Specializations

Dance Education | Performance | Choreography | Dance Studies

CHOREOGRAPHY
Requirements

Specialization
Requirements for Degree
Program of Study

General Studies Requirements
The general studies program is intended to provide every student pursuing an undergraduate degree with basic skills and familiarity with traditional areas of knowledge. Introductory and advanced courses are required and students may select from an approved menu of courses. The general studies program consists of five core areas and three awareness areas. The core areas are literacy and critical inquiry, numeracy, humanities and fine arts, social and behavioral sciences, and natural sciences. The three awareness areas are global awareness, historical awareness, and cultural diversity in the United States. A large number of courses within the core areas concurrently satisfy the awareness requirements as well. Consult the ASU General Catalog for details.

Degree Requirements
In addition to General Studies requirements, a minimum of 70 semester hours of credit in Dance must be taken. Choreography students enroll in DAN 364 Choreography and Accompaniment and Dan 365 Advanced Choreography.   Both dance production courses, DAN 210 and 211 Dance Production 1 and 2  are requirements of the degree, as is DAN 321 Music Literature for Dance.   Choreography majors are additionally required to complete DAN 345 Laban Movement Analysis. The  capstone experience for the BFA Choreography concentration is enrollment in DAN 480 Senior performance in the Fall and Spring semesters of the Senior year.   In the Fall semester students create a substantial choreographic work and develop costume, sound and lighting designs.   In the Spring semester the work is presented in the Emerging Artist concert and students contribute to the production, management and publicity of the event.

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