Dance

Study mode:On campus Study type:Full-time Languages: English
Foreign:$ 43.4 k / Year(s) Deadline: Jan 15, 2025
401–500 place StudyQA ranking:2029 Duration:4 years

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The B.F.A. major in Dance prepares students to pursue careers as performers and choreographers for the concert and theater stage and for film, video and other media; dance educators in schools K-12; teachers in and owners of private studios; arts administrators and advocates; and dance therapists.  The program instills in its graduates a resourcefulness which assists them in creating for themselves a means of livelihood in the economically challenging field of dance. 

The curriculum is grounded in studio courses in dance technique, with a 32 semester hour requirement in ballet and contemporary dance and additional requirements in jazz, tap, improvisation, and alternate forms.  At the completion of technique courses, B.F.A. candidates must attain levels of performance higher than the levels required of candidates of the A.B. in Dance.  Complementing the B.F.A. program's technique component are the requirement of four semesters of membership in one of the department's pre-professional performance companies and a range of courses that employ dance as a vehicle for study of the human body, the creative process, musical form, the history of world cultures, psychology, educational theory and practice, and technical design for the stage and other multi-media formats. 

Dancers develop technical proficiency and choreographic ability; gain experience in performance, production, and teaching; explore the scientific, philosophical, and historical foundations of dance; consider the relationship of dance to other art forms; experience the power of dance as an educational tool; and encounter dance as a total theatre experience.

Required Courses (54 hours)

Dance Technique and Training (25 hours)

  • DANC 2642 - Jazz Dance II (1 hour)* or DANC 3643 - Jazz Dance III (1 hour)* (1 cr. req.)
  • DANC 3653 - Contemporary Dance III (2 hours)*
  • DANC 3663 - Ballet III (2 hours)*
  • DANC 4654 - Contemporary Dance IV (2 hours)*
  • DANC 4664 - Ballet IV (2 hours)*
  • DANC 4754 - Contemporary Dance IV (2 hours)*
  • DANC 4764 - Ballet IV (2 hours)* 

Choreography and Production (12 hours)

  • DANC 2000 - Production Assignment I (1 hour)
  • DANC 2900 - Young Choreographer's Lab I (1 hour)
  • DANC 3000 - Production Assignment II (1 hour)
  • DANC 3400 - Introduction to Dance Composition (2 hours)
  • DANC 3900 - Young Choreographer's Lab II (1 hour)
  • DANC 4400 - Dance Composition and Technology Interface (3 hours)
  • DANC 4900 - Choreographic Project and Concert Production (2-3 hours)

Performance (4 hours)

  • DANC 3250 - Performance Company III (1 hour)* or DANC 3850 - Pre-Professional Performance Company II (1-2 hours)* (assigned by faculty)

Dance Theory (13 hours)

  • DANC 3010 - Laban Movement Analysis and Bartenieff Fundamentals (2 hours)  
  • DANC 3020 - Principles of Science and Somatics in Dance Training (3 hours)  
  • DANC 4030 - Classical Ballet Forms (2 hours)
  • DANC 4500 - Studies in Dance History (3 hours)
  • DANC 4700 - Issues in Dance Education and Pedagogy (3 hours)

Major Electives (3-5 hours)

Choose three to five hours from the following:
 

 DANC 1617 - Ballroom Foundations II - Lead/Male (1 hour)  DANC 3500 - Seminar in Dance (1-2 hours)*
 DANC 1618 - Ballroom Foundations II - Follow/Female (1 hour)  DANC 3643 - Jazz Dance III (1 hour)*
 DANC 1671 - Pointe I (1 hour)*   DANC 3672 - Pointe II (1 hour)*
 DANC 1680 - Pas De Deux (1 hour)   DANC 3680 - Pas De Deux (1 hour) 
 DANC 2050 - Training in Alternate Dance Forms I (1 hour)*  DANC 3700 - Teaching Dance for Children (2 hours) 
 DANC 2620 - Dancing Hip Hop to Lamban: Commonalities in Afrikan Diasporic Dance (1 hour)*  DANC 4000 - Independent Study in Dance (1-6 hours)*
 DANC 2672 - Pointe II (1 hour)*   DANC 4250 - Performance Company IV (1 hour)*
 DANC 2680 - Pas De Deux (1 hour)   DANC 4643 - Jazz Dance III (1 hour)* 
 DANC 3050 - Training in Alternate Dance Forms II (1 hour)*   DANC 4672 - Pointe II (1 hour)* 
 DANC 3200 - Teaching Practicum in Dance I (1 hour)   DANC 4680 - Pas De Deux (1 hour)* 
 DANC 3210 - Teaching Practicum in Dance II (1 hour)   DANC 4850 - Pre-Professional Performance Company III (1-2 hours)*
 DANC 3220 - Teaching Practicum in Dance III (1 hour)  DANC 5850 - Pre-Professional Performance Company IV (1-2 hours)*
  • Transcripts. High School Transcripts (secondary school) from each and every institution must be submitted for review. If your high school is outside of the United States and not accredited by a U.S. Regional Association of Colleges and Schools, we recommend (not required) that you use a "course-by-course" (not document-by-document) evaluation service to ensure that your transcript is evaluated properly. College Transcripts from each institution attended during high school must be submitted for review. If you have attended college after high school graduation, you are not eligible to be a First-Year applicant and should submit a Transfer application. If your college is outside of the United States and not accredited by a U.S. Regional Association of Colleges and Schools, we REQUIRE that you use an evaluation service that does a "course by course" evaluation to ensure that your transcript is evaluated properly (if you do not submit, your application to UGA will be incomplete).
  • Official SAT or ACT scores
  • Verbal SAT scores above 430 OR
  • ACT scores above 17 OR
  • A band score of 6.5 or better on the IELTS OR
  • Submit a TOEFL score of at least 213 on the computer-based exam, or a 550 paper based score, or an 80 on the internet based TOEFL.
  • The University of Georgia accepts TOEFL and IELTS results from testing headquarters.
  • School/Counselor Evaluation AND Teacher Recommendation
  • Certificate of Finance

Scholarships

  • Merit-based scholarships
  • Diversity Scholarship
  • Balanced Man Scholarship
  • Helping Hand Scholarship
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