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DANCE

Dance
204 Barnard Hall Annex
854-2995
www.barnard.edu/dance

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR

Majors must fulfill an 11 course requirement to include BC 3591 Senior Seminar for Dance,one course in dance history (BC 2565 or BC 2566), one in movement science (BC 2501or BC 2561 or BC 2562), one in dance composition (BC 2563 or BC 2564 or BC 3565), and one with a significant writing component (such as BC 2570, BC 3570, BC 3574, BC 3576, BC 3577 or BC 3980). Majors normally take two technique courses per semester: a minimum of eight points of dance technique courses are required. Under the supervision of the dance faculty, seniors are expected to present a final thesis to demonstrate their acquired skill and knowledge of dance. Research papers should be 25-30 pages in length. For the performance requirement, a student can present in one of the following two categories: (1) in repertory and (2) in her own choreography. Students may elect to fulfill the thesis requirement by taking either BC 3592 or BC 3593 as part of the 11 course requirement. The remaining courses for the major may be selected from the following:                  

DNCE BC 2501 Biomechanics for the Dancer: Theory and Practice
DNCE BC 2555 Ensemble Dance Repertory: Modern
DNCE BC 2556 Ensemble Dance Repertory: Ballet
DNCE BC 2557 Evolution of Classic Spanish Dance
DNCE BC 2558 Tap Ensemble   
DNCE BC 2561 Applied Anatomy for Human Movement
DNCE BC 2562 Movement Analysis
DNCE BC 2563 Dance Composition: Form / Dance Composition: Form, dance/theater
DNCE BC 2564 Dance Composition: Content
DNCE BC 2565 World Dance History
DNCE BC 2566 Western Theatrical Dance from the Renaissances to the 1960s
DNCE BC 2567 Music for Dance   
DNCE BC 2570 Dance in New York City
DNCE BC 2575 Choreography for the American Musical
DNCE BC 2580 Tap as an American Art Form
DNCE BC 3000 From the Page to the Dance Stage
DNCE BC 3099 Independent Study
DNCE BC 3200 Dance in Film
DNCE BC 3565 Group Forms: Advanced Dance Composition
DNCE BC 3567 Dance in Asia
DNCE BC 3570 Latin American and Caribbean Dance: Identities in Motion
DNCE BC 3571 Solo Repertory: Performance Styles
DNCE BC 3572 Dance Production
DNCE BC 3574 Seminar on Contemporary Choreographers and Their Works
DNCE BC 3575 George Balanchine and the Reinvention of Modern Ballet
DNCE BC 3576 Dance Criticism
DNCE BC 3577 Performing the Political
DNCE BC 3578 Traditions of African-American Dance
DNCE BC 3583 Gender and Historical Memory
DNCE BC 3590 Rehearsal and Performance in Dance (for 3 points)
DNCE BC 3591 Senior Seminar in Dance
DNCE BC 3592 Senior Project: Research for Dance x, y
DNCE BC 3593 Senior Project: Repertory for Dance x, y
DNCE BC 3980 Performing the Political (as seminar)
DNCE BC 3982 Diaghilev's Ballet Russes and Its World

Note: If planning to study abroad, a Dance History course must be completed prior to Junior year. A minimum of six points of dance technique courses above and beyond the two technique courses taken to fulfill the Physical Education requirement. Students are also encouraged to elect courses outside the department in pursuit of the historical and cultural context of dance.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MINOR

Six courses constitute a minor in Dance. Normally, three history/criticism and three credit-bearing (there-point) performance/choreography courses are taken.

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Barnard Catalogue 2009-2010