When & Where

Quick Facts

  • Availability Yes
  • Tutor Marta Valverde
  • Course Code W24DNEH04C
  • Suitable For 19 year olds and up are permitted on this course

What you will learn

Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned dancer, Dance Foundations will guide you in understanding and performing movement more efficiently, intentionally, and safely. This class is tailored to meet you where you are, combining foundational principles with more advanced techniques that will be broken down and built up progressively. Drawing from contemporary dance, street styles, hip hop as well as floor work and improvisation elements, the course will help you deepen your body awareness and develop skills that enhance not only your dance ability but your everyday movement. Experience an approach to movement that helps you understand and apply core and advanced principles organically while building your confidence —both on and off the dance floor.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Have better body awareness
  • Use your body more efficiently, safely and creativel
  • Understand and work with elements of dance technique in your body
  • Express yourself with more confidence and ease through dance and creative movement
  • Perform and apply foundational elements of contemporary dance and some street styles

Class format and activities

Creative tasks facilitated and guided by the tutor; set tasks with tutor demonstration; working individually, in pairs and as a group

Entry requirements

The course is open to all and adaptations will be made to different abilities, however please note, as this is a physical class a good level of fitness to endure low to intense exercise is required

What you need to know before you enrol

If you have particular learning needs, please speak to your tutor at the start of term

What you need

Comfortable clothes you can move in. We may do ‘floorwork’ on some of the classes, so better to have long sleeve & trousers option. Socks & trainers

What you can do next

Continue to the next term & check the range of options in the dance department to further enrich your practice