Specialization

Dance Education | Performance | Choreography | Dance Studies

PERFORMANCE
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 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. For the Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree Major in Dance Studies, a total of 35 semester hours must be completed in General Studies.   This includes approved courses selected from the five "core" areas, including nine semester hours in the three awareness areas and will include MUS 340 Survey of Music History and BIO 201 Human Anatomy and Physiology 1, DAH 301 Philosophy and Criticism of Dance.  Consult the General Catalog for details. 
 
Degree Requirements
In addition to General Studies requirements, a minimum of 79 semester hours of credit in Dance courses is required for the concentration in Performance.  A high level of achievement in dance technique is expected of Performance majors; completion of two semesters of DAN 434 Modern 4 and DAN 335 Ballet 3, or DAN 435 Ballet 4 and DAN 334 Modern 3 with grades of  "C" or better is required.

DAN 380 Performance Studies Practicum is required in this specialization along with eight credit hours of repertory selected from DAN 371 Dance Theatre and/or DAN 471 Dance Arizona Repertory Theatre.   Both dance production courses, Dan 210 and DAN 211 Dance Production 1 and 2 are requirements of the degree, as is DAN 321 Music Literature for Dance.   THP 101 Introduction to the Art of Acting is also a Performance specialization requirement.  The capstone experience for the BFA Performance degree is enrollment in DAN 480 Senior Performance in the Fall and Spring semesters of the Senior year.   In the Fall semester, each performance major will perfect the performance of a work choreographed for the student or reconstructed from video or notation.  In the Spring semester, the student will perform this work in the Emerging Artists concert and work on the production, management and publicity of the event.
 

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