An intermediate-level course focusing on high-energy group fitness. Featuring bursts of intense activity alternated with intervals of lighter activity, this course offers a mix of strength training and aerobic exercises, a challenging and varied workout in a group setting.
A low-impact water exercise course designed to improve muscular strength, flexibility, balance, and cardiovascular fitness. Non-swimming exercises will involve Latin-based dance steps and variations using Aqua Zumba dance vocabulary and music.
Introduction to the application of nutrition to human performance in both exercise and sports, with emphasis on nutrition as it applies to fitness, sport-specific training, and athletic performance. Topics include nutrient requirements and dietary recommendations, energy metabolism, weight management, the role of adequate nutrition in performance during training and competition, nutrition ergogenic aids.
Advanced African Haitian Dance is a continuation of intermediate African Haitian with an emphasis on building vocabulary on traditional movements and integrating isolations and movement progressions in connection to dance patterns and correct musicality.
Collaborative creation, development and rehearsal of an Argentine Tango-based dance piece for public performance.
This course is designed to expand the skills of the student dancer preparing for a career as part of a touring dance company. Students will learn multiple dance works from faculty and guest choreographers. Touring venues include CCSF, San Francisco high schools and local colleges, public theaters, and other public dance events.
Focus on multi-zone targeting conditioning techniques that relate to the dance idiom. Emphasis on beyond the basics of Pilates principles that build abdominal and back strength. Exercises include various approaches that combine body alignment, core strength, flexibility techniques, floor barre, weight training and stability exercises.
This course encourages students to discuss sports issues and analyze sports as a part of our society, ranging from youth leagues to professional sports. Examine the history of sports, its place in society, and its cultural links to race, gender, politics, economics, deviance, aggression, drug use, media, and social mobility.
Sport-specific strength and conditioning protocols related to improving muscular strength, power, agility, and speed. Principles of sport-specific technical and tactical methodology will be presented. Injury prevention, restoration and recovery will also be addressed.
This course establishes foundation for later sport-specific physical preparation and intense training. Its primary emphasis is general preparation and some specialized skills and strength conditioning exercises to work all the major muscles and joints. Key areas of study will also include sports injuries prevention and rehabilitation, nutrition, and mental skills.