Professors: Lynn Garafola, Allegra Kent (Adjunct), Uttara Coorlawala (Adjunct)
Professor of Professional Practice: Mary Cochran (Chair and Artistic Director)
Associate Professors of Professional Practice: Donlin Foreman, Mindy Aloff (Adjunct)
Assistant Professor: Paul Scolieri
Senior Associate: Katie Glasner (Assistant Chair)
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice: Colleen Thomas
Lecturers: Cynthia Anderson, Mary Lisa Burns, Maguette Camara, Mary Carpenter, Tessa Chandler, Jennifer Emerson, Liza Gennaro, Angela Gittens, Chisa Hidaka, Katiti King, Robert LaFosse, Jeff Moen, Margaret Morrison, David Parker, Sabrina Pillars, Risa Steinberg, Kathryn Sullivan, Caitlin Trainor, Karla Wolfangle
Artists in Residence: Camille Brown, Gerald Casel, Nora Chipaumire, Nicholas Leichter, Susan Rethorst
Associates: Gloria Marina, Nathalie Jonas
Technical Director and Lighting Designer: Rhonda Rubinson
Musician Coordinator: Gilles Obermayer
For a complete list of
faculty on leave see:
http://www.barnard.edu/provost/facleavelist.html
The Barnard Dance Department seeks to develop technical versatility in dance performance, skill and originality in choreography, and critical understanding of the art of dance as a part of history and culture. Emphasis is placed on performing opportunities each semester, and on the encouragement of each student's growth as a creative artist.
Studios and theaters in New York City provide Barnard students opportunities to study and view an array of dance, while major libraries and dance institutions offer rich possibilities for research. The Dance Department regularly invites guest artists to teach and choreograph throughout the year.
All dance courses except Senior Seminar are open to students who meet the prerequisites. Barnard College Dance Department is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Dance.
Students contemplating a dance major should consult with a member of the department in their first year. Declaration of the major requires departmental approval.
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 2560 Exploring Dance: An Introduction to Dance as an Art Form
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 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 Diaghilevs Ballet Russes and Its World
Six courses constitute a minor in Dance. Normally, three history/criticism and three credit-bearing performance/choreography courses are taken.