Courses - Spring 2025
DANC109
Choreography I: Improvisation
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Students must pay a $25.00 lab fee.
DANC128
Fundamentals of Ballet
Credits:
2
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Students must pay a $25.00 lab fee.
DANC138A
Global Dance Forms; Musical Theatre Jazz
Credits:
2
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
DANC138L
Global Dance Forms; Latin Dance
Credits:
2
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
DANC148
Fundamentals of Modern Dance
Credits:
2
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Students must pay a $25.00 lab fee.
DANC158
Fundamentals of Jazz
Credits:
2
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
DANC199
Practicum in Choreography, Production and Performance I
Credits:
1 - 2
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
DANC200
Introduction to Dance
A study of dance as a form of communication and as an art form; a survey of the theories and styles of dance, and their relationships to other art forms.
DANC207
Choreography II: The Creative Process
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: DANC109.
Restriction: Permission of ARHU-Dance department.
Explorations in movement, music, words, objects, and environments through improvisation and choreographic problem solving.
Students must pay a $25.00 lab fee.
DANC218
Modern Dance I
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: permission of department.
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
DANC219
Modern Dance II
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: DANC218 and permission of department.
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
DANC228
Ballet I
Credits:
2
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
DANC229
Ballet II
Credits:
2
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
DANC299
Practicum in Choreography, Production and Performance II
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
DANC318
Modern Dance III
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: DANC219 an permission of department. Students must pay $25 lab fee.
DANC319
Modern Dance IV
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: DANC318 and permission of department. Students must pay $25 lab fee.
DANC328
Ballet III
Credits:
2
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Students must pay a $25.00 lab fee.
DANC329
Ballet IV
Credits:
2
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Students must pay a $25.00 lab fee.
DANC338P
Dance Techniques; Advanced Hip Hop
Credits:
2
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
DANC371
Somatics
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: DANC179.
Restriction: Permission of ARHU-Dance department.
Current ideas and trends in dance technique, with a focus on the incorporation of dance science and somatics into dance training.
Students must pay $25 lab fee.
DANC383
Dance History & Theory
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Permission of ARHU-Dance department.
Credit only granted for: DANC283 or DANC383.
Formerly: DANC283.
With a primary focus on Western concert dance from the 20th and 21st centuries, this course proposes an understanding of dance as it is situated in historical and cultural contexts. Rather than proposing a canon of "masterworks", this course interrogates choreography and other dance practices from multiple perspectives such as feminist theories, race, gender, and sexuality studies.
DANC398
Directed Studies in Dance
Credits:
1 - 6
Grad Meth:
Reg
DANC399
Practicum in Choreography, Production and Performance III
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
DANC405
Dance Education II: Education & Policy
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Permission of ARHU-Dance department.
Curricula in dance in K-12 settings, classroom management, assessment/grading, and best practices in dance education in public schools. Current research and policy issues are included. This course counts towards teacher certification in the State of Maryland.
DANC418
Contemporary Modern
Credits:
2
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
DANC448
Modern Dance V
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: DANC319 and audition. Students must pay a $25.00 lab fee.
DANC449
Modern Dance VI
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: DANC448. Students must pay a $25.00 lab fee.
DANC466
Laban Movement Analysis
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Introduction to Rudolf Laban's system of qualitative movement analysis in relation to understanding personal movement style. Application to dance performance, teaching, composition and research.
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
DANC468
Dance Repertory
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Students must pay a $25.00 lab fee.
DANC485
Seminar in Dance
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: DANC483.
Restriction: Must be in Dance program; and senior standing.
Individual research leading to a presentation with written documentation of the process, serving as a culmination of undergraduate study for dance majors.
Seminar will focus on Viewing Dance.
DANC488
Project-Based Learning
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
DANC489C
Special Topics in Dance; Conditioning and Injury Reduction
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
DANC489G
Special Topics in Dance; Immersive Visual and Embodied Interfaces for Dance
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
We will explore methods for quantifying dance's kinesthetic data using motion capture technologies and other physical sensors, before focusing on translating those data into immersive visual and embodied interfaces.The goal of which is to create new ways of archiving, understanding, andexperiencing dance. Throughout the course, we will thus ask importantepistemic and cultural questions about choreographic design's role in shaping alternative ways of knowing and experiencing dance via creative mediation. Choreographers and designers are encouraged to enroll. We will be using TouchDesigner and Arduino software where prior coding experience may be useful but not mandatory.
DANC499
Practicum in Choreography, Production and Performance IV
Credits:
1 - 6
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
DANC611
Dance Technology and Media
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Restriction: Permission of ARHU-School of Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies department.
Project-based development of media and technological support for dance performance, archiving, and portfolio design, development and implementation.
Students must pay a $25.00 lab fee.
DANC648
Advanced Modern Dance Technique I
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
DANC649
Advanced Modern Dance Technique II
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
DANC679
Graduate Dance Performance
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
DANC689C
Special Topics in Dance; Conditioning and Injury Reduction
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
DANC689D
Special Topics in Dance; Immersive Visual and Embodied Interfaces for Dance
Credits:
2
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
We will explore methods for quantifying dance's kinesthetic data using motion capture technologies and other physical sensors, before focusing on translating those data into immersive visual and embodied interfaces.The goal of which is to create new ways of archiving, understanding, andexperiencing dance. Throughout the course, we will thus ask importantepistemic and cultural questions about choreographic design's role in shaping alternative ways of knowing and experiencing dance via creative mediation. Choreographers and designers are encouraged to enroll. We will be using TouchDesigner and Arduino software where prior coding experience may be useful but not mandatory.
DANC689G
Special Topics in Dance; Advanced Hip Hop
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
DANC689N
Special Topics in Dance; Dance Pedagogy - Creative Process
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
DANC689R
Special Topics in Dance; Graduate Dance Repertory
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
DANC689T
Special Topics in Dance; Graduate Improvisation/Performance Lab
Credits:
1 - 2
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
DANC689W
Special Topics in Dance; Choreography for Theatre
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
DANC698
Independent Study in Dance
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
DANC708
Graduate Choreography II: Collaboration; Collaborative Work
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Students must pay a $25.00 lab fee.
DANC766
Graduate Movement Observation and Analysis
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Restriction: Must be admitted to MFA in Dance; or permission of ARHU-School of Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies department.
Aspects of cultural and nonverbal analysis, developmental movement, kinesiological analysis, Laban Movement Analysis, with the goal of developing the student/teacher's ability to observe macro and micro levels of detail.
DANC777
Internship in Dance
Credits:
1 - 5
Grad Meth:
Reg
Restriction: Must be admitted to MFA in Dance; or permission of ARHU-School of Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies department.
Internship in dance advocacy, administration, education, community building, choreography, or performance with an agency off campus and with a national or international profile.
DANC779
Master's Tutorial for Performance
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
DANC799
Master's Thesis Project
Credits:
1 - 6
Grad Meth:
S-F
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