Pre-Requisites
- Level 2 or 3 modern dance technique
- Evidence of success in an introductory course in motif or Labanotation
- Some directing or teaching experience
Core Curriculum Requirements for the MFA degree
- Graduate seminar courses
- Dance History Courses
- Labanotation 1 and one Laban Studies course
- Dance Technique (2 ballet and 3 modern per week or Personal
Training Option)
- Pedagogy
- Related graduate-level outside course (5-6 credit hours)
- D.970 Master’s Project (15-30 credit hours)
Area Specific Requirements
- D.820-822 Labanotation 1-3 or Elementary and Intermediate DNB Certification and Intermediate/Advanced reading skills
- D.823 Labanotation 4
- D.824 Directing from Score
- D.633 Lighting for Dance
- D.893.02 Ind. Studies in Dance: Direct a short notated work
in preparation for project
- D.801.71 Seminar in Dance: Performance Technique
- D.605 Dance Dynamics or D.707 Laban Movement Analysis
Project
Typically a reconstruction of a dance from a notated score, or a project in documentation of a work.
