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Idealized Curricula |
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Skills and Training |
Learning from
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Departmental
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Required |
Elective |
Required |
Elective |
Required |
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Year One |
Ballet |
Modern (orthodox) Modern(contemporary) Partnering Gymnastics Pilates Tap Weightlifting |
Music and Rhythm for Dance (M.A.R.F.D.) Yoga |
African Dance Contact Improvisation Improvisation Alexander Body Mind
Centering Feldenkrais Laban-Bartenieff Skinner Releasing |
Composition 1 Dance Showings Fundamental Skills of
Theatrical Presentation Dance History |
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Year Two |
Modern (orthodox) |
Ballet Modern(contemporary) Partnering Gymnastics Pilates Tap Weightlifting |
African Dance |
(M.A.R.F.D.) Yoga Contact Improvisation Improvisation Alexander Body Mind
Centering Feldenkrais Laban-Bartenieff Skinner Releasing |
Composition 2 Dance Showings Dance Criticism |
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Year Three |
Modern (contemporary) Partnering |
Ballet Modern (orthodox) Gymnastics Pilates Tap Weightlifting |
Contact Improvisation |
(M.A.R.F.D.) Yoga African Dance Improvisation Alexander Body Mind
Centering Feldenkrais Laban-Bartenieff Skinner Releasing |
Composition 3 Dance Showings Anatomy of Movement |
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Year Four |
Modern (contemporary) |
ballet Modern (orthodox) Partnering Gymnastics Pilates Tap Weightlifting |
Improvisation |
(M.A.R.F.D.) Yoga African Dance Contact Improvisation Alexander Body Mind
Centering Feldenkrais Laban-Bartenieff Skinner Releasing |
Composition 4 Dance Showings Post-College Strategies Video for Dance Digital Dance |
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In addition to the Dance
Department's core-curriculum, the student will be required to take certain
college or university wide requirements such as: language, math and science,
political studies, cultural studies, social studies, history philosophy,
etc. Each student will be
assigned a faculty member who will function as that student's mentor. The student may change their mentor
if they wish. The mentor and the
student should meet at least once per semester to access how the student is
doing. In order to graduate,
each student should create at least two solos and one group work and they
should perform technical work for one show per semester and/or eight shows
total. The Dance Showings class
should meet once a week for two hours.
The entire department must attend. Students can show work and receive feedback and weekly
announcements can be made. The
Fundamental Skills of Theatrical Presentation class should encompass: make up
fundamentals, construction of one costume, running the sound board for one
show, and lighting one piece during a performance. The post-college strategies class should encompass: creating
a biography, a resume, a press release, and a press kit; exploring practical exercises
in fundraising, grant writing, and advertising strategies, and tutorials on
how to have a successful schedule and mailing process. |
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