Dance Major  

Our purpose is to foster academic and artistic excellence in a nurturing and challenging educational environment. Within a liberal arts and science tradition, the dance experience at SUU engages students in a rich diversity of experiences aimed to cultivate their aesthetic, creative, and scholarly potential. Central to our purpose is superior teaching and personalized mentorship that empowers and transforms the learner.

Dance Objectives

A successful student will:

• Have a working knowledge of how principles of composition are used as tools for choreography.
• Understand basic production processes (i.e. performing, dancing, choreographing, and technical production).
• Have a working knowledge of the historical development of dance as an art form.
• Examine perspectives of critical analysis of the artistic process and aesthetics.
• Have a working knowledge of human movement and anatomy.
• Demonstrate an intermediate proficiency in three disciplines–Jazz Dance, Modern Dance, and Ballet–and advanced proficiency in two of three.