Dance Major
The Major
Four pathways highlight the research trajectories of the Dance Program. None of the pathways targets a specific physical style or cultural tradition; rather, these traditions interweave through all the pathways.
These pathways are:
Major Requirements: To major in dance, a student must take a minimum of twelve course credits:
- Dance 101 (Introduction to Dance)
- Four courses selected from one pathway
- One course each from the other three pathways
- Dance 487S (Capstone Seminar: Research Methods and Writing in Dance Studies and Choreographic Performance)
- Dance 489T (Capstone: Senior Project), or Dance 499S (Capstone Seminar: Distinction Project)
- Equivalent of two course credits from partial or full-credit movement courses.
- Fifteen hours total of service work are required of each student. This may be completed at any time during the four-year undergraduate experience.
Selecting an Advisor: Upon declaration of the major make an appointment with the Director of Undergraduate Studies. An advisor will be assigned to each student. More information and Advisors for Dance Majors request form.
Pathways
- Dancing Cultures
- Dance 165 (Let’s Dance! Live Art and Performance)
- Dance 235SL (Capoeira: Practice and Culture)
- Dance 255 (T’ai Chi and Chinese Thought)
- Dance 316S (Postmodernism in Dance, 1950-2000)
- Dance 318S (Movement in Question: Introduction to Critical Dance Studies)
- Dance 335L (West African Rootholds in Dance)
- Dance 336 (Black Dance)
- Dance 356 (Dance and Dance Theater of Asia)
- Dance 365L (The Art and Cultural History of Flamenco)
- Dance 367 (Dance and Religion in Asia and Africa)
- Dance 535S (AfroFuturism)
- Dance 561S (Art as Work: Valuing Labor in the Arts)
- Dance 590 (Special Topics in Dance/Embodiment)
- Dance 645S (Black Performance Theory)
- Dance 665S (Contemporary Dance History)
- 690S Special Topics in Dance
- Being and Healing
- Dance 284 (Ritual, Performance, and Religion)
- Dance 367 (Dance and Religion in Asia and Africa)
- Dance 371 (Artists in Healthcare: Collaborations and Complexities)
- Dance 377S (Dance Science: An Evolutionary Approach)
- Dance 390 (Special Topics)
- Dance 575S (Somatics: Embodiment for the Twenty-First Century)
- Dance 590 (Special Topics in Dance/Embodiment)
- 690S Special Topics in Dance
- Process, Practice, and Research
- Dance 105S (Dance Composition)
- Dance 205S (Advanced Dance Composition)
- Dance 211 (Musical Theater Workshop: Performance)
- Dance 302S (Writing about Performance)
- Dance 308 (Performance and Technology: Composition Workshop)
- Dance 309S (Dancing States of Mind: The Self, Social and Political Practice of Dance)
- Dance 335L (West African Rootholds in Dance)
- Dance 370S (The Choreographic Mind: Order, Disorder, Organization, Relations)
- Dance 375 (Music for Dancers)
- Dance 390 (Special Topics)
- Dance 412 (Performance: Modern)
- Dance 422 (Performance: Ballet)
- Dance 432 (Performance: African)
- Dance 442 (Performance: Jazz)
- Dance 443 (Performance: Tap)
- Dance 462 (Performance: Interdisciplinary)
- Dance 472 (Performance: Dance Theater)
- Dance 535S (AfroFuturism)
- Dance 590 (Special Topics in Dance/Embodiment)
- 690S Special Topics in Dance
- Social Issues and Social Action
- Dance 201S (Arts Entrepreneurship)
- Dance 207S (Performance and Social Change)
- Dance 309S (Dancing States of Mind: The Self, Social and Political Practice of Dance)
- Dance 379S (Legal Issues for the Performing Arts)
- Dance 390 (Special Topics)
- Dance 590 (Special Topics in Dance/Embodiment)
- 690S Special Topics in Dance
Courses originating outside of the Dance Program not listed here may be considered as satisfying pathways requirements at the discretion of the director of undergraduate studies and the student’s major advisor. No more than two courses originating outside of the Dance Program may count toward the pathways requirements.
