PHEC 120 - Elementary Rhythms

1 credits
2 hours per week.

This course is designed to offer students a fundamental knowledge of rhythms basic to the development of skill in the execution of natural activities and incorporating the use of manipulative objects. Movement and skill training are based on various styles of modern dance technique. This course offers students an opportunity to explore basic locomotor and non-locomotor movement skills as well as terminology associated with dance presentation. Students are expected to demonstrate skills taught as well as choreograph and perform movement patterns of their own creation. An understanding of rhythmic meter, qualities and dynamics in movement, the use of time, space and level changes with the incorporation of hand held manipulative objects are required for the successful completion of the course.

Offered (FALL/SPRING)