Curriculum

2008 Summer Dance Technique Workshop - July 14-24

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UWSP Dance Program Goals
Dance Program Student Evaluation and Participation

UWSP’s Dance Program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Dance. Our BA and BS curriculum features Ballet, Jazz, Tap, , Modern, Theatre Dance, Dance Composition and Theoretical Studies. Dance Majors complete 48 credits in dance including the senior-level Interdisciplinary Seminar, a course that integrates dance with other academic disciplines and art forms. As part of the seminar course, students create interdisciplinary and multimedia projects, a process that encourages new ways of thinking about dance, broadens employment potential, and contributes to a total educational experience. UWSP’s dance curriculum is structured to allow students to pursue an additional major or minor in another field. Those admitted to the dance minor complete 27 credits in dance.

UWSP’s dance program is dedicated to creating a dynamic environment that inspires and engages students to become thinking artists in the field of dance through technical, theoretical and compositional inquiry.

The dance faculty works with students to re-evaluate technique and explore new approaches to training at a high level. This re-evaluation includes training with optimal anatomical alignment that supports injury-free dancing. Students also develop the ability to work as a part of an ensemble, the ability to work openly and honestly with other dancers, and the ability to be flexible in the artistic process with choreographers, directors, and rehearsal assistants. Therefore, we do begin all new students in our 100-level technique courses. (Curriculum Description for the major and minor follows.)

CURRICULUM DESCRIPTION FOR THE MAJOR (48 credits)
Core Eighteen (18) credits

The dance faculty recommends that students interested in continuing their dance studies take two core classes per semester and participate in summer dance workshops to expand their network of professional performance contacts.


Theoretical Studies Ten (10) credits

Performance and Choreography Eleven (11) credits

Interdisciplinary Studies Three (3) credits

Electives: Choose six (6) credits

Required Production Activity
Every major must enroll in a production activity each semester. Production activity areas are scene shop, costume shop, deck run crew, costume run crew, house/public relations, design, performance, or directing/choreography/management.

CURRICULUM DESCRIPTION FOR THE MINOR (27 credits)
Theoretical Studies Six (6) credits

Performance and Choreography
Nine (9) credits

Recommended First Year Dance Courses:

Recommended Second Year Courses:

Recommended Third Year Courses:

Recommended Fourth Year Courses:

� Foreign language substitution: Students who wish to take a foreign language during their freshman year would substitute their language of choice for the humanities elective in the fall semester and the natural science elective in the spring semester.

� Course Sequence: The sequence of courses above for the second, third, and fourth years fulfill only the dance major. This list does not include a recommended sequence of general degree requirement courses.

� Dance technique and Health Enhancement (HE): Most dance technique courses will fulfill part of the two credit Health Enhancement (HE) requirement for the B.A. and B.S. degrees. Check the catalog for specific course numbers.