Dance: Technique
Dance: Technique
Minor
29 credit hours
This program offered by Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts/
Department of Dance
Program Description
Webster University's Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts
Department of Dance provides excellence in training through both
the BA and BFA degrees. The Department trains skilled, creative,
and compassionate thinking artists for 21st century careers as
performers, choreographers, and educators.
Learning Outcomes
Performance: Perform a variety of techniques and styles with a
broad spectrum of expressivity and technical expertise.
Integrate and successfully utilize knowledge from courses in the
breadth of the discipline.
Special Requirements
Minors
• Courses completed with a grade of D do not count toward
fulfilling the specific course requirements of the minor.
• All courses for a minor must be completed at Webster
University.
• Courses used to fulfill a major may not be used to fulfill a
requirement for a minor.
Required Courses
• DANC 2520 Living Anatomy and Movement (3 hours)
• DANC 2210 Dance History: Lineage Based to 20th Century
(3 hours)
• DANC 1220 Improvisation I (2 hours)
• DANC 1310 and DANC 1320 Composition I (5 hours)
• Additional advanced-level work in technique, choreography,
topics, independent study (DANC 2050, 2060, 2250, 3250,
3220, 3250, 3550, 3560, etc.) (1 hour)
• MUSC 1000 Fundamentals of Musicianship (3 hours)
• Minimum of one year in at least two of the following: DANC
2000-level applied dance, Tap; 3000-level applied dance,
Jazz, Modern, or Ballet (12 hours)
Webster University 2016-2017 Undergraduate Studies Catalog DRAFT
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