Dance: Activity
36 courses · Mt. San Antonio College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Classes: Fall 2026 · Winter 2027
DNCE 1 Ballet Fundamentals
- Units
- 0.5-2
- Hours
- Lab: 27-108
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Fundamental terminology, technique, and movement combinations for ballet. Includes ballet floor work, ballet barre, center practice, floor progressions, and musicality and phrasing.
DNCE 2A Ballet I
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- Lab: 27-54
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Beginning terminology, technique, and movement combinations for ballet. Includes barre work, center floor work, floor progressions, preparation for turning, and musicality and phrasing.
DNCE 2B Ballet II
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- Lab: 27-54
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Intermediate technique, vocabulary, and movement combinations for ballet. Includes intermediate barre work, demi-pointe work, use of epaulement and increasingly difficult center floor combinations.
DNCE 3 Ballet Performance
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- Lab: 27-54
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Advanced barre work, center work, floor progressions, and performance of classical ballet variations for ballet dance.
DNCE 4 Choreography
- Units
- 0.5-2
- Hours
- Lab: 27-108
- Advisory
- DNCE 12A or DNCE 12B or DNCE 13
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Techniques of choreography and dance composition. Designed for the experienced dancer.
DNCE 8 Latin Dance I
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- Lab: 27-54
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Latin styles of dance. Includes Cha Cha, Samba, Rumba, Pasodoble and Jive.
DNCE 10 Modern Fundamentals
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- Lab: 27-54
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Fundamental vocabulary, technique, and movement combinations for Modern Dance. Includes floor work, center work, floor progressions, musicality and phrasing.
DNCE 11A Social Dance Forms I
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- Lab: 27-54
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Fundamentals of music, dance positions, dance formations, and choreography to be used in the study of, but not limited to Swing, Salsa, Waltz, Foxtrot, and Tango.
DNCE 11B Social Dance Forms II
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- Lab: 27-54
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Advanced study of dance positions, dance formations, music, and choreography to be used in the study of, but not limited to, Swing, Salsa, Waltz, Foxtrot, and Tango.
DNCE 12A Modern I
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- Lab: 27-54
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Beginning terminology, technique, and movement combinations for Modern dance.
DNCE 12B Modern II
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- Lab: 27-54
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Intermediate terminology, technique, and movement combinations for Modern dance. Students who repeat this course will improve skills through further instruction and practice.
DNCE 13 Modern Performance
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- Lab: 27-54
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Performance aspects of Modern dance, including advanced terminology, technique, choreographic elements, and performance for the experienced dance student.
DNCE 14A Jazz I
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- Lab: 27-54
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Beginning vocabulary, technique, and movement combinations for jazz dance. Includes warm-up, progressions, and center floor routines.
DNCE 14B Jazz II
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- Lab: 27-54
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Intermediate vocabulary, technique, and movement combinations for jazz dance. Includes warm-up, progressions, and center floor routines.
DNCE 15 Jazz Performance
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- Lab: 27-54
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Introduces the experienced dancer to the performance styles and techniques of jazz dance. Includes advanced warm-up, floor progressions, and performance of complex jazz dance routines.
DNCE 17 Jazz Fundamentals
- Units
- 0.5-2
- Hours
- Lab: 27-108
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Introduces fundamental vocabulary, technique, and movement combinations for jazz dance. Includes floor work, center work, floor progressions, routines, and musicality and phrasing.
DNCE 18A Tap I
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- Lab: 27-54
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Beginning level technique, rhythms, and routines for tap dance.
DNCE 18B Tap II
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- Lab: 27-54
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Intermediate technique, rhythms, and routines for tap dance.
DNCE 19 Tap Performance
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- Lab: 27-54
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Introduces the experienced dancer to the performance aspects of tap by providing advanced techniques leading to the performance of compositions.
DNCE 22 Dance Rehearsal
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- Lab: 27-54
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Beginning rehearsal elements for the experienced dancer participating in concert production, competitions and community performances. Students who repeat this course will improve skills through further instruction and practice.
DNCE 24 Dance Production
- Units
- 1-2
- Hours
- Lab: 54-108
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Intermediate choreography to perform on stage and at competitions. Students will apply choreographic skill, conduct stage rehearsals, and learn costuming techniques. Students who repeat this course will improve skills through further instruction and practice.
DNCE 25 Dance Ensemble
- Units
- 1.5
- Hours
- Lab: 81
- Prerequisite
- Admission by audition
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Small ensemble dance experience with a focus on production elements. Includes experience in story development, choreography, and performance culminating in the practical application of a series of public presentations. Attendance is required at all public performances including off-campus locations.
DNCE 28 Theater Dance I
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- Lab: 27-54
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Beginning theatre dance variations drawn from a variety of theater musicals and movies. Includes concepts of acting and staging incorporated with musical theater choreography.
DNCE 29 Theater Dance II
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- Lab: 27-54
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Advanced theatre dance variations for the technically skilled dancer drawn from a variety of theater musicals and movies. Includes concepts of acting and staging incorporated with musical theater choreography.
DNCE 30 Contemporary Dance
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- Lab: 27-54
- Advisory
- DNCE 12B and DNCE 13
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Intermediate to advanced terminology, technique, and movement combinations for Contemporary dance.
DNCE 31 Classical Dance
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- Lab: 27-54
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Advanced ballet repertoire focusing on the different schools of technique including Balanchine, Bournonville, and Vaganova.
DNCE 32 Commercial Dance
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- Lab: 27-54
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Beginning terminology, styles, techniques, and movement combinations for Hip Hop dance. Includes Hip Hop choreographic skills.
DNCE 33 Improvisation
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- Lab: 27-54
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Beginning to advanced improvisation in dance and choreography.
DNCE 34 Dance Directives
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- Lab: 27-54
- Prerequisite
- Admission by audition
- Transfers to
- CSU
Provides the intermediate or advanced student the practical experience to assist an instructor in the creation and instruction of a dance class.
DNCE 35 Repertory
- Units
- 2
- Hours
- Lab: 108
- Prerequisite
- Admission by audition
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Advanced choreography and repertory to perform at workshops, competitions, and special events. Students who repeat this course will improve skills through further instruction and practice.
DNCE 36 Commercial Dance II
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- Lab: 27-54
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Intermediate to advanced terminology, styles, and movement combinations for Hip Hop dance. Includes Hip Hop choreographic skills.
DNCE 39 Pilates Fundamentals
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- Lab: 27-54
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC (credit limitation)
Pilates foundation mat-work. Conditioning exercises and body awareness resulting in improved alignment, strength, flexibility, control, and coordination. Includes an introduction to the Pilates Reformer.
DNCE 40 Conditioning Through Dance
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- Lab: 27-54
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC (credit limitation)
Improves fitness through the coordination of dance exercises. Focuses on strength, flexibility, and range of motion. Designed for the dancer and non-dancer.
DNCE 41 Pilates I
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- Lab: 27-54
- Advisory
- DNCE 39
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC (credit limitation)
Pilates beginning and intermediate mat-work and beginning Reformer. Includes Pilatesstick and the Magic Circle.
DNCE 42 Pilates II
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- Lab: 27-54
- Advisory
- DNCE 41
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC (credit limitation)
Pilates intermediate mat, reformer, and Pilatesstick and beginning Wunda Chair, step barrel, and Ped-a-Pul. Includes use of physioball in mat work.
DNCE 43 Pilates III
- Units
- 0.5-1
- Hours
- Lab: 27-54
- Prerequisite
- DNCE 42
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC (credit limitation)
Pilates intermediate and advanced mat, reformer (with use of Jumpboard), Wunda Chair (with use of split pedal), and Pilatesstick. Includes beginning Cadillac and High Barrel.