Dance Concentration
-
Concentration Overview
As a performing arts major with a concentration in dance, you will take studio courses, performance courses, history courses, and seminars. As choreographers, dancers, and movement actors, you will develop the skills to become a well-rounded performer, artist, advocate, employer, and potential graduate student.
In performance courses, you will learn from faculty and Guest Choreographers from around the country, experiencing different choreographic processes, styles, and approaches. These courses emphasize collaborative skills and ensemble performance. In-studio courses, you will study techniques of ballet, modern and contemporary, commercial dance, tap, and improvisation in-depth to become confident in each area. In history courses, you will explore how artistic creation is influenced by society and how society is reflected in and changed by art. Students can also experience dance from around the world through our Global Dance course. These courses will increase your knowledge and appreciation of dance and its relationship to other significant components of human history, culture, and experience. Finally, seminar courses give students the theoretical foundation for their craft. You will study mind and body awareness, composition, and teaching methods used in dance, which will support total growth as an artist and potential entrepreneur.
In addition, you will undertake three internships, including a semester-long, full-time professional experience relevant to performing arts and dance. You will complete a two-semester senior thesis on a topic relevant to dance, and containing interdisciplinary components. As performing arts majors, you will experience the integration of theory and practice through coursework, experiential learning, and independent field research and/or creative composition in the senior thesis sequence.
-
Curriculum
Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits Required: 132
First Year - Credits: 34
- Quantitative Reasoning聽General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
-
DAN 105聽-聽Repertory Dance Ensemble (Cr: 1)
(Students will take twice)
-
DAN 109聽-聽Commercial Dance: Practice and Survey (Cr: 1)
(Student will take twice)
-
DAN 120聽-聽Ballet Techniques (Cr: 1)
(Students will take twice)
-
DAN 225聽-聽Dance History (Cr: 3)
-
DAN 235聽-聽Mind and Body Awareness (Cr: 3)
-
DAN 325聽-聽Dance History II: Dance in Society (Cr: 3)
-
DRA 220聽-聽Introduction to Theater Production (Cr: 3)
-
DAN 240聽-聽Global Dance (Cr: 3)
-
ENG 111聽-聽Critical Reading and Writing I (Cr: 3)
-
ENG 112聽-聽Critical Reading and Writing II (Cr: 3)
-
INT 100聽-聽Internship I (Cr: 2)
-
PA 100聽-聽Introduction to Performing Arts (Cr: 3)
-
PA 101聽-聽Performance Review (Cr: 1)
(Students will take twice)
Second Year - Credits: 33
- Science and Technology聽General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
- Literary Perspectives General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
- Global Issues聽General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
- Individual and Society聽General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
- World Cultures General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
-
ART 265聽-聽Arts Administration I (Cr: 3)
-
AET 215聽-聽Dance/Movement Therapy Foundations (Cr: 3)
-
DAN 105聽-聽Repertory Dance Ensemble (Cr: 1)
-
DAN 200聽-聽Dance Composition (Choreography) (Cr: 3)
-
DAN 211聽-聽Modern and Contemporary Dance Aesthetics聽 (Cr: 1)
(Students will take twice)
-
DAN 220聽-聽Ballet Techniques II (Cr: 1)
-
DRA 105聽-聽Theater Performance (Cr: 1)
-
INT 200聽-聽Internship II (Cr: 2)
-
PA 101聽-聽Performance Review (Cr: 1)
(Students will take twice)
Third Year - Credits: 34
- General Education Electives (Cr: 9)
- Values and Ethical Reasoning General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
-
DAN 105聽-聽Repertory Dance Ensemble (Cr: 1)
-
DAN 214聽-聽Dance Improvisation (Cr: 1)
-
DAN 220聽-聽Ballet Techniques II (Cr: 1)
(Students will take twice)
-
DAN 305聽-聽Dance Teaching Methods (Cr: 3)
-
DRA 105聽-聽Theater Performance (Cr: 1)
-
PA 101聽-聽Performance Review (Cr: 1)
(Students will take twice)
-
PA 200聽-聽Aesthetics in the Performing Arts (Cr: 3)
-
PA 300聽-聽Performance Workshop I (Cr: 3)
-
PA 305聽-聽Performance Workshop II (Cr: 3)
-
PA 310聽-聽Audition and Portfolio (Cr: 3)
Fourth Year - Credits: 31
Aesthetic Awareness and聽Creative Expression General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
General Education Elective (Cr: 3)-
DAN 105聽-聽Repertory Dance Ensemble (Cr: 1)
-
DAN 300聽-聽Dance Composition II (Cr: 3)
-
ENG 365聽-聽Shakespeare (Cr: 3)
-
PA 480聽-聽Semester Internship (Cr: 12)
-
PA 489聽-聽Senior Research (Cr: 3)
-
PA 491聽-聽Senior Capstone (Cr: 3)
-
Internships and Careers
An Endicott education means you'll graduate with a degree and a resume.
Whether you pursue graduate school or embark on your career right away after graduation, we believe that your time at Endicott will prepare you for the next step.
Internships:
Students are required to complete three internships within their major and/or minor. Internship sites have included:
-
Performing Arts organizations (Boston Ballet, Urbanity Dance, Walt Disney College Program)
-
Dance companies throughout the U.S. and internationally
-
Dance Competitions
-
Private Dance Studios/ Organizations
Jobs:
Many of our graduates have been employed with:
-
Walt Disney World
-
New England Patriots Cheerleaders
-
Boston Celtics Dancers
-
Norwegian Cruise Line
-
North Shore Music Theatre
-
National/ International Tours
-
Professional dance companies throughout the U.S. and internationally
-
Dance Competitions and Convention circuits throughout the U.S.
-
Private Business Owners of dance studios and programs
-
