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DANC 3332 001 Intermediate Ballet
Tuesday/Thursday 2:00-3:15pm
Grade Value
Course Requirements
Critiques You are required to see two live dance productions approved by the instructor and write a critique for
each. Critiques are due on March 2 and April 20. Critiques are a based on your own opinions and must be written i
your own words. Critiques must include detailed descriptions of no more than 2 dance pieces in the performance.
you do not choose the first or last piece of the program to describe, you must include a brief summary of those
pieces also. Three points will be deducted for the omission each.
When writing your critique consider these points:
1. Did it tell a story, show a particular emotion, make you feel a certain way and describe if any of these apply.
2. 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 the conclusions
from the previous questions?
5. How did the sets, costuming, and lighting affect the piece?
Write the critique assuming I did not see the dance and would understand what it was about from your description.
Grading for Critiques A check mark means you have fulfilled requirements and averages as 95%. Exceptiona
paper will be awarded a higher percentage. Papers on average will be no more than two pages typewritten or three
handwritten. Handwritten papers must be printed and doubled spaced and typewritten papers must be double spac
There will be five points counted off if not handwritten as such. An automatic 3 points will be deducted if the critique
late. 5 points will be deducted for each week the critique is late.
Skill and Vocabulary You will be expected to know terminology and the execution of steps given at barre, cen
and across the floor at an intermediate level. Quizzes will be given randomly if necessary.
Final Project The final project will be choreography set on the class. You will be expected to know your part i
piece and execute it at a performance level.
Extra Credit Extra credit may be received by attending other dance performances. You may receive 5 points
just turning in a ticket and program or 10 if accompanied by a critique. The credit will be added to the final total of p
accrued for the course at the end of the semester, not a specific category. The grade of A+ will be awarded through
on regular assignments only. The highest grade that can be achieved through extra credit is an A.
I will send all electronic correspondence only to a student’s UTD email address and require
that all official electronic correspondence between 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”...…………………………………Wed., January 25
Undergraduates WP or WF withdraw period begins……………………...Mon., February 13
Undergraduates last day to withdraw with WP/WF………………………Thurs., March 16
The following are excerpts of policies and procedures from the University Catalog. For a complete list of
campus policies and procedures go the University Catalog on the UTD website.
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 tha
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 enrollmen
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 record
Students suspected of academic dishonesty are subject to disciplinary proceedings.
A grade of Incomplete may be given, at the discretion of the instructor of record for a
course, when a student has completed at least 70% of the required course material but
cannot complete all requirements by the end of the semester. An incomplete course
grade (grade of X) must be completed within the time period specified by the instructor,
not to exceed eight weeks from the first day of the subsequent long semester. Upon
completion of the required work, the symbol X may be converted into a letter grade (A
through F) by the instructor. If the grade of Incomplete is not removed by the end of the
specified period, it will automatically be changed to F. Extension beyond the specified
limit can be made only with the permission of the instructor and the student’s ADU (or
the Undergraduate Dean in the case of students without declared majors). A student may
not re-enroll in a course in which a grade of X remains.
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”.
However, if the instructor who has signed the Incomplete is no longer associated with
lapses to an F, the Associate Dean of the instructor’s college may assign a committee of
appropriate faculty to evaluate the material and/or obtain any other information which
may be required to assign the grade in the course.
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.