From grand plié to grand jeté, Introduction to Ballet is for students with a curiosity for the study of classical ballet. No prior dance experience necessary and beginners are welcome.
Dance Courses
Dance
Students will investigate their own movement patterns and delve into many facets of dance and cultural questions surrounding it.
A studio course introducing students to American dance aesthetics and practices, with a focus on how its evolution has been influenced by African American choreographers and dancers.
This studio course is open to beginning and advanced dancers. We’ll explore dance as a way to deepen both our self-knowledge and engagement with others.
This course moves us between temples, courtyards, clubs, streets, and stages around the world to better understand the diversity of dance.
Incorporating aspects of jazz, modern and ballet, this contemporary dance class focuses on strengthening fundamental alignment and coordination.
This course encourages you to push your limits and range as mover, dancer and/or actor.
This course provides laboratories and cross-genre dance technique to facilitate a somatic understanding of kinesiology.
This course investigates dance as a theoretical model for, and a practice of, mobilization and identity construction, with special attention to the ways these practices have been used by a range of nation states.
Hip Hop Dance Practice and Culture will explore the history and cultural context of different forms of hip hop such as b-boying, uprocking, popping and locking.
The course will consist of an advanced ballet class and explorations into contemporary choreography through readings, viewings, and the learning of repertory.