Dance ProgramDance can be examined as an educative force, a facilitator of cultural acquisition, and a reflection of cultural change. Our students explore the ways dance has affected and been affected by scientific discoveries and technological advances; by the art and practice of war; or by globalization and the impact of westernization.
Our goal is to examine the ongoing (r)evolution in how we create, present and appreciate art. The living, kinetic artifacts of movement - dance forms and dance choreography - are critical research components that provide scholars the tools to discuss and analyze specific cultures and communities, periods of dance history and the work of seminal creative artists.
Students must choose two credits (two courses) to fulfill a concentration in this area. Course options are as follows:
- DANCE195FS The Art of Transformation (Focus Program) (1 credit)
- DANCE207S Performance and Social Change (1 credit)
- DANCE306S Dance for the Camera (1 credit)
- DANCE315S History of Modern Dance, 1890-1950 (1 credit)
- DANCE316S Post Modernism Dance (1 credit)
- DANCE326S The Diaghilev Ballet, 1909-1929 (1 credit)
- DANCE327 Ballet Masterworks of the Twentieth Century (1 credit)