Master of Fine Arts in Dance
with an Emphasis in Choreography
(11.5 semester course credits, 8 at the graduate level)

Prerequisites:

Intermediate-level modern dance technique upon admission.

The following prerequisites may be taken concurrently with other course work if not already completed elsewhere.

DNC 133 Dance Kinesiology (1)

DNC 157 Music for the Dancer (1)
Entering graduate students who have never taken a music for dance course must take this class. Students who have had a music for dance course must take the rhythmic exemption exam. If they don not pass it, they must take DNC 213 Rhythmic Practicum (.25).

DNC 159 Dance Production (.25)

DNC 181 Solo Choreography (.5)

Required:

Choreography (2.5 course credits, each course may be taken only once for credit):

DNC 282 Group Choreography (.5)

DNC 285 Sources and Inventions (.5)

DNC 286 Contemporary Choreography: Stylistic and Contextual Investigations (1)

DNC 297 Ideas about Space (.5) 

History/Theory (2 course credits):

DNC 265 Modern to Contemporary Performance: History, Theory, and Practice (1)

DNC 288 Critical Acts: Dancing Strategies, Theories, and Contexts (1)

Performance (.5 course credit):

DNC 255A Repertory Dance Company (.5)

Technique (2.5 course credits; all students must take four semesters of modern technique, five classes per week. Students must also take two semesters of ballet or one semester of ballet and one semester of somatic arts.) Select from the following:

DNC 103 Intermediate Ballet (.25)

DNC 107 Intermediate Modern Dance (.25–.5)

DNC 109 Advanced Modern Dance (.25–.5)

DNC 113 Somatic Arts (.25) 

Thesis (2 course credits):

DNC 250A/B/C Thesis Research Project/Thesis Writing/Concert (.5; .5; 1) (spring/fall/spring sequence) 

And select one or more graduate electives or upper division course credits for a total of 2 credits from the following list. (Electives in other fine art departments, with approval from dance faculty, may apply.):

DNC 113 Somatic Arts (.25)

DNC 159 Dance Production (.25)

DNC 174 Ballet History from the 16th through the 19th Centuries (.5–1)

DNC 176 Dance Cultures (1)

DNC 233 Choreographic Project (.5)

DNC 243 Independent Project (.5–1)

DNC 253 Theory of Teaching Dance (.5)

DNC 254 Laboratory Teaching of Dance (.5)

DNC 255A/B Repertory Dance Company (.5; .5) Note: Students in the MFA in Choreography Program will not be required to take two semesters of RepCo.

DNC 291 Early Modern Women: Western Dance Pioneers (.5–1)

DNC 292 The Diaghilev Ballet Russes and the Making of Modern Culture (.5–1)

DNC 293 Contemporary Issues in Choreography (.5–1)

DNC 294 New Genre: Interdisciplinary Collaborations (.5–1)

DNC 296 Live and Media Performance (.5–1)

DNC 298 Dance Theater in Traditional and Contemporary Performing Arts (.5–1)