Dance: History and Theory Minor

Minor code ORDNCH

College of Fine Arts
School of Dance
Putnam Hall 137
Athens, OH 45701
Phone: 740.593.1828
www.ohio.edu/fine-arts/dance

Tresa Randall, contact person
randall@ohio.edu

Program Overview

The dance history and theory minor is for non-dance majors who are interested in dance as a form of culture, art, and history. Coursework emphasizes historical, cultural, and aesthetic studies of dance globally and through time. This minor complements study in fields such as literature, history, journalism, communication, playwriting, museum studies, and global studies.

Admissions Information

Freshman/First-Year Admission

No requirements beyond University admission requirements. No audition is required.

Change of Program Policy

To apply, students should fill out the online form “College of Fine Arts Application for Update of Academic Program”: https://ohio.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_25DjACpmC4WKV7v

External Transfer Admission

No requirements beyond University admission requirements and requirements stated above.

Opportunities Upon Graduation

This concentrated study helps prepare students with a specialized dance emphasis for employment or graduate study in dance studies, arts administration, dance ethnology, journalism or criticism, and dance in film or video.

Requirements

Minor Hours Requirement

The dance: history and theory minor requires a minimum of 18 hours.

Studio Dance Technique

Complete at least 3 credit hours in studio dance technique courses. Prerequisite courses must be met and are not part of the minor. Select from the following courses:

DANC 1210 - Modern Dance Technique I Credit Hours: 2
DANC 1211 - Modern Dance Technique II Credit Hours: 2
DANC 1220 - Ballet Technique I Credit Hours: 1.5
DANC 1221 - Ballet Technique II Credit Hours: 1.5
DANC 1250 - African Dance Technique I Credit Hours: 1.5
DANC 2010 - Dance Technique II Modern Credit Hours: 1.5
DANC 2020 - Dance Technique II Ballet Credit Hours: 1.5
DANC 2040 - Dance Technique II Jazz Credit Hours: 1.5
DANC 2050 - African Dance Technique II Credit Hours: 1.5
DANC 2210 - Modern Dance Technique III Credit Hours: 2
DANC 2211 - Modern Dance Technique IV Credit Hours: 2
DANC 2220 - Ballet Technique III Credit Hours: 1.5
DANC 2221 - Ballet Technique IV Credit Hours: 1.5
DANC 2240 - Jazz Dance Technique II Credit Hours: 1.5
DANC 2250 - African Dance Technique II Credit Hours: 1.5
DANC 2270 - Hip Hop Dance Technique II Credit Hours: 1.5

Dance History and Theory Studies

Complete the following courses:

DANC 2550 - Dance Cultures of the World I Credit Hours: 3
DANC 2700 - Languages of Dance Credit Hours: 3

Complete two of the following courses:

DANC 2710 - Black Dance Forms Credit Hours: 3
DANC 3150 - Laban Movement Analysis Credit Hours: 3
DANC 4550 - Dance Ethnography: Intellectualizing the Body’s Motion Credit Hours: 3
DANC 4710 - Histories of Modern and Postmodern Choreography and Practice Credit Hours: 3
DANC 4711 - Writing Dance and Gender Credit Hours: 3
DANC 4750 - Dance in Non-Western Expressive Cultures Credit Hours: 3

Dance Elective Requirement

Complete 3 hours of elective courses in Dance (DANC ****). Courses listed above, which are not already being used to satisfy a requirement can count as electives.

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