Arts, Sciences, and Engineering Dance
Course Section Listing Course Course Title Term Credits Status
COURSE_SECTION-3-175281 DANC 208-1 Tai Chi: Movement Art & Culture Fall 2024 2.0 Closed
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
TR 325 PM 440 PM Spurrier Gymnasium Room 104 08/26/2024 12/18/2024
Enrollment: Enrolled     
12 		Capacity     
12
Instructors: Robert Loughridge
Delivery Mode: In-Person
Description: A study of Taijiquan, (also known as Tai Chi Chuan or Tai Chi?), a traditional Chinese martial art, and its intimate relationship to the cosmological, physiological, and philosophical conceptions found in the culture and thought from which it emerged. The course investigates both the traditional Chinese philosophy and movement aspects of Tai Chi in order to better understand the integration of human body, mind, and spirit. The Simplified 24-Step Taijiquan (Ershisi Shi Taijiquan) is learned, along with the foundation skills of the Eight Methods or Energies (Ba Fa), Reeling Silk (Chan Si Gong), Pushing Hands (Tui Shou), and Standing Pole meditation (Zhan Zhuang). Tai Chi is not only a valuable cross training exercise for the dancer, but also provides training for relaxed strength, whole body coordination, balance, centered alignment, timing, weight shifting and moving with fluid grace.
Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Course Section Listing Course Course Title Term Credits Status
COURSE_SECTION-3-154188 DANC 208-1 Tai Chi: Movement Art & Culture Fall 2023 2.0 Open
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
TR 325 PM 440 PM Spurrier Gymnasium Room 104 08/30/2023 12/22/2023
Enrollment: Enrolled     
8 		Capacity     
14
Instructors: Robert Loughridge
Delivery Mode: In-Person
Restrictions: Instructor Permission
Description: A study of Taijiquan, (also known as Tai Chi Chuan or Tai Chi?), a traditional Chinese martial art, and its intimate relationship to the cosmological, physiological, and philosophical conceptions found in the culture and thought from which it emerged. The course investigates both the traditional Chinese philosophy and movement aspects of Tai Chi in order to better understand the integration of human body, mind, and spirit. The Simplified 24-Step Taijiquan (Ershisi Shi Taijiquan) is learned, along with the foundation skills of the Eight Methods or Energies (Ba Fa), Reeling Silk (Chan Si Gong), Pushing Hands (Tui Shou), and Standing Pole meditation (Zhan Zhuang). Tai Chi is not only a valuable cross training exercise for the dancer, but also provides training for relaxed strength, whole body coordination, balance, centered alignment, timing, weight shifting and moving with fluid grace.
Offered: Fall Spring Summer
Course Section Listing Course Course Title Term Credits Status
COURSE_SECTION-3-134695 DANC 208-1 Tai Chi: Movement Art & Culture Fall 2022 2.0 - 0.0 Open
Schedule:
Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date
TR 325 PM 440 PM Spurrier Gymnasium Room 104 08/31/2022 12/22/2022
Enrollment: Enrolled     
13 		Capacity     
16
Instructors: Robert Loughridge
Restrictions: Instructor Permission
Description: A study of Taijiquan, (also known as Tai Chi Chuan or Tai Chi?), a traditional Chinese martial art, and its intimate relationship to the cosmological, physiological, and philosophical conceptions found in the culture and thought from which it emerged. The course investigates both the traditional Chinese philosophy and movement aspects of Tai Chi in order to better understand the integration of human body, mind, and spirit. The Simplified 24-Step Taijiquan (Ershisi Shi Taijiquan) is learned, along with the foundation skills of the Eight Methods or Energies (Ba Fa), Reeling Silk (Chan Si Gong), Pushing Hands (Tui Shou), and Standing Pole meditation (Zhan Zhuang). Tai Chi is not only a valuable cross training exercise for the dancer, but also provides training for relaxed strength, whole body coordination, balance, centered alignment, timing, weight shifting and moving with fluid grace.
Offered: Fall Spring Summer