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Program checklist · Master of Fine Arts

Master of Fine Arts in Dance at Sarah Lawrence College

Sarah Lawrence College · Bronxville, NY

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
Master of Fine Arts
Credential class
ceterms:MasterDegree
CIP
50.0512
Catalog edition
2026
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
195304
CourseShelf checklist
CK_195304_32734c91
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Program Requirements

83 items
  1. Year 1 Required Course Work
    Not resolved to a course
  2. Required Courses (Full-Year Courses unless otherwise specified)
    Not resolved to a course
  3. Creative Practice:
    Not resolved to a course
  4. Live Time-Based Art
    Not resolved to a course
  5. Guest Artist Lab
    Not resolved to a course
  6. Movement Materials Lab (fall)
    Not resolved to a course
  7. Choreographic Laboratory (spring)
    Not resolved to a course
  8. Movement Practice:
    Not resolved to a course
  9. Movement Studio 3
    Not resolved to a course
  10. Analytic Studies:
    Not resolved to a course
  11. Graduate Seminar: Independent Study in Dance
    Not resolved to a course
  12. Anatomy in Action
    Not resolved to a course
  13. Choreographing Light for the Stage
    Not resolved to a course
  14. Dancing in Progress (fall)
    Not resolved to a course
  15. Dance Teaching Methods (spring)
    Not resolved to a course
  16. Elective Courses (approximately 2-4 additional class sessions per week - see below)
    Not resolved to a course
  17. Examples of potential elective coursework include:
    Not resolved to a course
  18. Performance Project
    Not resolved to a course
  19. Alexander Technique (Fall)
    Not resolved to a course
  20. Music for Dancers (Spring)
    Not resolved to a course
  21. Costume Design for Dance
    Not resolved to a course
  22. Salsa (Spring)
    Not resolved to a course
  23. Yoga (Spring)
    Not resolved to a course
  24. West African Dance (Spring)
    Not resolved to a course
  25. Sound Design (offered through the Theatre Program)
    Not resolved to a course
  26. Video and Media Design (offered through the Theatre Program)
    Not resolved to a course
  27. Coursework elsewhere in the College appropriate to the individual student’s interests
    Not resolved to a course
  28. Year 2 Required Course Work
    Not resolved to a course
  29. Required Courses - (Full-Year Courses unless otherwise specified)
    Not resolved to a course
  30. Creative Practice:
    Not resolved to a course
  31. Live Time-Based Art
    Not resolved to a course
  32. Guest Artist Lab
    Not resolved to a course
  33. Movement Materials Lab (Fall)
    Not resolved to a course
  34. Choreographic Lab (Spring)
    Not resolved to a course
  35. Movement Practice:
    Not resolved to a course
  36. Movement Studio 3
    Not resolved to a course
  37. Analytic Studies:
    Not resolved to a course
  38. Thesis Prep Seminar
    Not resolved to a course
  39. Dancing in Progress (Fall)
    Not resolved to a course
  40. Dance Teaching Methods (Spring)
    Not resolved to a course
  41. Elective Courses (approximately 2-4 additional class sessions per week - see below)
    Not resolved to a course
  42. Examples of potential elective coursework include:
    Not resolved to a course
  43. Performance Project
    Not resolved to a course
  44. Alexander Technique (Fall)
    Not resolved to a course
  45. Music for Dancers (Spring)
    Not resolved to a course
  46. Costume Design for Dance
    Not resolved to a course
  47. Salsa (Spring)
    Not resolved to a course
  48. Yoga (Spring)
    Not resolved to a course
  49. West African Dance (Spring)
    Not resolved to a course
  50. Sound Design (offered through the Theatre Program)
    Not resolved to a course
  51. Video and Media Design (offered through the Theatre Program)
    Not resolved to a course
  52. Coursework elsewhere in the College appropriate to the individual student’s interests
    Not resolved to a course
  53. Elective Course work
    Not resolved to a course
  54. Contemporary & Improvisational Forms
    Not resolved to a course
  55. Somatics, Improvisations, and the Athletics of Intimacy
    Not resolved to a course
  56. Hip-Hop and other forms of street dance
    Not resolved to a course
  57. Classical forms
    Not resolved to a course
  58. West African or African Diasporic Dance
    Not resolved to a course
  59. Performance Project (with visiting artists and companies)
    Not resolved to a course
  60. Somatic Practices
    Not resolved to a course
  61. Feldenkrais: Awareness Through Movement
    Not resolved to a course
  62. Conditioning for Dancers
    Not resolved to a course
  63. Alexander Technique (currently offered through the Theater Program)
    Not resolved to a course
  64. Perspectives on Dance Pedagogy
    Not resolved to a course
  65. Anatomy Research Seminar
    Not resolved to a course
  66. Music for Dancers
    Not resolved to a course
  67. Various offerings through the Theatre and/or Music Programs including
    Not resolved to a course
  68. Media Design
    Not resolved to a course
  69. Costume Design
    Not resolved to a course
  70. Creative Impulse: The Process of Writing for the Stage
    Not resolved to a course
  71. View our courses page for a complete listing of courses and descriptions
    Not resolved to a course
  72. Guest Artists Lab
    Not resolved to a course
  73. Guest artists in recent years include:
    Not resolved to a course
  74. Fall 2024: Jenn Nugent, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Mariana Valencia
    Not resolved to a course
  75. Spring 2024: mayfield brooks, Jessie Young, Yanira Castro
    Not resolved to a course
  76. Beth Gill,Ogemdi Ude, Jonathan Gonzalez,Yanira Castro, EmmaGrace Skove-Epes, Kimberly Bartosik
    Not resolved to a course
  77. Jenn Nugent, Mariana Valencia, Ishmael Houston Jones, Chamecki Lerner, Jon Kinzel, Luis Lara Malvacias
    Not resolved to a course
  78. Abby Zbikowski, Dean Moss, Netta Yerushalmy, Sarah Michelson, and David Thomson
    Not resolved to a course
  79. Nora Chipaumire, Beth Gill, Pepper Fajans, Silas Riener, Molly Lieber, Eleanor Smith
    Not resolved to a course
  80. Dance Making
    Not resolved to a course
  81. New Fellowship Available
    Not resolved to a course
  82. Apply (Undergraduate)
    Not resolved to a course
  83. Apply (Graduate)
    Not resolved to a course
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