Dance Minor

Department of Theatre and Dance

Office: 212 Rockefeller Arts Center

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Sam Kenney, Chairperson

Email: [e-mail]

Website: http://home.fredonia.edu/theatredance

The Minor in Dance requires courses in a variety of dance techniques as well as selected studies from a range of academic courses. The Dance Minor can complement any major and is open, by audition, to all students in good academic standing.

Auditions for the Dance Minor are held once per semester, and dates may be found on the Department of Theatre and Dance website or by calling the Department Office at 673-3596. Students may audition for the Minor in their first semester, but admission will be provisional until the student has established a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or better.

Students must earn a GPA of 2.50 or better in all Minor courses in order to graduate with the Minor in Dance.

Requirements for the Minor in Dance (24 credit hours)

Some courses require prerequisites.  Click on any hyperlinked course for additional information. 

Technique Courses (10 credit hours)

Select any two courses at the 100 level, in two different disciplines (4 credit hours):

DANC 111	Contemporary Technique I	2
DANC 112	Ballet I	2
DANC 113	Jazz Dance I	2
Total Credit Hours:		4

Select any three courses at the 200-300 level in at least two different disciplines (6 credit hours):

DANC 211	Contemporary Technique II	2
DANC 212	Ballet II	2
DANC 213	Jazz Dance II	2
DANC 311	Contemporary Technique III	2
DANC 312	Ballet III	2
DANC 313	Jazz Dance III	2
Total Credit Hours:		6

Theory Courses (12 credit hours)

Select any four of the following courses:

DANC 260	Dance Kinesiology	3
DANC 264	Choreography I	3
DANC 364	Choreography II	3
DANC 370	Dance Studio Management	3
DANC 353	Contemporary Dance History	3
MUS 101	Beginning Music Theory I	3
THEA 121	Introduction to Technical Theatre	3
Total Credit Hours:		12

NOTE:

• MUS 101: BFA Musical Theatre major excluded

Electives (2 credit hours)

Select 2 credit hours from the following courses:

DANC 241	Dance Improvisation	2
DANC 250	Dance Ensemble	1
DANC 251	Dance Repertory	1
DANC 341	Selected Topics in Dance	.5-3
Total Credit Hours:		2

NOTE:

• DANC 250, DANC 251, DANC 341: may be repeated for credit