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Dance 365 Production MWF 11:15-12:05, Class No. 72683 Instructor: Jean Baxter Production Manager, Five College Dance Department jbaxter@amherst.edu revised 9/2/08

Dance Production students will learn how and why communication and production skills are vital to the art of dance. Students will learn to ask critical questions about artistic endeavors and how to incorporate their knowledge and specific skills in artistic and financially successful projects and careers.

//Required reading:// (DAP) Dance: The Art of Production, 3rd Edition, Schlaich & DuPont, Editors (DCRW) Dance from the Campus to the Real World //Supplies:// pencils, colored markers, and a 3-ring binder with dividers (for portfolio of work). //Software:// we'll be using microsoft word and excel for your computer assignments. //Email:// You will receive important notices by our class email list, which you are responsible for receiving. Be sure to set-up your email to forward into your usual account if you do not regularly use your UMass email address. You are expected to check your email daily, or at least 3 times each week. You should have received a welcome email to the class-list. All of you are members of this email list and may use it to send emails to the class members. WebPage (wiki) – check for current info, helps, and assignments http://fcdd-um-365-danceproduction.wikispaces.com/

You will be graded on attendance (39 classes, 1 point per class = 39 points), and approx. 15 assignments listed below (4 points apiece = 60 points), completed and turned-in on time. (Additional points may be be given for work of excellent quality and additional work; points may be taken away for substandard or thrown-together work.)

Text should be read prior to class. (See attachment for class listings and assignments.)