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Danc 2333 001-Beginning Jazz Dance Monday/Wednesday 3:30-4:45pm
M. Saba
Grade Value
60% Class participation and attendance
20% Performance attendance and written critiques
10% Required Papers
10% Skills and vocabulary
Course Requirements
Critiques:
You are required to see two live dance productions and write a critique for each. All performances must
be dance concerts approved by the instructor. Critiques will be due October 19 and November 28.
The critiques must include a detailed description of no more than 2 dance pieces from the program you
saw. You must also include a brief summary of the first and last piece of the program if they were not
chosen for the full critique required. 3 points will be deducted for the omission of each.
When writing the critique include these points:
1. Did it tell a story, show a particular emotion, or make you feel a certain way? After each one of
these questions then ask yourself why and explain.
2. What was the music? List the title and composer. Did the choreography go with the music? How?
3. Did you like it? What made you like or dislike it?
4. What was the movement like? What did the dancers do through movement to help you come to
conclusions from the previous questions?
5. How did the sets, costuming, and lighting affect the piece?
6. Give the title and choreographer of the piece selected.
Write the critique assuming I did not see the dance and would understand what is was about from your
description. 3 points may be deducted for the omission of each point mentioned above.
An approved list of performances for critique will be posted on the inside door of JO 1.216
Papers:
Due November 28. The paper titled "Jazz and Other Forms of Dance," will include the following:
1. A comparison of jazz dance and other dance forms. Once again this paper will be your own personal
opinion written in your own words based on the different ways you have experienced dance this
semester or in the past. No research is necessary. Be sure to include similarities and differences of
the art forms you have observed.
2. Explain what you have personally experienced and learned from the course.
Extra Credit
Extra credit may be received by attending other dance performances. You may receive 5 points by just
turning in a ticket and program or 10 if accompanied by a critique. The credit will be added to the final
total of points accrued for the course at the end of the semester, not a specific category.
I will send all electronic correspondence only to a student’s UTD email address and require
that all official electronic correspondence be tween a student and me be transmitted from the
students’ UTD email account. UT Dallas furnishes each student a FREE Network ID (netid)
linked to an email account. To activate or maintain a UTD computer account and/or to set
email forwarding options, go to http://netid.utdallas.edu. NOTE: The UTD Department of
Information Resources provides a method for students to forward their UTD email to other
personal or business email accounts.
The drop dates for the current Full Term Session are as follows:
Last day to drop a class without a “W”...…………………………………Fri., September 2
Undergraduates WP or WF withdraw period begins……………………...Thurs., September 22
Undergraduates last day to withdraw with WP/WF………………………Thurs., October 20
Graduates last day to withdraw from a course with an automatic “W”…..Tues., November 1
The following are excerpts of policies and procedures from the UTD University Catalog. For a
complete list of all policies of the university please refer to the University Catalog on the UTD
website.
Students may obtain a petition/documentation form for an Incomplete in the office of the student’s ADU.
The form is to be submitted to the instructor from whom the Incomplete is sought. Students should be
aware that an Incomplete is only appropriate for work unavoidably missed at semester’s end. Students
should contact their school office for school policies on Incompletes. If a significant fraction of a
semester is missed with cause, see the section on “Withdrawing from and Adding Courses”.
Academic Dishonesty
The faculty expects from its students a high level of responsibility and academic honesty. Because the
value of an academic degree depends upon the absolute integrity of the work done by the student for that
degree, it is imperative that a student demonstrate a high standard of individual honor in his or her
scholastic work.
Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, statements, acts or omissions related to applications
for enrollment or the award of a degree, and/or the submission as one’s own work of material that is not
one’s own. As a general rule, scholastic dishonesty involves one of the following acts: cheating,
plagiarism, collusion and/or falsifying academic records. Students suspected of academic dishonesty are
subject to disciplinary proceedings.
Disability Services
Disability Services provides accommodations for students with documented disabilities. Students are
urged to make their needs known to Disability Services as soon as they are admitted to the university.
The Office of Disability Services is located in the Student Union, (972) 883-2070.