This course explores a specific idea, concept, period, person or event important in the history and/or aesthetics of dance. Topics vary depending on the instructor’s research and expertise. Enrollment limited to 20: The smartphone is a powerful tool and users have long been aware of its ability to create spontaneous, short videos for social media. But what are the implications for using this tool to create exceptional dance films that expand the canon? Can we use the phone as a creative tool in dance and exploit its inherent portability and intimacy?

By audition/permission only. Enrollment limited to 30.

A primary goal is development of the ability to focus on subtle details in music while dancing, teaching, choreographing, or performing. Dancers cultivate an open-mind and skills for imagining many relationships between dance and music. Students improvise music, make up songs, translate choreography into music, and dance with music from various cultures and historical periods. The course emphasizes rhythm, terminology, and categories, meaning in music, and strategies for finding music.

Journey through time and experience in your own body the evolution of hip hop from its social dance roots to the contemporary phenomenon of commercial choreography that hip hop has become. Using film and text in addition to studio work, this class creates a framework from which to understand and participate in the global culture of hip hop dance. Enrollment limited to 30.

Prerequisite: previous dance experience. Enrollment limited to 30.

Prerequisite: 215 or previous dance experience. Enrollment limited to 30.

Same description as above (DAN 200). May be taken four times for credit, with maximum of two credits per semester. Can be taken with DAN 200.

A laboratory course based on the preparation and performance of department productions. Students may elect to fulfill course requirements from a wide array of production related responsibilities, including stage crew. It may not be used for performance or choreography. May be taken four times for credit, with a maximum of two credits per semester.

Introductory study of dance composition, including movement research, spatial design, rhythmic phrasing, musical forms, and performance. Enrollment limited to 20.

This studio course offers technique training in any of the dance forms from Africa and the African Diaspora. The physical study of the form is contextualized socially, culturally, and historically, favoring an interdisciplinary perspective. Through the course, students approach the study of dance as a catalyst for cultural empowerment and social change. Topics course. Enrollment limited to 30: This course introduces West African dance, music and song as a traditional mode of expression in various West African countries.