Latin Ballroom Dance I

Division: Fine Arts, Comm, and New Media

Department: Dance

Course: DANC 1740

Title: Latin Ballroom Dance I

Description: Latin Ballroom Dance I is a course for students with limited or no Latin Ballroom Dance experience. Students will learn the beginning (Bronze) level patterns of International Style Rumba, Samba, Cha Cha, and Paso Doble or Jive (depending on the semester). Stage exhibition, competitive, social, and career aspects of dance are introduced in this technique course. Students will improve posture and overall aesthetics, including lines, body shapes and contra-body movement position. Muscle tone, isolation, stretching and strengthening are core concepts at a beginning stage of dance. Repeatable for credit.

Courses Taught Fall 2024

Courses Taught Spring 2025

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