Dance Performance and Choreography B.F.A.
Chair, Department of Performing Arts: Professor Rubeck
Admission to this program requires an audition.
The Department of Performing Arts offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Performance and Choreography and a minor in Dance. The program provides students with a 21st century dance education with a focus on technical training, creative exploration, compositional skills, somatic knowledge, collaborative dance-making and multi-disciplinary performance. The dance program recognizes the importance of an individual’s interaction with the world as a whole person, not just as an artist. Dance artists and theorists are members of the global community, and as such, students are encouraged to explore wide-ranging interests and to find innovative ways to combine their in-depth dance studies with their experience as global citizens to further the field of contemporary dance. Students in the B.F.A. program have the opportunity, and are encouraged, to participate in internships and study abroad. An audition is required for the B.F.A. but not for the minor.
The B.F.A. is a 68 semester hour degree that requires intensive study in technique, composition, and theory, and is intended for the student who wishes to pursue a professional performance or creative career in dance. The degree also prepares the student to pursue an M.F.A., the terminal creative degree. Students are required to take 14 credit hours of ballet and modern technique with six credit hours of supplemental training in pointe, yoga, jazz, tap, world dance or special topics in dance. In addition, students must complete 32 semester hours in creative and theoretical courses, 12 credit hours of dance electives and four semester hours of performance. A senior project is required.
The minor in dance is designed for the general dance enthusiast. Students may not declare a minor in dance until they complete DAN 1900. Students must complete 20 semester hours including introductory theory and performance followed by upper level electives.
A Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a major in Dance Performance and Choreography requires the completion of the Elon Core Curriculum as well as the Major Requirements listed below.
Major Requirements:
Required courses: 32 sh
| DAN 1020 | Somatic Theories I | 4 sh |
| DAN 2020 | Somatic Theories II | 4 sh |
| DAN 2310 | Contemporary Modern III | 1 sh |
| DAN 3900 | Dance History I | 4 sh |
| DAN 3950 | Dance History II | 4 sh |
| DAN 2350 | Dance Composition II: Choreographic Principles and Movement Approaches | 4 sh |
| DAN 3350 | Dance Composition III: Group Structures and Development | 4 sh |
| DAN 4970 | Senior Seminar I | 2 sh |
| DAN 4971 | Senior Seminar II | 2 sh |
Select sixteen semester hours from the following courses: 16 sh
Student must take each level of technique class twice, 8 credit hours of Modern III-VI and 8 credit hours of Ballet III-VI
Select four semester hours from the following courses: 4 sh
Select four semester hours of Dance Ensemble: 4 sh
Select twelve semester hours of dance electives at the 3000-4000 level: 12 sh
Total Credit Hours: 68