118 courses with the subject DANC, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
DANC 10007Pedagogies of Dance1
28.5 hours CE level continuing studies course PODs offer students the opportunity to make connections through multiple access points, especially in areas of performance. PODs are designed to help students recognize the tools and methodologies used in their own creative work both as performers and as choreographers. PODs culminate in a public sharing. This course may not be audited.
30 hours CE level continuing studies course This course has three distinct parts which all work in relation to one another: compositional and imaginative workshops, student curated practices, and dance studies seminars. By rotating through faculty and course topics, students explore the creative, critical, and conceptual processes of dance. Pass / Fail Grading Only
42 hours CE level continuing studies course This course rotates through faculty, offering a variety of techniques, forms, and modalities. Dancers learn to translate and adapt across forms while focusing on the unique and inherent expressivity of each methodology. Particular attention is also focused on body mechanics and assessment tools for sustained somatic understanding across techniques. Pass / Fail Grading Only This course may not be audited.
undefined hours CE level continuing studies course A core portion of the Dance program coursework, and of most college programs, is modern technique. You will learn different styles from multiple instructors who work on musicality, spatial awareness, anatomical structure/placement/alignment, sequencing, creative choices and performance presence. This course may not be audited.
undefined hours CE level continuing studies course This course features multiple instructors who work with different compositional and improvisational strategies. These strategies range from working with text and images to using partnering and contact. Each strategy engages you with new points of entry into the creative process. This course may not be audited.
22.5 hours 100 level undergraduate course A fundamental modern dance technique course for non-dance majors. Not open to majors in the School of Dance. This course may be repeated for credit.
22.5 hours 100 level undergraduate course The study and practice of the tap style of dance from simple rhythmic footwork to more complex multi-rhythms and repertory. This course may be repeated for credit.
22.5 hours 100 level undergraduate course This course introduces The Four Foundations of Mindfulness (Satipathanna Sutta), an early Buddhism framework for meditation. Class sessions alternate between mindful sitting and walking practices that pay attention to the breath, settle into sensation, and stay open to the present moment. The non-interfering stillness of meditation unwinds blocks, clarifies intentions, and ultimately transforms hindrances into strengths. This unshakeable well-being becomes a powerful support for artists and all seekers. This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
undefined hours 100 level undergraduate course This course invites students to deeply investigate material through participation in studio research and practice. Each module provides students an opportunity to make direct connections to their individual research and practices. Module topic and content will vary by instructor. Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance. This course may be repeated for credit.
undefined hours 100 level undergraduate course This course is a vehicle by which students may receive credit for their participation in student choreographic work–through performance or technical production–made in approved courses which culminate in curated public performances. Open to majors in the School of Dance only. This course may be repeated for credit. Pass/fail grading only.
90.0 hours 100 level undergraduate course This first-year course will rotate through techniques, styles, faculty, and visiting artists. Each five weeks of the term, a new practice is introduced. Continuous advancement and development is provided through this 5 week module sequence. Open to majors in the School of Dance only. This course is not repeatable for credit. This course may not be audited. This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
90.0 hours 100 level undergraduate course This first-year course will rotate through techniques, styles, faculty, and visiting artists. Each five weeks of the term, a new practice is introduced. Continuous advancement and development is provided through this 5 week module sequence. Prerequisites DANC*141 or DANC*141M Open to majors in the School of Dance only. This course is not repeatable for credit. This course may not be audited. This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
90.0 hours 100 level undergraduate course This first-year course is situated in curricular dialogue with a range of studio practices. Each five weeks of the term, a new practice is introduced. Continuous advancement and development is provided through this 5 week module sequence. Open to majors in the School of Dance only. This course is not repeatable for credit. This course may not be audited. This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
90.0 hours 100 level undergraduate course This first-year course is situated in curricular dialogue with a range of studio practices. Each five weeks of the term, a new practice is introduced. Continuous advancement and development is provided through this 5 week module sequence. Prerequisites DANC*143 or DANC*143M Open to majors in the School of Dance only. This course is not repeatable for credit. This course may not be audited. This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
45.0 hours 100 level undergraduate course In this course, the ever-expanding field of contemporary art will be explored to include dance and performance through the lens of practice. Students will learn to look for and recognize shared aesthetic values and relationship within and across varying disciplines. How can we think about practice as the place and the space for working through an idea? What are the relationships of practice to the studio? What are the relationships between practice, the studio and process for an artist working today? How do these varied practices and processes contribute to conversations about contemporary art and performance today? How can practice become a ‘meeting ground’ for discussion across varying disciplines? Students will be immersed in screenings of works on video and will attend as many pertinent performances/exhibitions as possible throughout the course. We will also read selected texts. Class sessions will include visiting artists and speakers who will help deepen and focus varying points of view and overlapping perspectives. This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a discipline history elective, critical studies elective, or general elective requirement.
22.5 hours 100 level undergraduate course The study of a system of exercises to achieve physical and spiritual well-being. Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance. This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
22.5 hours 100 level undergraduate course A physical movement, non-apparatus course based on the work developed by Joseph Pilates. This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
22.5 hours 100 level undergraduate course This class emphasizes the study of basic anatomy and kinesiology through a variety of movement modalities. Students will learn about the body and its relationship to structure and function. Working systematically through explorations of the body in movement, students will discover strategies to recognize the dynamics of alignment and will develop more awareness of the body in movement. This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
22.5 hours 100 level undergraduate course The GYROKINESIS(R) body conditioning technique simultaneously stretches and strengthens the body with minimal effort, while increasing range of motion and developing coordination. It incorporates principles from yoga, dance, gymnastics, swimming and tai chi. Unique to this system of exercises, GYROKINESIS(R) class begins with participants practicing self-massage and simple breathing patterns, known as ‘Awakening of the Senses.’ Then the spine and pelvis are engaged through simple exercises: while seated on low stools, participants mobilize the spine through a series of arching, curling, bending, twisting and spiraling movements. The class moves on to the floor, or mat. These same movement patterns are expanded to release the hip, knee, hamstring, quadriceps and so on, in all possible directions. More vigorous movement patterns are executed to enhance trunk stability, strength and endurance. Class often finishes with a short relaxation period. This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
33.75 hours 100 level undergraduate course Body Pathways I is a core course in the first year Foundation Series designed to introduce students to the following: conditioning & assessment; awareness for alignment, placement and strength; experiential anatomy; and varying somatic practices for sustaining the body in dance. Informed by somatic principles, the course offers physical practices alongside detailed explanations of body mechanics. This course provides students with ongoing and consistent body assessment tools that will keep them dancing in a healthier, stronger way throughout their careers in dance. Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance. This course is not repeatable for credit.
33.75 hours 100 level undergraduate course Body Pathways II, part two of a two-part core course in the first year Foundation Series, is designed to further introduce students to: conditioning and assessment; awareness for alignment, placement and strength; experiential anatomy; and varying somatic practices for sustaining the body in dance. Informed by somatic principles, the course offers physical practices alongside detailed explanations of body mechanics. This course provides students with ongoing and consistent body assessment tools that will keep them dancing in a healthier, stronger way throughout their careers in dance. Prerequisites DANC*176 Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance. This course is not repeatable for credit.
45.0 hours 100 level undergraduate course This course is an introduction to choreographic process. Students will expand their ideas of choreography through participating in compositional exercises, discussions and critical feedback sessions while creating choreographic studies of their own. Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance. This course is not repeatable for credit.
22.5 hours 100 level undergraduate course This course introduces dance making through the study of choreographic methodologies and strategies. Students will explore the work of contemporary artists who approach choreography as practice and research. Topics including race, gender, spectatorship, protest, and social justice will be discussed and will situate how language informs practice. Students will begin to create choreographic studies based on individual and collaborative research. Prerequisites DANC*180 Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance. This course is not repeatable for credit.
DANC 183Introduction to Improvisation Performance Practice1.5
33.75 hours 100 level undergraduate course This class introduces basic concepts of improvisation through the lens of maker and performer. Students will engage in solo and group improvised practice to encourage risk taking and broaden movement choices. Scores are introduced to expand conceptual ideas of ensemble dancing while collaborating in real time and space. Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance. This course is not repeatable for credit.
33.75 hours 100 level undergraduate course This course introduces dance making through the study of choreographic methodologies and strategies. Students will explore the work of contemporary artists who approach choreography as practice and research. Topics including race, gender, spectatorship, protest, and social justice will be discussed and will situate how language informs practice. Students will begin to create choreographic studies based on individual and collaborative research. Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance. This course is not repeatable for credit.
45.0 hours 100 level undergraduate course The First-Year Performance Workshop, the capstone of the first year, offers students the opportunity to make important connections between their studio practice and Thinking, Making & Doing coursework through ensemble crafting in the studio and staged performance. The First-Year Performance Workshop is designed to help students recognize the tools and methodologies used in both the making and performing of dance works. Open to majors in the School of Dance only. This course is not repeatable for credit.
undefined hours 100 level undergraduate course The topic will change by semester according to the expertise of the faculty and visiting artists, leaving room in the curriculum for emerging forms. These courses combine research and practice, employ strategies that combine historical inquiry within contemporary dance making and seek to provide new intersecting pedagogical practices. This course may be repeated for credit.
45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course This course introduces the fundamental principles of costume design and construction for stage productions. Through the analysis of music, movement, color texture, light and mood, the student will develop a knowledge of the various elements of effective costuming. Students will study types of fabric and costume construction methods through a series of class projects. They will develop the skills to create design ideas in collaboration with choreographers, performers, and directors. This course carries an additional fee. Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance. $40 materials fee This course is not repeatable for credit.
33.75 hours 200 level undergraduate course This course is designed to equip students with an introductory understanding of how to produce a digital dance work. Students will learn basic editing in Adobe Premiere, study visual framing and composition, and explore non-linear and abstract narrative structures. Material and discursive references will broaden students’ understanding of digital dance. With short weekly projects and peer critique, we will become more perceptive of how and when to use specific tools and enhance our digital projects. This course is not repeatable for credit.
90.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course This second-year course will rotate through techniques, styles, faculty, and visiting artists. Each five weeks of the term, a new practice is introduced. Continuous advancement and development is provided through this 5 week module sequence. Open to majors in the School of Dance only. This course is not repeatable for credit.
90.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course This second-year course will rotate through techniques, styles, faculty, and visiting artists. Each five weeks of the term, a new practice is introduced. Continuous advancement and development is provided through this 5 week module sequence. Prerequisites DANC*241 or DANC*241M Open to majors in the School of Dance only. This course is not repeatable for credit.
90.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course This second-year course is situated in curricular dialogue with a range of studio practices. Each five weeks of the term, a new practice is introduced. Continuous advancement and development is provided through this 5 week module sequence. Open to majors in the School of Dance only. This course is not repeatable for credit.
90.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course This second-year course is situated in curricular dialogue with a range of studio practices. Each five weeks of the term, a new practice is introduced. Continuous advancement and development is provided through this 5 week module sequence. Prerequisites DANC*243 or DANC*243M Open to majors in the School of Dance only. This course is not repeatable for credit.
45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course The study of the interaction between dance and the society in which it develops, emphasizing the changing role and nature of dance. Critical Dance Studies 1 attempts to go as far back as history can go, examining dance as an important part of culture in the form of ritual and ceremony, and looking at its transition into the marketplace. Prerequisites WRIT*102, WRIT*102H, or DANC*150 Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance. This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a discipline history elective, critical studies elective, or general elective requirement.
22.5 hours 200 level undergraduate course This course, taught in cycles, reinforces the ideas and perspectives introduced in the Body Pathway coursework. It emphasizes the study of somatics alongside anatomy and kinesiology through the practice of movement and hands-on investigation. Students will extend their understanding of studio practice and deepen their somatic awareness. Prerequisites DANC*174 and DANC*175 Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance. This course is not repeatable for credit.
22.5 hours 200 level undergraduate course A continuation of Pilates Mat Class. The Pilates Method is a series of exercises intended as a complete approach to developing body awareness and easing physicality. It is an exercise-based system that aims to develop the body’s center in order to create a stable core for all types of movement. Intermediate Pilates Mat continues to build strength and flexibility through the practice and study of the practical and conceptual work of founder Joseph Pilates. Exercises are taught in greater depth with a more advanced exploration of the Pilates conditioning system. Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance. This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
22.5 hours 200 level undergraduate course This course introduces students to Bartenieff Fundamentals™, a set of concepts and principles based upon developmental movement and established by Irmgard Bartenieff to help create neuromuscular building blocks for efficiency, coordination, and flow of movement. Students will learn basic Bartenieff exercises in relationship to the concepts of dynamic alignment, breath support, core support, rotary function, initiation and sequencing, spatial intention, weight transfer, dynamic intention, and developmental patterning. This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
22.5 hours 200 level undergraduate course The Franklin Method, developed by movement specialist Eric Franklin, teaches dynamic alignment and how to move the body with maximum efficiency to keep the body youthful and energized. In every moment, the ideal combination of limbs, joints, gravity, moving parts, connective tissue, and muscle must be found and directed by the brain and nervous system. This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
30.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course This course is the study of human anatomy with an emphasis on understanding the skeletal and muscular systems. Students explore the human body through movement exploration, hands-on investigation, the use of imagery and the senses. Students gain a kinetic understanding of, not only what is moving, but also how individual human bodies move. This understanding can lead to greater articulation and accuracy for any artist who utilizes the human form in their artistic expression. The course work is physical and analytical. Artists from all areas of the university are encouraged to enroll. Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance. This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
33.75 hours 200 level undergraduate course This course, taught in cycles, reinforces the ideas and perspectives introduced in the Body Pathway coursework. It emphasizes the study of somatics alongside anatomy and kinesiology through the practice of movement and hands-on investigation. Students will extend their understanding of studio practice and deepen their somatic awareness. Prerequisites DANC*176 and DANC*177 This course is not repeatable for credit.
45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course In this course, students will develop an in-depth research practice within the framework of a choreographic workshop. Students will be introduced to compositional strategies that invite them to experiment with and re-imagine spectatorship, spatial design, and virtual platforms. The emphasis of the course is on exploration, process and the sharing of research for feedback and critical discussion. Prerequisites DANC*181 This course is not repeatable for credit.
DANC 282Dance Making: Music, Sound, Silence, and Noise1.5
33.75 hours 200 level undergraduate course An exploration of music and sound materials in relation to dance making and movement invention. Requires completion of 12 credits. This course is not repeatable for credit.
33.75 hours 200 level undergraduate course This class extends practices studied in Introduction to Improvisation Performance Practice by continuing to examine score-based structures and solo/group improvisations.Students will engage in improvised structures as both director and performer. Site-specific and durational projects will be undertaken to broaden examinations of time and space. Projects in this class will include both individual and collaborative studies. Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance. Requires completion of 45 credits. This course is not repeatable for credit.
33.75 hours 200 level undergraduate course Students will be encouraged to consider dance, performance and technology within and alongside the expanding fields of contemporary art. These labs will be a location where the physical, social, and theoretical will join. Emphasis on hands-on media and movement projects that push and pull at the boundaries of how dances get made, where dances happen and (even) why dance matters in today’s society. Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance. This course is not repeatable for credit.
33.75 hours 200 level undergraduate course This Thinking, Making, Doing (TMD) course focuses on the treatment of the “embodied” voice in relation to choreographic study through individual & group imaginative projects, poetic exploration and in class presentations. Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance. This course is not repeatable for credit.
33.75 hours 200 level undergraduate course This course challenges students to examine the possibilities of the duet form through creating original choreographic studies and/or by studying historic and contemporary duets made by leading choreographers across genres of dance. Students will study ways in which theories of touch, gender, relationality, and aesthetics inform the physicality of partnership and dialogue. Student work will culminate in the presentation of original and/or historic works for the UArts community. Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance. Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
33.75 hours 200 level undergraduate course This course furthers the study of foundational choreographic tools that emphasize time, space, theatricality and narrative in relationship to the shaping of movement. Students will develop short compositional studies through the exploration of these viewpoints. Guided discussions and critiques help students develop skills for analysis and interpretation alongside critical readings, viewings and written responses. Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance. Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
33.75 hours 200 level undergraduate course This course will delve into creative practices that propose and acknowledge the role of the dancer as creator. Questions to be addressed: Is it possible to make work primarily from a dancer’s perspective? How do the particular sensibilities of a dancer inform or transform a work? What are the larger implications of revising dancer-choreographer hierarchies and narratives? Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance. Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
DANC 296Sophomore Performance and Coaching Project1.5
45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course This capstone course is designed to be the culmination of the Foundation Series. The course gives students the opportunity to develop and perform new choreographic works with an emphasis on the vast approaches to process that are current and emergent in the expanded field of dance. The course challenges students to develop relationships to performance as research and practice. Prerequisites DANC*141, DANC*142, DANC*143, and DANC*144 This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
DANC 297Sophomore Performance and Coaching Project1.5
45.0 hours 200 level undergraduate course This capstone course is designed to be the culmination of the Foundation Series. The course gives students the opportunity to develop and perform new choreographic works with an emphasis on the vast approaches to process that are current and emergent in the expanded field of dance. The course challenges students to develop relationships to performance as research and practice. Prerequisites DANC*141, DANC*142, DANC*143, and DANC*144 This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
45.0 hours 300 level undergraduate course PODs offer students the opportunity to make connections through multiple access points, especially in areas of performance. PODs are designed to help students recognize the tools and methodologies used in their own creative work both as performers and as choreographers. Structurally each POD is identified by a unique topic. PODs have required rehearsal times and culminate in a public showing. Prerequisites DANC*296 and DANC*297 Open to majors in the School of Dance only. Requires completion of 60 credits. This course may be repeated for credit. This course requires permission by the offering program office. Pass/fail grading only.
22.5 hours 300 level undergraduate course This course develops and refines the technique of dancing ballet en pointe. Students will explore solo variations from the classical repertoire as well as contemporary choreography. Open to majors in the School of Dance only. Advanced Course - See Dept. This course may be repeated for credit.
22.5 hours 400 level undergraduate course This course is situated in curricular dialogue with a range of studio practice courses and is open to all School of Dance students. Prerequisites DANC*242 Open to majors in the School of Dance only. This course may be repeated for credit.
22.5 hours 300 level undergraduate course This course is situated in curricular dialogue with a range of studio practice courses and is open to all School of Dance students. Prerequisites DANC*242 Open to majors in the School of Dance only. This course may be repeated for credit.
22.5 hours 300 level undergraduate course The basic technique of adagio (pas de deux). Students perform major classical works. Experience Required- See Dept. This course may be repeated for credit.
22.5 hours 300 level undergraduate course This contemporary partnering course utilizes both modern and post-modern dance forms from a non-gendered point of view. Students will work in pairs, trios and small groups. The class will explore lifts, simple holds, and counter-balances. Students will hone each of these skills separately, and then combine them into phrase material. The phrase work may develop into larger choreographic forms. Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance. This course may be repeated for credit.
22.5 hours 300 level undergraduate course The practice of technical movements and variations from both classical and contemporary ballet repertories. Open to majors in the School of Dance only. This course may be repeated for credit.
undefined hours 300 level undergraduate course With the advisement & mentoring of a School of Dance faculty member, students take on studio practice study within the professional training schools in the city of Philadelphia. The study extends the student’s specific career interest. These training centers include PA Ballet and Philadanco, among others. This course may be completed 2 times for credit. This course requires permission by the offering program office. Pass/fail grading only.
30.0 hours 300 level undergraduate course This course offers Junior and Senior students in the School of Dance the opportunity to mentor first-year students as they move through the process of the First-Year Performance Workshop. Tools for effective mentorship and coaching are shared by the instructors in guided feedback sessions both within First-Year Performance Workshop rehearsals and in individual and group sessions held separately. Each student mentor will be responsible for a cohort of first-year dancers, helping to guide them through the workshop process from the outset of the course through the final performances. Mentorship within the First-Year Performance Workshop is designed to advance a student’s understanding and implementation of the tools and methodologies used in both the making, teaching, coaching, and performing of dance works. Prerequisites DANC*296 and DANC*297 This course may be completed 2 times for credit. This course requires permission by the offering program office.
22.5 hours 300 level undergraduate course This course prepares students for leadership in the field through the introduction of practical and procedural skills to establish, market, manage, and sustain dance in today’s landscape. Topics including fundraising, financial management, marketing, communication, development, grant writing, and strategic planning will be examined in relationship to individual careers, companies, community engagement platforms, educational outreach projects, creative residencies, and partnerships with cultural institutions. Requires completion of 30 credits. This course is not repeatable for credit.
45.0 hours 300 level undergraduate course This course is situated in curricular dialogue with a range of studio practice courses. Juniors and seniors in the School of Dance study a variety of techniques incorporating established dance forms as well as new, emerging practices that blur boundaries and share styles. Dancers learn to translate and adapt across forms while focusing on the unique and inherent expressivity of each methodology. Prerequisites DANC*242 and DANC*244 This course may be repeated for credit.
undefined hours 300 level undergraduate course This course is situated in curricular dialogue with a range of studio practice courses. Juniors and seniors in the School of Dance study a variety of techniques incorporating established dance forms as well as new, emerging practices that blur boundaries and share styles. Dancers learn to translate and adapt across forms while focusing on the unique and inherent expressivity of each methodology. Prerequisites DANC*242 and DANC*244 This course may be repeated for credit.
45.0 hours 300 level undergraduate course The study of the interaction between dance and the society in which it develops, emphasizing the changing role and nature of dance. Critical Dance Studies 2 considers how the development of dance within the 20th and 21st centuries reflect and resist cultural and political bodies through an intersectional and contemporary perspective. Prerequisites DANC*251 Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance. This course is not repeatable for credit. This course can fulfill a discipline history elective, critical studies elective, or general elective requirement.
22.5 hours 300 level undergraduate course Building on foundations introduced and reinforced through Body Pathways I, Body Pathways II, and Body Pathways Movement Lab, this course advances the study of somatics through deepened study in experiential anatomy with emphasis on the connections between somatic practices and studio practices. Prerequisites DANC*174, DANC*175, and DANC*270 Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance. This course is not repeatable for credit.
33.75 hours 300 level undergraduate course Building on foundations introduced and reinforced through Body Pathways I, Body Pathways II, and Body Pathways Movement Lab, this course advances the study of somatics through deepened study in experiential anatomy with emphasis on the connections between somatic practices and studio practices. Prerequisites DANC*270 or DANC*276 Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance. This course is not repeatable for credit.
45.0 hours 300 level undergraduate course In this course, students will learn Pilates Matwork and prepare to safely and successfully instruct Pilates Mat classes. Students who successfully complete the course will earn a certificate of proficiency from the University of the Arts in Pilates Matwork, enabling them to teach Pilates Mat at dance studios, fitness centers, or one on one with clients. Matwork lays the foundation for all comprehensive Pilates certification programs. Prerequisites DANC*171 Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance. This course is not repeatable for credit.
DANC 373Franklin Method: Art and Science of the Plié Certification1.5
45.0 hours 300 level undergraduate course The Franklin Method® is a somatic practice that combines imagery, anatomical study, and movement explorations to reduce stress on one’s body and improve movement patterns. This course is a hands-on, student-centered study of the Franklin Method, most specifically the dynamics of plié, that readies students to lead workshops and classes and integrate the material into their dance practices. Course work includes experiential anatomical study, development of safe and efficient movement practices and utilization of Franklin Method balls and bands for dance specific conditioning, as well as guided student teaching and exams that culminate in an official teaching certificate for the Art and Science of the Plié® from Franklin Method Institute. Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance. This course is not repeatable for credit.
33.75 hours 300 level undergraduate course This course examines the processes through which improvisational research and practice shape choreographic structures. Utilizing score-based systems and interfacing with objects, texts and sound, students will generate and develop solo and group choreographic proposals. Discussions and feedback sessions will extend and guide works in process. A final project will be shared in an open showing. Prerequisites DANC*182 This course is not repeatable for credit.
DANC 381Collaborative Process and the Choreographic1.5
33.75 hours This course will examine how collaborative relationships and dramaturgical practices function across artistic fields. Students will “collaborate” with a contemporary artist of their choice by analyzing their methodologies and body of work, and by building a project that uses this artist’s working process as a point of departure. Students will also act as dramaturges for each other’s processes. A final project will be shared in an open showing. Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance. Requires completion of 12 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
33.75 hours 300 level undergraduate course Solo Studies is a choreography and performance course that examines and expands possibilities of solo performance. Choreographic material will be generated through research that explores relationships to identity and personal/collective history. Throughout the course, students will be challenged to create multiple solo studies, exploring different methods of creation and sites for performance. Each student will create a final solo project to be performed in an open showing. Requires completion of 45 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
DANC 383Activism, Social Justice As Choreography1.5
33.75 hours 300 level undergraduate course This course introduces students to a wide range of methodologies for linking choreographic practice with the work of social justice and activism. Research will center issues of race, class, gender, sexuality and ability. Students will study artists whose creative output engages questions of politics, protest and social change through an expanded lens of the choreographic. Each student will create a final project that will challenge them to consider strategies of activism and social justice within their own work. Projects will be shared in an open showing. Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance. Requires completion of 12 credits This course is not repeatable for credit.
33.75 hours 300 level undergraduate course Students will generate and develop choreographic ideas and material using digital media in ways that multiply, overlap, and continuously blend. Central to the course is each student’s articulation of a set of research questions/prompts that guide their engagement with technology. A final project will be shared in an open showing. Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance. Requires completion of 30 credits. This course is not repeatable for credit.
DANC 385Drawing Lab: Extending the Choreographic1.5
33.75 hours 300 level undergraduate course This course engages drawing as a practice that activates critical observations/interventions of space, anatomy and movement. The act of drawing will be used to initiate imaginative possibility: how can drawing lead to choreographic practice that dreams, drafts and makes visible new modes of performance? Elements of drawing such as line, tone, texture, solidity/fluidity, atmosphere, spatial planning/design will be discussed and practiced. Drawing exercises will be carried out as both visual art practices and danced studies. A final project will be shared in an open showing. Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance. Requires completion of 30 credits. This course is not repeatable for credit.
22.5 hours 300 level undergraduate course This course offers students the opportunity to partner with a professional arts-presenting institution to observe first-hand a contemporary example of arts curation. Students will study the history and current methodologies of curation to develop their own curatorial and creative projects. This course is open to students in all majors. Requires completion of 30 credits. This course is not repeatable for credit.
33.75 hours 300 level undergraduate course This course researches commonalities between pre-semiotic compositional methods of contemporary dance and poetry. Students will begin by looking towards multiple artists in each field and exploring their particular methods of making. As the class considers what initiates designing a conceptual work, students will attempt to find parallels between how and why a work is made. Through this encounter of disciplines, the course poses the following questions: What are the intuitive senses that startle each artist into a channel of expressive form? What do these disciplines share in relationship to time, space, and matter? By experimenting with speed/acceleration, imagery, metaphor, the body, sensation, or the flip-flopping of tenses - recognizable tools that cross between dance and poetry become visible. These experiments will make it possible to view poetry and dance as matching models, despite (or rather because of) the distinction each form makes between how written language and embodiment function as modes of utterance. Ultimately, each student will create a comprehensive practice that will lead to the development of a final project. Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance. Requires completion of 45 credits. This course is not repeatable for credit.
30.0 hours 300 level undergraduate course This seminar focuses on the conceptual and gestural frameworks of the choreographic. These frameworks include time, space and context through a lens of multiplicity and criticality. From the writing of personal manifestos to collecting drawings, diagrams, photographs, scores and journal entries, students begin to bring into focus a practice that involves continuous activity and weekly creative encounters. This practice of consistent work (research) yields imaginative directions for each senior project. Prerequisites DANC*296 and DANC*297 This course is not repeatable for credit.
30.0 hours 300 level undergraduate course This seminar is a continuation of Junior Seminar I. Students will begin to translate their ideas into creative projects using different modalities that help to make visible their choreographic and performative gestures. Prerequisites DANC*396 Open to majors in the School of Dance only. This course is not repeatable for credit.
undefined hours 300 level undergraduate course This topic will change by semester according to the expertise of the faculty and visiting artists and leaves room in the curriculum for emerging forms. This course may be repeated for credit.
45.0 hours 400 level undergraduate course This course is situated in curricular dialogue with a range of studio practice courses. Juniors and seniors in the School of Dance study a variety of techniques incorporating established dance forms as well as new, emerging practices that blur boundaries and share styles. Dancers learn to translate and adapt across forms while focusing on the unique and inherent expressivity of each methodology. Prerequisites DANC*341 Open to majors in the School of Dance only. This course may be repeated for credit.
undefined hours 400 level undergraduate course This course is situated in curricular dialogue with a range of studio practice courses. Juniors and seniors in the School of Dance study a variety of techniques incorporating established dance forms as well as new, emerging practices that blur boundaries and share styles. Dancers learn to translate and adapt across forms while focusing on the unique and inherent expressivity of each methodology. Prerequisites DANC*341 Open to majors in the School of Dance only. This course may be repeated for credit.
DANC 451Advanced Readings in Dance History, Theory & Criticism1.5-3
undefined hours 400 level undergraduate course This course will focus on some of the most influential historical and theoretical texts in the field of dance and performance studies. Students will develop skills in archival research and analysis of documentation and live performance. Prerequisites DANC*251 and DANC*351 This course is not repeatable for credit.
33.75 hours 400 level undergraduate course Focusing on the further development of research methodologies in and through dance, this course extends ways of thinking about, discussing and making visible the creative processes that render choreography. Students will build choreographic studies leading to a final project and reflect on their processes through in-class critiques. Final works will be shared in an open showing. Prerequisites Complete 4.5 credits from TMD courses Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance. This course is not repeatable for credit.
DANC 481Choreography As Research in Performance1.5
33.75 hours 400 level undergraduate course This course further examines how performance functions as a research practice within choreographic process. The emphasis of the course is on sharing work multiple times in varied theatrical and non-theatrical frameworks to better understand how creation can be informed by the experience of performance. Students will take an active role in their peers’ work through collaborative participation in each others’ processes and critical feedback/dialogue. A final project will be shared in an open showing. Prerequisites Complete 4.5 credits from TMD courses Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance. This course is not repeatable for credit.
DANC 482Improvisation as Research in Performance1.5
33.75 hours 400 level undergraduate course This course advances the studies of solo and group improvisational practices as research in performance. Through improvisational exercises, discussions, in-class presentations, readings and critical feedback sessions, this course investigates the theoretical and practical dimensions of improvisation. Students will develop work and present multiple iterations of performance based research over the course of the semester. A final project will be shared in an open showing. Prerequisites Complete 4.5 credits from TMD courses Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance. This course is not repeatable for credit.
15.0 hours 400 level undergraduate course Independent Study offers a matriculated student the opportunity to initiate individual research or advanced projects that are beyond the limits of the standard curriculum. This course may be repeated for credit. This course requires permission by the offering program office. This course may not be audited. This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
22.5 hours 400 level undergraduate course This seminar course explores and enacts multidirectional modes of research in and through dance. The course moves through lectures, workshops and experiments that activate processes of creation/performance and guide each student in the development of a portfolio of documents related to professional practice. Students will create social and public platforms for their research and engage in dialogues related to sustainability, equity, and possibility within the field of dance. Prerequisites DANC*397 or DANC*399 This course is not repeatable for credit.
45.0 hours 400 level undergraduate course Each student will propose a thesis project, develop goals and objectives for the semester, and present their work. Modes of practicing, situating and expressing thesis project research will be mobilized and extended through ongoing critical dialogue. We will attend to, in practice, the urgent questions facing our lives and the field of dance and performance. Prerequisites DANC*397 This course is not repeatable for credit.
45.0 hours 400 level undergraduate course This topic will change by semester according to the expertise of the faculty and visiting artists and leaves room in the curriculum for emerging forms. Open to majors in the School of Dance only. This course may be repeated for credit.
undefined hours 400 level undergraduate course Internships are a valuable part of a student’s academic experience. By reinforcing and expanding classroom theory and practice, internships enable students to test career choices and gain a greater understanding of the workplace through this initial entry into the professional world. The internship assists students in testing and expanding their professional skills and knowledge, enabling them to make informed career decisions. Open to majors in the School of Dance only. Requires completion of 45 credits. This course requires permission by the offering program office. Pass/fail grading only.
120 hours 600 level graduate course Students select and schedule weekly practice from a variety of scheduled classes in consultation with core faculty, meet one-on-one every week with a mentor, and meet twice a term as a group. Mentors guide students through the plan that may include a combination of techniques, technologies and methodologies. The format provides opportunity for varied explorations and choices. Inquiry and experimentation is encouraged. Open only to MFA in Dance majors. This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
30.0 hours 600 level graduate course Students develop and schedule their own weekly creative practice using student-initiated resources or scheduled classes. They are expected to engage in independent work, meet the equivalent once each week with mentor, create an archive of the experiences, and find innovative ways to share both resources and experiences with classmates at the end of the course. The format provides opportunity for varied explorations and choices. Inquiry and experimentation is encouraged. Open only to MFA in Dance majors. This course may be repeated for credit.
DANC 622International Individualized Practice Lab2
30.0 hours 600 level graduate course This course allows students to self-design course work by combining topic LABS from the Somatic & Movement LAB and the Critical Practice LABS, held during international terms, to meet required hours. The LABS take the form of a series of workshops, and include both lecture/discussion and studio formats. The LABS create an opportunity for students to be in direct dialogue with a variety of international practitioners, scholars and artists/choreographers. This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
30.0 hours 600 level graduate course Students are given opportunities to deepen their understanding of and relationship to movement practices that include somatic practices, exercise modalities, and dance science. The LABS take the form of a series of workshops, and include both lecture/discussion and studio formats. The LABS create an opportunity for students to be in direct dialogue with a variety of somatic and movement science practitioners. (examples include: Yoga, Feldenkrais Methodologies, Body-Mind Centering, and Alexander Technique) Open only to MFA in Dance majors. This course may be repeated for credit.
30.0 hours 600 level graduate course Students are given opportunities to consider and locate dance within emerging performance cultures, practices and art world contexts. The LABS take the form of a series of workshops, and include both lecture/discussion and studio formats. The LABS create an opportunity for students to be in direct dialogue with a variety of internationally recognized artist, scholars, choreographers, curators and movement practioners. Open only to MFA in Dance majors. This course may be repeated for credit.
30.0 hours 600 level graduate course This course allows students to self design course work by combining topic LABS from the Somatic & Movement LAB and the Critical Practices LABS to meet required hours. The LABS take the form of a series of workshops, and include both lecture/discussion and studio formats. The LABS create an opportunity for students to be in direct dialogue with a variety of practioners, scholars and pedagogs. Open only to MFA in Dance majors. This course may be repeated for credit.
45.0 hours 600 level graduate course This course exams a selected range of topics in contemporary dance, emphasizing the relations between dance, critical theory, critical writing and culture. Students will engage in theoretical inquiry and study in the dance-related areas of history and dance criticism in a variety of contexts, from the popular to the scholarly. Weekly lectures provide overviews while both scholars and working artists are invited to give lectures, seminars and/or workshops on their research interests and projects. Open only to MFA in Dance majors. This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
15.0 hours 600 level graduate course Students work individually and in small groups with a faculty advisor to present topic driven presentations. These public ‘actions’ are open to the University community, and the public at large. Presentations are developed alongside, and as an extension of, class and studio work. Open only to MFA in Dance majors. This course may be repeated for credit.
30.0 hours 600 level graduate course A writing workshop: this course introduces critical insight into themes, theories, artists’ writings, creative processes and aesthetic approaches that have been essential to the transformation of art and dance into a global practice. Daily writing assignments, lectures, discussions and assigned readings are augmented by artists, curators, and scholars who engage with students in a variety of formats, from traditional lecture/artist talks to performative lectures. This course is not repeatable for credit.
30.0 hours 600 level graduate course Designed to expand potentialities through direct interplay with practitioners within communities (both local and international), students will learn about the possibilities of shared study, scholarship, and fields of interest. This course will set the ground-work for Study Groups. The course challenges students to examine where their practice intersects directly with the public. Open only to MFA in Dance majors. This course is not repeatable for credit.
30.0 hours 600 level graduate course This course introduces the ongoing process of inquiry into what it means to do research in a creative practice, such as dance, within the framework of an international festival environment and within scholarship outside the US. A wide range of current orientations, reflections, writings, ways of thinking and forms of presentations will be discussed. Students learn about different research methods outside of the arts, and are encouraged to apply some of these processes to their own artistic/creative processes and practices. How might dance practice and theory mutually engage? What might be termed ‘practice as research?’ How might choreography be a theoretical act (Foster)? How might theory and methods be transported from one subject matter to another (Foster)? How might the relationship between the written word and the moving body be examined and explored? How do we test, analyze, study or diagram our processes? A seminar format, this course will include an in-class viewing performances, sharing experiences, as well as the formation of a student curated course archive. Open only to MFA in Dance majors. This course is not repeatable for credit.
30.0 hours 600 level graduate course This seminar is designed to assist the students in developing their writing and critical performance reading skills in preparation for their thesis work. Using artists’ writings and performances to activate dialogue and develop a shared common language within each MFA cohort, this shared inquiry connects a range of literary, creative and artistic works to enable students, as producing artists, to respond to and situate their own practice within a larger field of discourse. Through conversation, reading, writing and critique both group and individual sessions explore how writing can be imagined and produced. How might writing deepen both action (doing) and reflection? Open only to MFA in Dance majors. This course is not repeatable for credit.
30.0 hours 600 level graduate course This practiced based seminar focuses on current developments within the field of dance and performance around urgent issues of presentation, archiving, scoring, documentation and collecting. Working within and alongside ideas of sculpture, conceptual art and design students will build models and transcribe their choreographic ideas into new media as a way to re-imagine and re-tool. Open only to MFA in Dance majors. This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
30.0 hours 600 level graduate course Students will gather to discuss and reflect on practices, research as action and thesis developments. Prerequisites DANC*674 This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
60.0 hours 600 level graduate course This studio-based course is a venue for the critique of students’ creative work and practice. It is designed to integrate the various components of the MFA program (Practice, Dance in Context, Practice in Context and Grad Seminar) by including the discourse of the coursework as well as focused work on presenting and archiving intentionally different and diverse performative methodologies. Open only to MFA in Dance majors. This course is not repeatable for credit. This course cannot be taken pass/fail.
30.0 hours 600 level graduate course This studio-based course is a venue for the culmination and digitizing of students’ thesis project work. It is designed to integrate the various components of the thesis project into the research catalogue to include the artist’s book, Research as Action and the thesis collection/archive. Open only to MFA in Dance majors. This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
30.0 hours 600 level graduate course Part one of a two part course, this portion of the study cycle provides students with seminars, lectures, workshops, and performances, as well as an opportunity to meet and become acquainted with both faculty mentors, community partners, and student peers. Locations provide a space for important networking, support, and the space to prepare for and initiate the program. Open only to MFA in Dance majors. This course is not repeatable for credit.
30.0 hours 600 level graduate course Part two of a two-part course, this portion of the study cycle provides students with seminars, lectures, workshops, and performances, as well as an opportunity to reconnect and share thesis project directions, portfolio developments, and field study updates. Locations provide a space for shared learning, the sharing of resources, and the collective developing of curated thesis platforms. Prerequisites DANC*682 Open only to MFA in Dance majors. This course is not repeatable for credit.
45.0 hours 600 level graduate course Part one of a two-part course, students, in consultation with faculty mentors & advisors, will choose their own Study Group and work to develop a Study Group plan that takes place over the term. Prerequisites DANC*671 Open only to MFA in Dance majors. This course is not repeatable for credit.
45.0 hours 600 level graduate course Part two of a two-part course sequence. Students, in consultation with faculty mentors & advisors, will choose a study group and work to develop a Study Group plan that takes place over the term. Open only to MFA in Dance majors. This course is not repeatable for credit.
0.0 hours 600 level graduate course Graduate students may register for upper-level undergraduate liberal arts courses and studio electives for graduate credit. Graduate students are expected to contribute at a higher level in the classroom and have additional assignments (readings, papers, etc.) in order to be granted graduate credit. Students are advised to select an area of study that broadens or intensifies their background in the arts, education, and related disciplines. Often this work contributes directly to the preparation of the graduate project proposal. In order to register for an upper-level undergraduate course and receive credit, the student must submit a completed special topics/independent study form to the Office of the Registrar. This course may be repeated for credit. This course requires permission by the offering program office.
30.0 hours 700 level graduate course Students work to develop and articulate independent creative practices that emerge alongside and within their thesis work. Thesis mentors guide students through the reflective, critical processes. Students will find innovative ways to share their processes with classmates throughout the course. Open only to MFA in Dance majors. This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
30.0 hours 700 level graduate course Thesis Forms: Thinking Partner is one of the capstone experiences of the MFA program. Students propose, plan, rehearse, discuss and develop new work. A synthesis of the program’s coursework, this original research is two-part: a digital catalog that includes written work and a public sharing. Thesis work develops under the direction of a thesis thinking partner. Prerequisites DANC*661 Open only to MFA in Dance majors. This course may be completed 2 times for credit.
DANC 722Thesis Forms: Artist’s Book & Research As Action2
22.5 hours 700 level graduate course The development of the artist’s book happens under the direction of a thesis thinking partner. Prerequisites DANC*661 Open only to MFA in Dance majors. This course is not repeatable for credit.
90.0 hours 700 level graduate course During this course, students will begin to review, organize and reflect on their extensive body of professional work in the field of dance. The portfolio is developed to include artist statement, cv, written examination of their work, press & public reviews, and a list of any grants, honoriums and/or fellowships. Students will be encouraged to find innovative ways to share their work both online and on paper. Prerequisites DANC*661 Open only to low-residency MFA in Dance majors. This course is not repeatable for credit.
90.0 hours 700 level graduate course The continuation of extensive review of professional work from Portfolio I, concluding with public artist talk. Portfolio developed to include artist statement, cv, written examination of work, press & public reviews, and a list of any grants, honoriums and/or fellowships. The presentation will take the form of a one hour artist talk. Students will be required to attend artist talks of their classmates. Prerequisites DANC*730 Open only to low-residency MFA in Dance majors. This course is not repeatable for credit.
