 Continues the development of skills in ballroom dance at an intermediate level as well as enriching the depth of the dance technique and complexity of choreography. Focus placed on appropriate partnering in order to lead or follow, rhythm, style, and phrasing. Dances may include waltz, foxtrot, tango, quickstep, rumba, cha-cha, swing, samba, jive, and nightclub two step.

Credit Hours – 1 credit hour

Prerequisites – None  

Class Times – Mondays- Wednesdays from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

Course Requirements

Course Materials –  Good comfortable clothes and shoes. Bring a partner of your liking.

Computer Requirements –

• If students do not have access to a computer off campus, there are many computers on campus (Building 3, 5, 6, and LRC) students are welcome to use to participate fully in their courses. Most public libraries also have computers with internet access available.
• Students will need to have an up-to-date browser and operating system. Students may need some additional software on their computers to take this class. Check the KCC Distance Education webpage for hardware & software requirements.

                                                                Student Learning Outcomes

On completion of this course the student will be able to: Demonstrate a variety of dance skills for leading/ following in each dance. Also, students will learn and apply dance etiquette rules to facilitate social dance protocols. Dancers learn to open their sphere of awareness, their peripheral vision, beyond the normal restricted "bubble" of solo or partner dancing. In this way, dancers coordinate and adjust their individual feel and timing and style to make the dance "click". When this happens, it is very exciting indeed!

Grading Policy

Total of 100 points per term.

50 for participation in class/ 50 for growth and performance.

Note: if you missed more than y 3 classes per session per semester without proper justification your grade will be affected. Please attend classes as if they were as important as any others and remember the most important is that you are having fun, fun, fun.

Late Work Policy

Students participation is important. Missing classes will jeopardize the student and the group and partner work will be compromised. After 3 absents, please contact teacher for other arraignments.

COURSE SCHEDULE:

Week #:	Topic	Notes
1	Review syllabus, fundamentals of dance, music, and partnering Getting to know the basics /Start up moves	Review some moves
2	Review star up moves	rotations and who moves where
3	Continue beginners moves/	Keep the dancing flow/ Ask students to lead and follow
4	Review course beginners moves and start new moves for leading	Teach cross-hand moves
5	Alternative underarm turns in both dances
6	Passes and calls	For casino calls are very important/ swing is all about partnership location
7	Using music to create communication between dance partners	Music speeds will vary
8	Dance starts to flow, and steps have been memorized	Review steps
9	Importance of leading and following in each dance
10.	Last chance to become a good leader and  follower in dancing with a partner /review and solidify learning objectives	Students will be grade for participation and growth

Dances for  Winter term:

Waltz continuous to be one of the most romantic and elegant dances of all times.  With long sweeping movements constant rotating with stylish poses. Great dance for weddings!

Basic moves:

Box step

Ladies underarm turn

Basic progressive

Outside partner

Ladies inside turn

Spiral turns

Twinkles

 Nightclub 2 Step: NC-2 step is a very practical social or club dance. It is designed for Soft Rock Love songs that are too slow for the other ballroom dances. Learn this dance well and you will transfer most of the concepts and technical skills to all the other dances. The rhythm is simple and rarely changes. Let’s go to the club!

Basic Moves:

Basic step

The Basic Step Take a relaxed closed dance position.

 Count 1 The Lead takes a slow step to the left side with his left foot as the Follow steps side right.

 2 The Lead rocks his right foot behind his left heel, taking weight on the ball of his right foot, as the Follow rocks back left. & Both replace weight off the rock step.

 3 The Lead takes a slow step to the right side as the Follow steps side left.

4 The Lead rocks his left foot behind as the Follow rocks back right. & Both replace weight off the rock step. This timing is slow-quick-quick, slow-quick-quick. As mentioned, some dancers prefer rock step first: quick-quick-slow, quick-quick-slow.

5.Flip-Flops (Toss-Across)

6. Spot Turn

7.She-Goes-He-Goes

8Around The World

American Country 2:

The country/western two-step, often called the "Texas two-step" or simply the "two-step," is a country/western dance usually danced to country music.

As with other country/western dances, there are different versions of two step

Basic Steps:

 Basic walks

Basic turns

Sweetheart position

Skaters position

 Netiquette

Effective written communication is an important part of online learning. In a face-to-face classroom, body language, verbal responses, and questions help the facilitator and participants communicate with each other. In an online environment, however, misunderstandings can easily occur when participants do not follow basic rules of netiquette (online etiquette). Therefore, please use the following guidelines when communicating in this course:

• Use a descriptive subject line in forum posts.
• Include your name in all e-mails because recipients cannot always tell who you are based on your e-mail address.
• Derogatory comments, ranting, and vulgar language are not acceptable in any form of communication in this course.
• Keep in mind that something you consider offensive may be unintentional.
• Any student who engages in inappropriate and disruptive communication may be dropped from the course, assigned a grade of “F,” and be ineligible for a tuition refund.
• If you are concerned about something that appears unacceptable, please inform your instructor.
• Do not use ALL CAPITAL LETTERS in online communication, as doing so indicates you are yelling. Limited use of capitalized words is acceptable when you need to emphasize a point.
• You may use appropriate emoticons/emojis in the forums, chats, and messages.