Dance (BA)

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Dance Major and Learning Outcomes

Required Courses

DA - 147 Dance in World Cultures: DeSales Experience Credits: 3
DA - 154 Freshman Dance Seminar Credits: 3
DA - 231 Dance Composition I Credits: 3
DA - 232 Dance Composition II Credits: 3
DA - 348 Evolution of Ballet and Modern Credits: 3
DA - 371 Methods for Teaching Educational Dance Credits: 3
DA - 454 Senior Dance Seminar Credits: 3
DA - 461 Kinesiology for Dancers Credits: 3
One of the following: DA - 143 Theatre Crafts Laboratory , DA - 310 Modern Dance Partnering , or TV - 370 Lighting, Sound and Editing
DA - 350 Creative Process in Dance Credits: 3
OR
DA - 360 Dance on Camera Credits: 3

Technique classes

Six 1.5 credit courses of ballet and six 1.5 credit courses of modern dance technique classes. The intermediate proficiency level (DA 205 and DA 206 ) are required for graduation. Students are evaluated for technical ability every semester and are moved up in level at the discretion of the dance faculty.

DA - 105 Modern Dance I Credits: 1.5
DA - 106 Ballet Dance I Credits: 1.5
DA - 205 Modern Dance II Credits: 1.5
DA - 206 Ballet Dance II Credits: 1.5
DA - 305 Modern Dance III Credits: 1.5
DA - 306 Ballet Dance III Credits: 1.5

All dance majors

All dance majors participate as a dancer, understudy, and/or as a crew member for the Emerging Choreographers Concert and for the Dance Ensemble concert every year. Students are also encouraged to fully participate and support all of the DeSales University Dance Department productions and the ACT 1 musical. These types of experiences support our philosophy that the theoretical approach to performance must be supplemented with practical experience.

Elective courses

Within the framework of the dance department, the student, in consultation with his/her advisor, selects elective courses in accordance with his/her needs for future growth and development in the field of dance. DA 4241 , DA 428 , DA 4781 , DA 4791 , and DA 495 are offered on a pass/fail basis. DA 280 will be a class in which the instructor can designate the pass/fail option or not because it is a special topics class and will change from semester to semester.