Courses - Fall 2025
DANC109
Choreography I: Improvisation
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: by permission of department. 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 lab fee.
DANC138P
Global Dance Forms; Hip-Hop
Credits:
2
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
DANC148
Fundamentals of Modern Dance
Credits:
2
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
DANC158
Fundamentals of Jazz
Credits:
2
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
DANC179
Movement Integration
Credits:
2
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Students must pay a $25.00 lab fee.
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.
DANC218
Modern Dance I
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: permission of department. Students must pay a $25.00 lab fee.
DANC219
Modern Dance II
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: DANC218 and permission of department. Students must pay a $25.00 lab fee.
DANC228
Ballet I
Credits:
2
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Students must pay a $25.00 lab fee. Email Susan Miller at smille13@umd.edu for permission to register.
DANC229
Ballet II
Credits:
2
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Students must pay a $25.00 lab fee. Email Susan Miller at smille13@umd.edu for permission to register.
DANC304
Dance Education I: Foundations
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Permission of ARHU-Dance department.
Organization and content of the studio dance class. Structuring developmentally appropriate dance experiences for students ages 3-18.
DANC309
Choreography III: Dance Composition
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
DANC318
Modern Dance III
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: DANC219 and permission of department. Students must pay a $25.00 lab fee.
DANC319
Modern Dance IV
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: DANC318 and permission of department. Students must pay a $25.00 lab fee.
DANC328
Ballet III
Credits:
2
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
Email Susan Miller at smille13@umd.edu for permission to register.
Email Susan Miller at smille13@umd.edu for permission to register.
DANC329
Ballet IV
Credits:
2
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
Email Susan Miller at smille13@umd.edu for permission to register.
Email Susan Miller at smille13@umd.edu for permission to register.
DANC338C
Dance Techniques; Contact Improvisation Techniques
Credits:
2
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
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
Prerequisite: DANC 299.
DANC418
Contemporary Modern
Credits:
2
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
DANC448
Modern Dance V
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: DANC349 and aududition. Students must pay a $25.00 lab fee.
DANC449
Modern Dance VI
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: DANC 448 and permission from the department Students must pay a $25.00 lab fee.
DANC468
Dance Repertory
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
DANC488
Project-Based Learning
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
DANC499
Practicum in Choreography, Production and Performance IV
Credits:
1 - 6
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: DANC 399.
DANC600
Graduate Dance Research
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Restriction: Permission of ARHU-School of Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies department.
Supervised writing of reports and articles on selected dance subjects. Study of library resources and interviewing techniques. Preparation for written documentation of thesis project.
DANC604
Graduate Studies in Dance Pedagogy
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.
Curriculum writing, lesson planning, class structure, assessment/grading, and practice in dance pedagogy. Includes preparation of syllabi and studio teaching practice. This course counts towards teaching ceritification in the State of Maryland.
Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
DANC608
Graduate Choreography I: Creative Process
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Prerequisite: Admission to MFA in Dance or permission of department. Students must pay a $25.00 lab fee.
Developing and defining individual choreographic voice and vision in a s ared studio setting.
Developing and defining individual choreographic voice and vision in a s ared studio setting.
DANC610
Workshop in the Direction of Dance Production
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Prerequisite: DANC410; or students who have taken courses with comparable content may contact the department.
A lecture/laboratory course dealing with the relationship of the director to all of the activities involved in the presentation of a dance concert.
DANC628
Graduate Ballet
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Students must pay a $25 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
DANC689F
Special Topics in Dance; Aesthetics of Collaboration in Performance: Theory & Practice
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
This class offers practical methods for the creation and analysis of collaborative performance projects. Taking for granted that all performance works engage collaboration, this class is organized around themes of media, materiality, site-specificity, and working within and against systems. These themes are the organizing principles for student projects, as well as exemplary works of theory and performance. Finally, this class, being about collaboration, looks at strategies for working together, and carries with it an ethic of kindness, constructive critique, and mutual support.
DANC689L
Special Topics in Dance; Film as Performance
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Alternating between lecture & creative research on Week A and creative laboratories on Week B. Students must pay a $25 lab fee.
A dynamic incubator for performing artists who crave new ways of seeing, making, and understanding their voice via cinema and beyond. Moving beyond conventional filmmaking methods, the course embraces performance, philosophy, research, intuitive storytelling, as well as technical exploration performance for camera, scripting, storyboarding, filming, editing, and beyond. The lens becomes a collaborator, a witness, and an accomplice in the act of process & creation.
A dynamic incubator for performing artists who crave new ways of seeing, making, and understanding their voice via cinema and beyond. Moving beyond conventional filmmaking methods, the course embraces performance, philosophy, research, intuitive storytelling, as well as technical exploration performance for camera, scripting, storyboarding, filming, editing, and beyond. The lens becomes a collaborator, a witness, and an accomplice in the act of process & creation.
DANC698
Independent Study in Dance
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
DANC699
Thesis Writing Lab
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
DANC719
Graduate Choreography III: Projects
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Prerequisite: Admission to MFA in Dance or permission of department. Students must pay a $25.00 lab fee.
Research-based choreographic projects in preparation for the choreographed thesis project.
Research-based choreographic projects in preparation for the choreographed thesis project.
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
DANC788
Master's Tutorial for Choreography; Graduate Tutorial
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
DANC799
Master's Thesis Project
Credits:
1 - 6
Grad Meth:
S-F
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