Courses

    May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to Dance (DNCE) graduate students only.
    May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Refines advanced students' approach to the nuances and virtuosity of the jazz idiom. Emphasis is placed on efficient use of alignment, complex polyrhythmic explorations and improvisations, and dynamic performance style. Class moves quickly through material and demands a high level of proficiency. Audition is required. May be repeated up to 4 total credit hours. Meets with DNCE 4261. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

    Students deepen their understanding of Hip-Hop history through fundamental movement techniques, specifically, House, and study the social/political forces at work. The course focuses on increasing dancers' capacity for variation, sequencing, musicality and free-styling in Hip-Hop dance. Meets with DNCE 3301. Repeatable for credit up to 4 total credit hours.

    Studies how human reaction, coordination, and movement play a role in all activities. Graduate students will explore direct application to dance training, performance, choreography, and teaching. Through in-depth class discussions, movement exploration, and individualized hands-on lessons, actors and dancers gain an understanding of the technique and its benefits to performance. Meets with DNCE 3601. Prerequisites: Restricted to Dance (DNCE) or Theatre (THTR) graduate students only.

    Moves into rigorous exploration of weight sharing principles. Emphasis will be placed on ease and efficiency in partnering, and integrating this work into choreography and performance. Restricted to graduate students in dance. Meets with DNCE 4701.

    Encompasses range of dance forms that require multiple accompanists. May be repeated up to 12 total units. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Offers special courses in the technique series. Course may meet at the same time with an undergraduate studio course and includes the practical movement experience with an additional scholarly study of specially chosen issues in dance. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to Dance (DNCE) graduate students only.

    Open only to graduate dance majors. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Restricted to graduate students.

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