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Master of Arts in Dance
(10.5 semester course credits, 7 at the graduate level)
Prerequisites:
The following prerequisites may be taken concurrently with other course work if not already completed elsewhere.
DNC 133 Dance Kinesiology (1)
DNC 174 Ballet History from the 16th through the 19th Centuries (.5–1)
Required:
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)
Electives (Electives or seminars in other fine arts departments, with approval from dance faculty, may apply.) Select courses from the following to equal 3 course credits:
DNC 176 Dance Cultures (1)
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)
Technique (1 course credit; .25–.5 course credit per semester, minimum of two classes per week, for four semesters):
DNC 101 Elementary Ballet (.25)
DNC 103 Intermediate Ballet (.25)
DNC 107 Intermediate Modern Dance (.25–.5) or
DNC 109 Advanced Modern Dance (.25–.5)
DNC 113 Somatic Arts (.25)
Thesis (2 course credits):
DNC 250A/B Thesis Research Project/Thesis Writing (.5; 1.5) (spring/fall sequence)
And select 2.5 more graduate or upper-division undergraduate course credits from the following:
DNC 101 Elementary Ballet (.25)
DNC 103 Intermediate Ballet (.25)
DNC 134 Dance Improvisation (.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)
DNC 282 Group Choreography (.5)
DNC 285 Sources and Inventions (.5)
DNC 286 Contemporary Choreography: Stylistic and Contextual Investigations (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 297 Ideas about Space (.5)
DNC 298 Dance Theater in Traditional and Contemporary Performing Arts (.5–1)
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