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Dance Concentration Requirements

 
Michele Severini and Kevin Byrne of American Repertory Ballet, rehearsing for An Apples Corps   Rider Dance Ensemble in Laney Engelhard's Liquid Steel

Fine Arts - Dance Track (32 semester hours)

One from the following:

  • MUS 110 Elementary Music Theory
  • MUS 111 Intermediate Music Theory
3 credits
DAN 100 Dance Fundamentals  2 credits 
DAN 105 Survey of Dance History 3 credits

DAN 300 Studio and Lecture in Dance
All studio courses are offered at the Princeton Ballet School, Princeton, NJ

12 credits 

DAN 350  History of Ballet, Modern and Jazz Dance

3 credits
1 Theater History course 3 credits
1 Art History course 3 credits 
1 Music History course 3 credits

NRDE/NJDOE Requirements
History of Movement Theory 3 credits
History of 20th Century Choreography 3 credits

Repertory and Production

3 credits
Teaching Methods 3 credits

Internships, Independent Studies, and Honors Projects in Choreography or Performance are also available for students

 

These requirements are in addition to the Core Curriculum Requirements.  Please see the Academic Catalogs for more information, including course descriptions.

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