2008 Woodie Awards
Five dance courses highlight kinesiology offerings for spring
By Jeff Reese
Issue date: 11/14/08 Section: Pulse
Originally published: 11/13/08 at 10:36 AM CSTLast update: 11/13/08 at 2:46 PM CST
The department of kinesiology will feature five new or revived courses for spring 2009, three of which teach dance in specific forms.
Kinesiology Professor George Ann Simpson will teach DANC 2303, Dance Appreciation, 10 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday and encourages students to take the course because of the role music plays in most people's lives each day, regardless of whether they realize it.
"It can make someone aware of how dance fits into culture and that it's a big part of history," Simpson said.
"It has been around as long as man has been around, and the class will give people a historical perspective."
Women in Native American society sat on the outside of the tribes' circle during gatherings while the men usually danced as the stars of the show; Simpson said this signifies the way natives viewed women as inferior to men.
The course also offers visual and performing arts majors another option as part of the core class requirements.
The department now also offers KINE 1137, Latin Cardiovascular Dance, which includes appropriate music the course has 32 students registered.
Kinesiology Instructor Annette Flores will teach DANC 1153, Spanish Ballet, or Flamenco 1 Dancing, from 4:45 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday.
Students will look at the beginning principles of this unique dance form, including palmas, or clapping, hand and arm movements known as braceo and aconea, footwork designed to enhance speed and strength.
Music and dance run in Flores' family, as grandmother Theresa Champion brought flamenco to the city and, according to Simpson, virtually all of those in town who practice it either learned from Flores' grandmother or one of Champion's students; Flores' father, Chayito, sang and toured worldwide with the late renowned flamenco dancer José Greco.
New classes also include KINE 1123, Core Training, which is available from 1:40 p.m. to 2:55 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday with kinesiology Professor Andrea Brown.
The class will focus on isolating various sets of muscles during workouts, such as the abdominal and oblique muscles.
The exercises will include many forms of crunches as well as the use of medicine or fitness balls as students cycle between stations of exercises.
While the department offers six sections of KINE 1109, Beginning Cardiovascular Kickboxing, it will now offer an intermediate level class from 8 a.m. to 8:50 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
The course will combine martial arts lessons such as kicking and punching with general physical fitness and emphasis on the abdominal muscles.
Kinesiology Professor George Ann Simpson will teach DANC 2303, Dance Appreciation, 10 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday and encourages students to take the course because of the role music plays in most people's lives each day, regardless of whether they realize it.
"It can make someone aware of how dance fits into culture and that it's a big part of history," Simpson said.
"It has been around as long as man has been around, and the class will give people a historical perspective."
Women in Native American society sat on the outside of the tribes' circle during gatherings while the men usually danced as the stars of the show; Simpson said this signifies the way natives viewed women as inferior to men.
The course also offers visual and performing arts majors another option as part of the core class requirements.
The department now also offers KINE 1137, Latin Cardiovascular Dance, which includes appropriate music the course has 32 students registered.
Kinesiology Instructor Annette Flores will teach DANC 1153, Spanish Ballet, or Flamenco 1 Dancing, from 4:45 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday.
Students will look at the beginning principles of this unique dance form, including palmas, or clapping, hand and arm movements known as braceo and aconea, footwork designed to enhance speed and strength.
Music and dance run in Flores' family, as grandmother Theresa Champion brought flamenco to the city and, according to Simpson, virtually all of those in town who practice it either learned from Flores' grandmother or one of Champion's students; Flores' father, Chayito, sang and toured worldwide with the late renowned flamenco dancer José Greco.
New classes also include KINE 1123, Core Training, which is available from 1:40 p.m. to 2:55 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday with kinesiology Professor Andrea Brown.
The class will focus on isolating various sets of muscles during workouts, such as the abdominal and oblique muscles.
The exercises will include many forms of crunches as well as the use of medicine or fitness balls as students cycle between stations of exercises.
While the department offers six sections of KINE 1109, Beginning Cardiovascular Kickboxing, it will now offer an intermediate level class from 8 a.m. to 8:50 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
The course will combine martial arts lessons such as kicking and punching with general physical fitness and emphasis on the abdominal muscles.
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