Dance and the Choreographic Process

In this course, students apply the creative process to choreography to produce their own dance work, beginning with an exploration of the steps taken during the creative journey. These include choosing, investigating, and exploring a topic, solving problems, refining ideas, and creating a final product. Students work through these steps to create movement of their own artistic design. In the second half of the course, students build on their understanding of the creative process as they study the methods and techniques of professional choreographers, and then choose one choreographer’s creative process as a model for developing and presenting an original dance.

Min-Max Credit Hours: 1.0-1.0