Academic Catalog

Dance (C011)

GEC Coordinator: Tristan Koepke

Focusing on dance as a performing art form, the concentration considers the practice of the art, its production, and an understanding of its cultural context.

Complete four total credits earned from full-credit dance courses or cross-listed; 0.5 credits from any section of DANC 270 Studio​ Studio courses or Dance Program Short Term course(s); and/or courses designated with the (C011) GEC attribute. One approved co-curricular component may be substituted for up to one required credit (e.g. student dance club activity, choreographer on a theater production, etc.) This concentration is not open to students who have declared a dance major, minor, or C027 (The Human Body).

Active course offerings include:

AFR 252Contemporary Issues in Dance
AFR 330Latina/o/xs in NYC Hip-Hop Culture
AMST 105Introduction to Performance Studies
AMST 262Embodying Activism: Performing a Living Definition
AMST 330Latina/o/xs Hip-Hop
DANC S32Building a Dance Practice
DANC 105Introduction to Performance Studies
DANC 151Making Dances
DANC 202Devising Performance
DANC 240Embodied Anatomy and Kinesthetics
DANC 250Dance Histories of the United States
DANC 251Making Dances II
DANC 252Contemporary Issues in Dance
DANC 253Dance Repertory
DANC 262Embodying Activism: Performing a Living Definition
DANC 270Studio
DANC 270AStudio: Contemporary Modern
DANC 270BStudio: Ballet I
DANC 270CStudio: Modern Partnering
DANC 270DStudio: Repertory Styles
DANC 270EStudio: Jazz I
DANC 270GStudio: Dance Ensemble, Intermediate
DANC 270HStudio: Ballet II
DANC 270IStudio: Improvisation
DANC 270KStudio: Hip Hop
DANC 270MStudio: Dance Ensemble, Advanced
DANC 270NStudio: Ballet III
DANC 270QStudio: West African Dance of Guinea
DANC 270RStudio: Somatics
DANC 270WStudio: Pilates
DANC 290Practicum
DANC 300Bates Dance Festival
DANC 360Independent Study
DANC 457Senior Thesis
DANC 458Senior Thesis
EDUC 265Teaching through the Arts
HIST 253Dance Histories of the United States
LALS 330Latina/o/xs in NYC Hip-Hop Culture
THEA 105Introduction to Performance Studies
THEA 202Devising Performance
THEA 270WStudio: Pilates
THEA 290Practicum