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 range 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.