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Dance Minor

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School of Fine Arts
  • Program Type: Undergraduate free-standing minor
  • Requirements for this program are current for Fall 2014
  • Required credits in this minor: 26 to 28
Technique courses are offered in ballet, modern, jazz, and tap dance and are complemented with courses in dance appreciation, dance history, and dance composition. Annual dance concerts give students opportunities for choreography and performance. This minor provides technical training in and an in-depth appreciation of dance as a performance and social art form.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
  • via classroom (the majority of instruction is face-to-face)
Minor Requirements
Dance minors should confer with a minor adviser from the Department of Theatre to develop a sound schedule for taking courses to complete the minor in less than four years. Students who require a greater proficiency before enrolling in DN 3211 or DN 3231, as determined by instructor, may be required to take DN 1111 or DN 1131. Students are advised to note prerequisites and to take courses in proper sequence. Dance minors may repeat desired dance technique courses for a maximum of 4 credits each, as space permits.
Dance Minor Courses (26 cr)
DN 1001 - Introduction to the World of Dance [LE CAT, FINE ARTS, GLOBAL PER] (3.0 cr)
DN 1151 - Modern Dance Technique I [LE CAT, FINE ARTS] (2.0 cr)
DN 1121 - Tap Dance Technique I (2.0 cr)
DN 2151 - Modern Dance Technique II (2.0 cr)
DN 3211 - Jazz Dance Technique III (2.0 cr)
DN 3221 - Tap Dance Technique II (2.0 cr)
DN 3231 - Ballet Technique III (2.0 cr)
DN 3401 - Dance Composition (3.0 cr)
DN 3611 - Dance History (3.0 cr)
DN 4311 - Jazz Dance Technique IV (2.0 cr)
DN 4331 - Ballet Technique IV (2.0 cr)
TH 1199 - Performance Practicum I [LE CAT] (1.0 cr)
 
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DN 1001 - Introduction to the World of Dance (LE CAT, FINE ARTS, GLOBAL PER)
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall
The course will foster appreciation for and deepen understanding of the varied styles, forms, and functions of dance. By looking at dance from multiple perspective - historical, cultural, political, social, aesthetic - the course demonstrates the range of roles that dance plays in how we look at ourselves, others, and our world. Course activities will include reading, video, discussion and lecture, and movement experiences.
DN 1151 - Modern Dance Technique I (LE CAT, FINE ARTS)
Credits: 2.0 [max 12.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall
Modern Dance Technique I is designed to introduce Modern Dance as both a historical form and contemporary practice and intended to develop Modern Dance skills with emphasis on placement, coordination, balance, and musicality. Concurring with Liberal Education objectives, the course will provide opportunities for creative expression through active participation and presentation. In addition, students will develop an appreciation for the diverse cultural influences on and stylistic variety in Modern Dance as a performance dance form.
DN 1121 - Tap Dance Technique I
Credits: 2.0 [max 8.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall
Beginning Tap dance technique with emphasis on musicianship. The course will also introduce improvisational skills, and an appreciation for the history of Tap dance as an American vernacular dance form. prereq: 4 credits of 110, 1111 or 1131, instructor consent
DN 2151 - Modern Dance Technique II
Credits: 2.0 [max 12.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Spring
The course is designed to further develop the student as a modern dancer, building on skills and experience gained in previous technique classes including Modern I. Incorporating elements of various aesthetics including Humphrey/Lion, Horton, release techniques and post-modernism, the class will continue to emphasize basic principles - flexibility, strength, placement and musicality - but with greater stress on phrase work and more complex movement. prereq: instructor consent
DN 3211 - Jazz Dance Technique III
Credits: 2.0 [max 18.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Spring
This course builds on the foundations developed in previous technique classes, including Jazz I and II with a focus on intermediate work in lyrical and percussive jazz dance styles. Students will also work on developing personal artistry through attention to dynamics and phrasing. Students are expected to have the following: DN 2111 with a grade of B or better and/or technical proficiency appropriate to the level. prereq: instructor consent repeatable: Allow up to 9 repetitions totalling up to 18 credits.
DN 3221 - Tap Dance Technique II
Credits: 2.0 [max 8.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Spring
This course focuses on musicianship, including tonal variation and speed. The course will hone improvisational skills, analysis/synthesis skills, and deepen the appreciation for the history of tap dance as an American vernacular dance form. Students are expected to have the following: DN 1121 with a grade of B or better and/or technical proficiency appropriate to the level. prereq: instructor consent repeatable: Allow up to 4 repetitions totalling up to 8 credits.
DN 3231 - Ballet Technique III
Credits: 2.0 [max 12.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall
The course explores ballet technique in greater depth with regard to steps, discipline - specific vocabulary, history, and pedagogy. The traditional ballet class will move at an accelerated pace and will be augmented by video analyses, performance observations, and supplemental readings. The course will culminate in the study, analysis, and dancing of classical repertoire from the great ballets of the 19th and 20th centuries. Students are expected to have the following: DN 2131 with a grade of B or better and/or technical proficiency appropriate to the level. prereq: instructor consent repeatable: Allow up to 6 repetitions totalling up to 12 credits.
DN 3401 - Dance Composition
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Spring
This course is designed to provide a broad introduction to dance composition, based on the idea of introducing tools for the dancemaker's toolbox to help develop a personal choreographic voice and style. The philosophical approach will emphasize rediscovering a sense of play and freedom to experiment without internal judgements disrupting creative exploration. Students will learn to generate and manipulate movement through exercises and improvisation and will expand those skills into shaping dances. Areas to be explored include elements of movement, musical structures, narrative, partnering and site specific work among others. prereq: instructor consent
DN 3611 - Dance History
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Spring
The primary focus will be Western Theatrical Dance traditions from the 18th century to the present, with supplemental attention paid to world dance forms as well as vernacular and social dance. The course will explore how the innovations of the 18th and 19th centuries laid the groundwork for the explosion of 20th century creativity leading to today's diverse dance landscape. Balancing between a broad survey and an in depth seminar the course will build a chronological framework for the evolution of dance but also delve more deeply into particular artists and works. Students will also develop an understanding of dance history as both a scholarly and creative discipline. prereq: 1001 or instructor consent
DN 4311 - Jazz Dance Technique IV
Credits: 2.0 [max 12.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall
This course is designed to challenge the intermediate/advanced dancer, building on skills and experience gained in previous technique classes in the Jazz sequence. Synthesizing essential principles - flexibility, strength, placement and musicality - the course incorporates elements of various styles within the jazz idiom, with greater stress on longer phrase work, complex movements and personal artistry. prereq: instructor consent; no grad credit
DN 4331 - Ballet Technique IV
Credits: 2.0 [max 12.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Spring
Students taking this course will expand their foundational knowledge of classical ballet technique both physically and intellectually. Technique class will progress at an accelerated rate and will be rigorous and disciplined. Students are expected to approach ballet class in a professional and goal oriented manner. Dancers will also have the opportunity to explore pointe work, character dance and partnering (pas de deux) techniques. Class work will be enhanced with performance and video analyses and will culminate in restagings of classical ballet repertoire with an emphasis on solo variations. prereq: 3231, instructor consent; no grad credit
TH 1199 - Performance Practicum I (LE CAT)
Credits: 1.0 [max 12.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Rehearsal and performance of minor role, as determined by instructor, in a play or dance performance before a public audience in UMD Theatre productions. prereq: instructor consent repeatable: Allow up to 12 repetitions totalling up to12 credits.