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Dance Minor

Department of Theatre and Dance

Office: 212 Rockefeller Arts Center

(716) 673-3596

Sam Kenney, Chairperson

Email: theatre.dance@fredonia.edu

Website: http://home.fredonia.edu/theatredance

The Minor in Dance requires courses in a variety of dance techniques as well as selected studies from a range of academic courses. The Dance Minor can complement any major and is open, by audition, to all students in good academic standing.

Auditions for the Dance Minor are held once per semester, and dates may be found on the Department of Theatre and Dance website or by calling the Department Office at 673-3596. Students may audition for the Minor in their first semester, but admission will be provisional until the student has established a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or better.

Students must earn a GPA of 2.50 or better in all Minor courses in order to graduate with the Minor in Dance.

Requirements for the Minor in Dance (24 credit hours)

Some courses require prerequisites.  Click on any hyperlinked course for additional information. 

Technique Courses (10 credit hours)

Select any two courses at the 100 level, in two different disciplines (4 credit hours):

DANC 111Contemporary Technique I

2
DANC 112Ballet I

2
DANC 113Jazz Dance I

2
Total Credit Hours:4

Select any three courses at the 200-300 level in at least two different disciplines (6 credit hours):

DANC 211Contemporary Technique II

2
DANC 212Ballet II

2
DANC 213Jazz Dance II

2
DANC 311Contemporary Technique III

2
DANC 312Ballet III

2
DANC 313Jazz Dance III

2
Total Credit Hours:6

Theory Courses (12 credit hours)

Select any four of the following courses:

DANC 260Dance Kinesiology

3
DANC 264Choreography I

3
DANC 364Choreography II

3
DANC 370Dance Studio Management

3
DANC 353Contemporary Dance History

3
MUS 101Beginning Music Theory I

3
THEA 121Introduction to Technical Theatre

3
Total Credit Hours:12

NOTE:

  • MUS 101: BFA Musical Theatre major excluded

Electives (2 credit hours)

Select 2 credit hours from the following courses:

DANC 241Dance Improvisation

2
DANC 250Dance Ensemble

1
DANC 251Dance Repertory

1
DANC 341Selected Topics in Dance

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Total Credit Hours:2

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