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Performing in a mainstage dance production. May be repeated.

Prerequisites:

Consent

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Expanding knowledge and skill of jazz dance technique with more direct application to musical theatre and concert dance, as well as focus on emerging performance skills. May be repeated. Consent of instructor is required.

Prerequisites:

Consent

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 11 - Performance and Participation

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Dance (BFA) | Dance Minor | Theatre Arts (BFA) Acting | Theatre Arts (BFA) Musical Theatre

Cross-cultural survey of dance from around the world with emphasis on historical, social, and cultural dimensions. Includes western concert dance as one among many other forms. Consent of instructor is required.

Prerequisites:

DANC 120 or DANC120W

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 8 - Global Perspective | Goal Area 11 - Performance and Participation | Diverse Cultures - Purple

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Dance Minor

Expanding knowledge and skill of ballet technique, with increasing development of centerfloor and across-the-floor variations, as well as emerging performance skills. May be repeated. Consent of instructor is required.

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 11 - Performance and Participation

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Dance Minor | Theatre Arts (BFA) Acting | Theatre Arts (BFA) Musical Theatre

Expanding knowledge and skill of tap technique, in musical theatre, as well as focus on emerging performance skills. May be repeated. Consent of instructor is required.

Prerequisites:

Consent

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 11 - Performance and Participation

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Dance (BFA) | Dance Minor | Theatre Arts (BFA) Acting | Theatre Arts (BFA) Musical Theatre

Expanding knowledge and skill of modern dance technique, including floor work, elevations, inversions, and emerging performance skills. May be repeated.

Graduation Requirements:

Goal Area 11 - Performance and Participation

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Dance Minor | Theatre Arts (BFA) Acting

Study and practice of specific techniques to improve dancers' performance, health, and teaching. Consent of instructor is required.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Dance (BFA)

The study of dance making, dance accompaniment, and dance criticism through the creation of dance works. Consent of instructor is required.

Prerequisites:

DANC 228, DANC 322. Consent

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Exploration of a variety of improvisational techniques for beginning Dance Majors and Minors. May be repeated. Consent of instructor is required.

Prerequisites:

Consent

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Dance Minor

Increasing difficulty of jazz dance technique through complexity of combinations, multiple turns, and more developed performance skills as applied to musical theatre or concert dance. May be repeated. Consent of instructor is required.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Dance (BFA) | Dance Minor | Theatre Arts (BFA) Acting

This course is first in a two-part series of courses required for the K-12 Dance Education license. It examines the theory and practice of dance education and applies this knowledge to simulated teaching and to selected clinical settings. Consent of instructor is required. Fall

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Dance (BFA)

Increasing difficulty of ballet technique with more complex combinations, multiple turns, pointe work, and greater emphasis on performance skills. May be repeated. Consent of instructor is required.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Dance Minor | Theatre Arts (BFA) Acting

Increasing complexity of tap technique for musical theatre with greater emphasis on performance skills. May be repeated. Instructor consent is required.

Prerequisites:

Consent

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Dance (BFA) | Dance Minor | Theatre Arts (BFA) Acting

Increasing complexity of modern dance technique, including floor work, partnering, elevation, inversions, and performance skills. May be repeated. Instructor consent is required.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Dance Minor | Theatre Arts (BFA) Acting

Individualized teaching, performance, or choreographic experiences occurring on, or off-campus. May be repeated.

Prerequisites:

Consent.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Dance (BFA)

Expanding knowledge and skill in dance partnering, with the emphasis on styles used in performance of concert dance. May be repeated. Instructor consent is required.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Dance (BFA) | Theatre Arts (BFA) Acting

Expanding knowledge and skill in dance partnering, with the emphasis on styles used in performance of theatre and musical theatre. May be repeated. Consent of instructor is required.

Prerequisites:

Consent

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Dance (BFA) | Theatre Arts (BFA) Acting

Continuation of the principles and techniques of choreography with an emphasis on group forms.

Prerequisites:

DANC 321

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

This course is the second in a two-part series of courses required for the K-12 Dance Education license. The focus of the course is on lesson planning, assessment, and teaching in a variety of K-12 settings. Spring

Prerequisites:

DANC 324

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Rotation of a variety of topics in dance. May be repeated. Consent of instructor is required.

Prerequisites:

Consent

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Repertory experience in performance of the choreography by a variety of dance artists. May be repeated. Consent of instructor is required.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Programs:

Dance (BA) | Dance (BFA) | Dance (BS) | Dance (BS) Dance Therapy (Pre-Professional) | Dance (BS) Private Studio Teaching

Capstone experience for all dance majors. Individually paced and directed, this project can be: choreographic, performance, or written.

Prerequisites:

DANC 484W

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Course will advance individual student's compositional skills through her/his solo and group projects in an self-paced manner. Consent of instructor is required.

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Course will further advance individual student's compositional skills through her/his solo and group projects in an self-paced manner.

Prerequisites:

DANC 430, consent

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications

Historical survey of Western theatrical dance from the 1500's to the present. Also integrates reading and discussion about how class, gender, and race affected the development of concert dance history in the United States and Europe.

Prerequisites:

DANC 120, DANC 225, DANC 226, DANC 228, DANC 321

Areas of Interest:

Arts, Audio and Video, Technology, and Communications