DANCE 170Dance Conditioning

1 credit · Dance · Penn State

This course is designed to improve technique through strengthening, toning, improving coordination, increasing balance, and helping alignment. The course also addresses common areas of injury. Dance Conditioning is designed to enhance the efficiency of movement and body usage by applying a mind-body for increasing strength and flexibility in the body. Dance is both athletics and an art form, and equal training is essential for both. This course applies the tools and principles of athletic dance training to health and fitness for the non-dancer to achieve efficient and effective usage of the body while increasing well-being. In addition to increased strength, muscle tone, and flexibility the Kinesthetic and proprioceptive senses are developed resulting in greater balance, coordination, and dynamic alignment. The course completes with the creation of a Personal Practice.