Dance

DNCE BC1135 Ballet, I: Beginning. 1 point.

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DNCE BC1136 Ballet, I: Beginning. 1 point.

DNCE BC1137 Ballet, II: Advanced Beginning. 1 point.

DNCE BC1138 Ballet, II: Advanced Beginning. 1 point.

DNCE BC1247 Jazz, I: Beginning. 1 point.

Prerequisites: BC1137, BC1138, BC1332, or BC1333. Intermediate level in modern or ballet technique is required.

DNCE BC1248 Jazz, I: Beginning. 1 point.

Prerequisites: BC1137, BC1138, BC1332, or BC1333. Intermediate level in modern or ballet technique is required.

DNCE BC1250 HIP HOP DANCE ＆ CULTURE. 0.00-1.00 points.

DNCE BC1330 Modern, I: Beginning Modern Dance. 1 point.

Open to all beginning dancers.

DNCE BC1331 Modern, I: Beginning Modern Dance. 1 point.

Open to all beginning dancers.

DNCE BC1332 Modern, II: Advanced Beginning Modern Dance. 1 point.

DNCE BC1333 Modern, II: Advanced Beginning Modern Dance. 1 point.

DNCE BC2137 Ballet, III: Intermediate. 1 point.

DNCE BC2138 Ballet, III: Intermediate. 1 point.

DNCE BC2139 Ballet, IV: High Intermediate. 1 point.

DNCE BC2140 Ballet, IV: High Intermediate. 1 point.

DNCE BC2250 Hip Hop Dance and Culture. 1 point.

Prerequisites: Intermediate level of dance or permission of the instructor.

This Course introduces intermediate level students to urban dance styles, focusing on foundations and origins of hip-hop dance, street dance culture, and the physical vocabularies of hip-hop and freestyle dance. Classes are geared to condition the body for the rigors of hip-hop technique by developing strength, coordination, flexibility, stamina, and rhythmic awareness, while developing an appreciation of choreographic movement and structures. Compositional elements of hip-hop will be introduced and students may compose brief movement sequences.  The course meets twice weekly and is held in the dance studio. Prerequisite: Intermediate level of a dance form or permission of the instructor.

DNCE BC2252 African Dance I. 1 point.

Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.

Concentrates on the dances of West Africa, including Senegal, Mali, and Guinea, and a variety of dances performed at various functions and ceremonies. Explanation of the origin and meaning of each dance will be an integral part of the material presented.

DNCE BC2253 African Dance II. 1 point.

Prerequisites: DNCE BC2252 or permission of instructor.

DNCE BC2255 Afro-Cuban Dance: Orisha, Rumba, Salsa. 1 point.

Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor.

This class will introduce students to the African-based folkloric and popular dances of Cuba, including Orisha, Rumba, and Salsa. In addition to learning rhythms and dances, these forms will be contextualized within the historical and contemporary significance of Afro-Cuban dance performance.

DNCE BC2332 Modern, III: Intermediate Modern Dance. 1 point.

DNCE BC2333 Modern, III: Intermediate Modern Dance. 1 point.

DNCE BC2334 Modern, IV: High Intermediate Modern Dance. 1 point.

DNCE BC2335 Modern, IV: High Intermediate Modern Dance. 1 point.

DNCE BC2452 Pilates for the Dancer. 1 point.

Prerequisites: Permission of instructor or DNCE BC1330, BC1331, BC1135, BC1136.

Focus on movement practices, primarily for dancers, which introduces the concepts of Joseph Pilates, a seminal figure in creating a method of body conditioning. Learn and practice a repertory of mat work to improve body awareness, strength, flexibility, and dynamic alignment.

DNCE BC2563 Dance Composition: Form. 3 points.

The study of choreography as a creative art. The development and organization of movement materials according to formal principles of composition in solo and duet forms. Applicable to all styles of dance.

DNCE BC2564 Dance Composition: Content. 3 points.

BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement: The Visual and Performing Arts (ART).

Continued study of choreography as a communicative performing art form. Focuses on the exploration of ideas and meaning. Emphasis is placed on the development of personal style as an expressive medium and unity of style in each work. Group as well as solo compositions will be assigned.

DNCE BC2565 World Dance History. 3 points.

BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement: Cultures in Comparison (CUL)., BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement: The Visual and Performing Arts (ART).

Investigates the multicultural perspectives of dance in major areas of culture, including African, Asian, Hispanic, Indian, Middle Eastern, as well as dance history of the Americas through reading, writing, viewing, and discussion of a wide range of resources. These include film, original documents, demonstration, and performance.

ANAT BC2573 Human Anatomy and Movement. 3 points.

Corequisites: ANAT BC2574

Dancers and other movers will acquire concrete, scientific information about anatomy and integrate this knowledge into their sensed experience of movement. Through readings, lecture/discussions and movement practice, students will explore: (1) structure and function of bones and joints, (2) muscles, neuromuscular function and coordination, (3) motor cognition and learning.

DNCE BC3001 Western Theatrical Dance from the Renaissance to the 1960s. 3 points.

BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement: Historical Studies (HIS)., BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement: The Visual and Performing Arts (ART).

Focuses on the history of theatre dance forms originating in Europe and America from the Renaissance to the present. Includes reading, writing, viewing, and discussion of sources such as film, text, original documentation, demonstration, and performance.

DNCE BC3138 Ballet V: Intermediate Advanced. 1 point.

DNCE BC3139 Ballet, V: Advanced. 1 point.

DNCE BC3140 Ballet, VI: Advanced Ballet with Pointe. 1 point.

DNCE BC3141 Ballet, VI: Advanced Ballet with Pointe. 1 point.

DNCE BC3200 Dance in Film. 3 points.

Survey of theatrical dance in the 20th century specific to film production. Five kinds of dance films will be examined: musicals, non–musicals, documentaries, film essays and pure dance recording.

DNCE BC3240 Seeing the Body: Movement and Physicality in Modern Visual Culture. 3 points.

Prerequisites: Experience in any combination of Dance performance, Dance History, Art History (19th-20th C Europe/United States), and/or Urban Studies (19th-20th C 19th-20th C Europe/United States) are helpful as foundations for this course, they are not prerequisites to take this class. This course does not supplant the Western Theatrical Dance History requirement for the Dance Major.

Seeing the Body: Movement and Physicality in Modern Visual Culture will examine how these concepts of movement, space, and time gained an outsized role in photographic and cinematic experimentation, typography, interior design and exhibition, contributing a “choreographic voice” to the interwar age.

Our course will incorporate texts, images, and films connected to the fields of Dance History, Art History and Urban Studies. Beginning with a study of how nineteenth century industrialization and urbanization laid the foundations for the physical articulations of the early twentieth century, we will consider both avant-garde and popular visual phenomena to gain wider perception and a deeper understanding of interwar cultural expression.  Finally, we will consider how visual expressions of physicality are reflected in our current digital age.   

DNCE BC3249 Jazz, III: Advanced Jazz Dance. 1 point.

Prerequisites: DNCE BC2248 or permission of instructor.

DNCE BC3250 Flamenco: Traditional Techniques through Contemporary Approaches. 1 point.

Prerequisites: DNCE BC1137, BC1138, BC1332, BC1333, or Permission of instructor. Intermediate level in modern or ballet technique is required.

DNCE BC3332 Modern V: Intermediate Advanced. 1 point.

Note: This is a variable-point course (0-1 pts).

Intermediate Advanced.

DNCE BC3333 Modern V: Intermediate Advanced. 1 point.

Note: This is a variable-point course (0-1 pts).

Intermediate Advanced.

DNCE BC3335 Modern, VI: High Advanced Modern Dance. 1 point.

DNCE BC3336 Modern, VI: High Advanced Modern Dance. 1 point.

DNCE BC3567 Dance of India. 3 points.

BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement: The Visual and Performing Arts (ART).

A range of dance genres, from the traditional to the innovative, co-exist as  representations of  "Indianness" in India,  and beyond. Identities onstage and in films, morph as colonial, national, and global contexts change.  This course zooms from micro to macro views of twentieth century staged dances as culturally inflected discourse. We review how Indian classical dance aligns with the oldest of performance texts, and with lively discourses (rasa as a performance aesthetic, Orientalism, nationalism,  global recirculations) through the ages, not only in India but also in Europe, Britain and America. Throughout the course, we ask:-  How is culture embodied? How do historical texts configure dance today? How might they affect our thinking on mind-body, practice-theory, and traditional-contemporary divides?  How does bodily patterning influence the ways that we experience our surroundings and vice versa?  Can cultural imaginaries  instigate action? How is gender is performed?  What are dance discourses?

DNCE BC3576 Dance Criticism. 3 points.

Intensive practice in writing about dance. Readings drawn from 19th- and 20th-century criticism.  Observation includes weekly performances and classroom videotape sessions.

DNCE BC3591 Senior Seminar in Dance. 4 points.

Research and scholarly writing in chosen topics relating to dance. Methods of investigation are drawn from prominent archival collections and personal interviews, as well as other resources. Papers are formally presented to the Dance Department upon completion.

DNCE BC3592 Senior Project: Research for Dance. 4 points.

Independent study for research and writing (35 to 50-page thesis required).

DNCE BC3593 Senior Project: Repertory for Dance. 3 points.

Independent study for preparing and performing repertory works in production to be presented in concert.

DNCE BC3601 Rehearsal and Performance in Dance. 1-3 points.

Not offered during 2020-21 academic year.

Prerequisites: Audition. Do not register for this course until you have been selected at the audition. Subject to cap on studio credit. Can be taken more than once for credit up to a maximum of 3 credits a semester.

 Students are graded and take part in the full production of a dance as performers, choreographers, designers, or stage technicians.

DNCE BC3602 Rehearsal and Performance in Dance. 1-3 points.

Prerequisites: Audition. Do not register for this course until you have been selected at the audition. Subject to cap on studio credit. Can be taken more than once for credit up to a maximum of 3 credits a semester.

Students are graded and take part in the full production of a dance as performers, choreographers, designers, or stage technicians.

DNCE BC2455 FELDENKRAIS FOR DANCERS. 0.00-1.00 points.

Through guided practice-based lessons in Awareness Through MovementÒ (ATM), students develop sensory awareness of habitual neuromuscular patterns resulting in increased movement efficiency, improved skill acquisition, and greater strength, coordination, and flexibility. Applicable to all dance styles and activities

DNCE BC2565 World Dance History. 3 points.

BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement: Cultures in Comparison (CUL)., BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement: The Visual and Performing Arts (ART).

Investigates the multicultural perspectives of dance in major areas of culture, including African, Asian, Hispanic, Indian, Middle Eastern, as well as dance history of the Americas through reading, writing, viewing, and discussion of a wide range of resources. These include film, original documents, demonstration, and performance.

DNCE BC2570 Dance in New York City. 3 points.

BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement: The Visual and Performing Arts (ART).

Study of the cultural roots and historical contexts of specific communities using New York City's dance scene as a laboratory. Students observe the social environments in which various modes of dance works are created while researching the history of dance in New York City. Course includes attendance at weekly events, lecture-demonstrations, and performances.

DNCE BC2575 Choreography for the American Musical. 3 points.

BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement: The Visual and Performing Arts (ART).
Not offered during 2020-21 academic year.

Prerequisites: Suggested DNCE BC2560, BC2566, BC2570

Explores the history and evolution of American Musical Theater dance, a uniquely American art form, with special focus on the period known as "The Golden Era." Analysis of the genre's most influential choreographers (including Balanchine, de Mille, Robbins), their systems, methodologies and fusion of high and low art on the commerical stages.

DNCE BC2580 Tap as an American Art Form. 3 points.

BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement: The Visual and Performing Arts (ART).

Prerequisites: DNCE BC1446 or equivalent experience.

Studio/lecture format focuses on tap technique, repertory, improvisation, and the development of tap explored through American history, jazz music, films, videos, and biographies.

DNCE BC3001 Western Theatrical Dance from the Renaissance to the 1960s. 3 points.

BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement: Historical Studies (HIS)., BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement: The Visual and Performing Arts (ART).

Focuses on the history of theatre dance forms originating in Europe and America from the Renaissance to the present. Includes reading, writing, viewing, and discussion of sources such as film, text, original documentation, demonstration, and performance.

DNCE BC3570 Latin American and Caribbean Dance: Identities in Motion. 3 points.

BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement: The Visual and Performing Arts (ART).
Not offered during 2020-21 academic year.

Examines the history and choreographic features of Latin American and Caribbean dance forms. Dances are analyzed in order to uncover the ways in which dancing shapes national, racial, and gender identities. Focuses on the globalization of these dances in New York City.

DNCE BC3574 Inventing the Contemporary: Dance Since the 1960s. 3 points.

BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement: The Visual and Performing Arts (ART).

Explores modern/contemporary dance in the United States and Europe since the 1960's. Major units are devoted to the Judson Dance Theater and its postmodernist aftermath, Tanztheater and European dance revisionism, and African-American dance and the articulation of an aesthetic of cultural hybridity.

DNCE BC3578 Traditions of African-American Dance. 3 points.

BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement: Historical Studies (HIS)., BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement: The Visual and Performing Arts (ART).
Not offered during 2020-21 academic year.

Traces the development of African-American dance, emphasizing the contribution of black artists and the influence of black traditions on American theatrical dance. Major themes include the emergence of African-American concert dance, the transfer of vernacular forms to the concert stage, and issues of appropriation, cultural self-identification, and artistic hybridity.

DNCE BC3583 Gender and Historical Memory in American Dance of the 1930's to the Early 1960's. 3 points.

BC: Fulfillment of General Education Requirement: The Visual and Performing Arts (ART).
Not offered during 2020-21 academic year.

Prerequisites: One course in dance history/studies or permission of the instructor.

Explores the question of why so many women dancer/choreographers of the 1930's - to the early 1960's, including relatively well-known ones, have ended up as peripheral rather than central players in what has become the master narrative of a crucial era of the recent dance past.

DNCE BC3980 Performing the Political: Embodying Change in American Performance. 4 points.

Not offered during 2020-21 academic year.

Prerequisites: An introductory course in dance or theatre history or permission of instructor. Enrollment limited to 12 students.

Exploration into the politics of performance and the performance of politics through the lens of 20th-century American dance.