Learning Goals

All of our graduating students are expected to do the following:

• Attain an intermediate/advanced level of proficiency in contemporary dance techniques;
• Cultivate the craft and imagination to choreograph and produce successful, original, contemporary dance works;
• Gain experience in the theatrical possibilities of lighting design and digital video;
• Achieve a perspective on creative processes across the arts;
• Acquire a broad understanding of historical and cultural values expressed through dance;
• Understand anatomy and kinesiology in the context of culture and the environment;
• Demonstrate the ability to pursue scholarly research and presentation;
• Develop the ability to articulate, to those familiar and unfamiliar with the field, the interdisciplinary aspects of dance and the potential for dance to both reflect and impact culture;
• Successfully complete an original, independent senior performance project and or written thesis that demonstrates the emergence of their own artistic/scholarly voice.