Beginning

Course Description:
Beginning dancers at PRHS learn the basics of three primary styles of dance: jazz, ballet, and modern. Technique and Dances in each style are taught during the fall semester, and are then rehearsed and performed at the Arts Orientation Advisement Assembly in Spring. The final project for the class is to create a dance (of any style) with a group of classmates.

Your body awareness, flexibility, and stamina will be improved by actively performing in this class, and you'll learn all sorts of fun moves, form pas de bourees to grand jetes!

Course length:
1 year

Prerequisites:
Must pass (with a "C" or better), or be concurrently enrolled in Freshman P.E.

Credit Available:
1 Year PE Elective Credit

Intermediate

Course Description:
This is for students with prior dance experience. The #1 goal of this class is to facilitate improved technique in various dance styles (primarily jazz, modern, and ballet).

Students will work on stretching, traveling across the floor, center floor work, and dance combinations. Each spring, the intermediate dancers get to perform a class number in the dance show!

Course Length:
1 year

Prerequisites:
Must have passed Beginning Dance at PRHS with a grade of a "C" or better. Teacher recommendation or audition may be acceptable in place of passing the PRHS Beginning Dance Class if you have prior dance training. Freshmen may enroll if concurrently taking Freshmen core P.E.

Credit Available:
1 Year PE Elective Credit or 1 Year of Fine Arts Elective Credit. This course fulfills the UC/CSU fine art admission requirement.

Advanced

Course Description:
The advanced class at PRHS is composed pf approximately 15-20 dancers. This group, also known as "Jazz 'n' Company" performs many styles of dance at various local events including home football games, assemblies, and the annual PRHS Dance Show. In recent years this group has also traveled throughout the state and the country, dancing in Long Beach, Chicago, and New York City!

This class is heavily based upon performance and choreography, so the dancers are urged (but not required) to take other dance classes in the community in order to maintain strong technique. During the fall semester, students create dances for a choreography project and during the spring semester, the class emphasis shifts to rehearsing and preparing for the dance show.

Course Length:
1 Year

Prerequisites:
An audition is required to enroll in this class. Auditions are held each spring for the following school year.

Credit Available:
1 Year PE Elective Credit or 1 Year of Fine Arts Elective Credit. This course fulfills the UC/CSU fine arts admissions requirement.