Dec 12, 2024

Undergraduate Catalog 2019-2020

Undergraduate Catalog 2019-2020 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Dance (B.F.A.)

Maurice Fraga, Associate Professor of Dance
Shingleton 26, (540) 665-4565, mfraga@su.edu

The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance curriculum is designed to prepare both the student seeking a career in dance as a performing artist as well as the student seeking a career as a teacher/choreographer in a private studio setting.

Program Outcomes

Students completing the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance will be able to:

demonstrate an advanced level of technical skill and artistry in a variety of styles and performance settings;
improvise and compose dance in a variety of forms, employing a variety of methods and technologies;
demonstrate knowledge of dance history, aesthetics, pedagogy, production and science; and
demonstrate professional entrepreneurship and advocacy skills in preparation for their dance career.

Course and Credit Requirements

1st Year – Fall

DA 111 Modern Dance I Credit(s): 2 *
DA 121 Ballet I Credit(s): 2 *
DA 131 Jazz I Credit(s): 2 *
DA 143 Freshman Seminar Credit(s): 1
DA 351 Dance Production I Credit(s): 1
DAPE 152 Contact Improvisation Credit(s): 1 *
PRF 101 Performance Forum Credit(s): 0.5
ENG 101 Composition Credit(s): 3 (Oral and Communicative Literacies Region)
FYS 101 Going Global First-Year Seminar Credit(s): 3

Total: 15.5 credits

1st Year – Spring

DA 112 Modern Dance II Credit(s): 2 *
DA 122 Ballet II Credit(s): 2 *
DA 132 Jazz II Credit(s): 2 *
DA 152 Contemporary Partnering Credit(s): 1 *
DA 352 Dance Production II Credit(s): 1
DA 386 Dance Ensemble Credit(s): 1
PRF 101 Performance Forum Credit(s): 0.5
TH 131 Stage Costuming Credit(s): 3
Quantitative Literacy Region Elective Credit(s): 3

Total: 15.5 credits

2nd Year – Fall

DA Modern Dance Technique (DA 111 or DA 211) Credit(s): 2 *
DA Ballet Technique (DA 121 or DA 221) Credit(s): 2 *
DA 231 Jazz III Credit(s): 2 *
DA 241 Dance Composition I Credit(s): 2 *
DA 371 Dance Science: Kinesiology Credit(s): 3 ^(ALT)
DA 381 Dance and Music Credit(s): 2
DA 386 Dance Ensemble Credit(s): 1
PRF 201 Health Issues for Artists Credit(s): 0.5
TH 111 Stage Lighting Credit(s): 3

Total: 17.5 credits

2nd Year – Spring

DA Modern Dance Technique (DA 112 or DA 212) Credit(s): 2 *
DA Ballet Technique (DA 122 or DA 222) Credit(s): 2 *
DA Jazz Technique (DA 232 or DA 332) Credit(s): 2 *
DA 242 Dance Composition II Credit(s): 2 *
DA 386 Dance Ensemble Credit(s): 1
PRF 101 Performance Forum Credit(s): 0.5
Natural Science Region Elective Credit(s): 3
Ethical Reasoning Region Elective Credit(s): 3

Oral and Communicative Literacies Region Elective

Total: 3 credits

Total: 18.5 credits

3rd Year – Fall

DA Modern Dance Technique (DA 211 or DA 311 ) Credit(s): 2 *
DA Ballet Technique (DA 221 or DA 321 ) Credit(s): 2 *
DA Dance Technique Elective(s) Credit(s): 2 *
DA 341 Dance Composition III Credit(s): 2 *
DA 271 History and Philosophy of Dance I Credit(s): 3 ^(ALT) (Cultural Understanding Region)
DA 386 Dance Ensemble Credit(s): 1
MULT 275 Western Art Music Appreciation Credit(s): 3 (Creative Expression sphere)
PRF 101 Performance Forum Credit(s): 0.5

Total: 15.5 credits

3rd Year – Spring

DA Modern Dance Technique (DA 212 or DA 312 ) Credit(s): 2 *
DA Ballet Technique (DA 222 or DA 322 ) Credit(s): 2 *
DA Dance Technique Elective(s) Credit(s): 2 *
DA 260 Movement and Dance for Children Credit(s): 3
or
DA 262 Techniques for Teaching Dance Credit(s): 3
DA 342 Dance Composition IV Credit(s): 2 *
DA 386 Dance Ensemble Credit(s): 1
DA 472 History and Philosophy of Dance II Credit(s): 3 ^(ALT)
PRF 101 Performance Forum Credit(s): 0.5

Total: 15.5 credits

4th Year – Fall

DA 311 Modern Dance V Credit(s): 2 *
DA Ballet Technique (DA 221 or DA 321 ) Credit(s): 2 *
DA Dance Technique Elective(s) Credit(s): 2 *
DA 386 Dance Ensemble Credit(s): 1
DA 443 Senior Concert and Seminar I Credit(s): 2 *
ART 200 Art Appreciation Credit(s): 3 (Creative Expression Sphere)

Total: 12 credits

4th Year – Spring

DA 312 Modern Dance VI Credit(s): 2 *
DA Ballet Technique (DA 222 or DA 322 ) Credit(s): 2 *
DA Dance Technique Elective(s) Credit(s): 2 *
DA 386 Dance Ensemble Credit(s): 1
DA 444 Senior Concert and Seminar II Credit(s): 2
Social and Behavioral Science Region Elective Credit(s): 3

Total: 12 credits

Degree Total: 122 credits

*Minimum grade of “C” required.

(ALT) Offered on alternating schedule; consult with advisor.

Majors must take ballet, modern dance, and one additional technique elective each semester. Students are placed at the appropriate technical level in each discipline, and evaluated each semester for advancement to the next level.

Majors must be dancing at the advanced technical level in modern (DA 311 /DA 312 ) and at least the intermediate technical level in ballet (DA 221 /DA 222 ) during both semesters of the senior year.

All 100-level technique classes are repeatable to four credits.

All 200-level technique classes are repeatable to six credits.

All 300-level technique classes are repeatable to eight credits.

Participation in DA 386 Dance Ensemble or one of the Dance production courses (DA 351 , DA 352 , DA 353 , DA 354 ) is required every semester of full-time enrollment. BFA Dance Majors are required to participate in all main stage productions of the Dance Division as either cast or crew.

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Dance (B.F.A.)

Program Outcomes

Course and Credit Requirements

1st Year – Fall

Total: 15.5 credits

1st Year – Spring

Total: 15.5 credits

2nd Year – Fall

Total: 17.5 credits

2nd Year – Spring

Oral and Communicative Literacies Region Elective

Recommended:

Total: 3 credits

Total: 18.5 credits

3rd Year – Fall

Total: 15.5 credits

3rd Year – Spring

Total: 15.5 credits

4th Year – Fall

Total: 12 credits

4th Year – Spring

Total: 12 credits

Degree Total: 122 credits