Students develop technical strength through basic skills of ballet, jazz, tap, folk-ethnic and creative movement, plus dance history, terminology, analysis, and performance.

Refining skills and techniques from introductory course; expansion of knowledge in performance, abstract forms, staging, and rhythm. Includes choreographic design principles.

Focus on choreographer's creative process in solo and ensembles. Uses improvisation and choreographic devices to create meaning and personal style.

Focus on difficult movement patterns, performance preparation, dance terminology, and health/safety aspects. Site Adopted Course at SCPA.

Double-period intermediate course. Includes dances of the world, form/content, musculoskeletal system, jazz and tap choreography. Site Adopted Course at SCPA.

Double-period course. Advanced performance in solos, duets, and ensembles. Includes dance history, notation systems, and rhythmic analysis. Site Adopted Course at SCPA.

Double-period course for high technical proficiency. Performance of new and repertory pieces; students develop curriculum and choreography. Site Adopted Course at SCPA.

Double-period course for advanced ballet and pointe. Includes history, theory, and composition. May explore Flamenco and modern forms.

Double-period highest level training. Focus on performance, production, faculty repertoire, teaching principles, and career opportunities.

Required for advanced study. Explores the creative component of dance and choreographic process while improving modern and ballet technique.

Introduction to ballet, jazz, modern, and multicultural dance forms (Africa, Latin America, Caribbean).

Advanced modern dance skills, new combinations, and study of career opportunities.