The Bachelor's of Arts in Dance at Hunter College is open to all students who have been admitted to Hunter College. To be declared a BA Dance Major, students must be admitted into DAN 21500 Ballet 1 or DAN 21000 Contemporary Dance Technique 1 or higher as determined by placement audition open to all students. The student will meet with an advisor in the Dance Department as soon as they qualify for level 1 technique or higher and every semester thereafter.

 

All Dance majors are required to earn 47 credits minimum in DAN courses and complete all requirements including:

• Be registered in at least one dance technique course every semester in order to remain a Dance major in good standing, unless granted exemption by the department;

• Perform in a minimum of 2 student choreographed pieces during their studies at Hunter College;

• Earn a C grade or better in all courses required for the major (grades below C will not count toward the major).

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Dance 47-51 credit major distributed as follows: 

 

FOUNDATIONAL COURSES  

(0 - 4 credits) Students who do not place into a dance technique level 1 class must take DAN 10100 Fundamentals of Contemporary Dance (2 credits) and/or DAN 10500 Fundamentals of Ballet (2 credits) 

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A.     Movement Practices (16 credits)

(16 credits from the following techniques with a minimum of two courses from each genre. These courses may include but are not limited to the following: 

1.   Traditional African and Diasporic Forms 

2.   Contemporary/Modern Forms 

3.   European Dance Forms 

 

B.      Production, Performance, and Creative Work - all courses required (18 credits) 

1.   DAN12400 Production Crew (1)  

2.   DAN22100 Improvisation (2) 

3.   DAN22400 Stagecraft (2) 

4.   DAN32100 Composition I (2) 

5.   DAN42100 Composition 2 (2) 

6.   DAN42200 Capstone Project (3) 

7.   DAN42400 Production (2) 

8.   DAN43200 Repertory (2) * Required twice 

 

C.      Contextual Dance Studies - all courses required (13 credits) 

1.   DAN 20000 First Year Workshop (1) 

2.   DAN 23200 Global Dance History (3) 

3.   DAN 23300 Introduction to Critical Dance Studies (3) 

4.   DAN 25500 Dance Pedagogy (2) 

5.   DAN 35000 Anatomy and Kinesiology for Dancers (2) 

6.   DAN 46100 Seminar in Dance (2)  

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*Dance Technique and Creative Work courses are repeatable for elective credit. 

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Note: All required classes are not offered every semester. Annual meetings with dance advisers are essential for both majors and minors in order to assure that required coursework will be completed in time for graduation.

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Hunter Core Requirement

Several courses within this major may fulfill parts of the Hunter Core Requirement (CUNY Common Core Requirement [CCCR], Concurrent Requirements). When selecting courses, it may be to a student’s advantage to choose courses that count toward the Hunter Core Requirement and also advance the student on the path to the major. Details on the Hunter Core Requirement can be found here: General Education - Effective Fall 2019. Please note that no more than two courses from any one department will count for the CUNY Common Core Requirement. In the case of the dance major, the courses that meet CCCR are:
 

DAN 10200 Dance in Culture 

DAN 23200 Global Dance History 

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