DNCE 1012 - Dance & Production: Technical Skills
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Fall 2021 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2024 / Fall 2025
Introduces foundational technical skills for working with lighting, sound, video, projection in our dance spaces and performance venues. In addition to practical hands-on learning, we explore how technical performance design can empower dance makers and designers. This course will support the production of a performance within the dance program season. We refuse to separate: 1) mind and body; 2) dance and other disciplines; 3) us from one another. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.
DNCE 4012 - Dance & Production: Experiments in Design
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Spring 2022 / Spring 2023 / Spring 2024 / Spring 2025 / Spring 2026
Expands on foundational technical skills and works toward complex artistic experimentation with lighting, sound, and video design elements. Provides practical experience in designing, producing, and collaborating for formal and informal live dance performances. We refuse to separate: 1) mind and body; 2) dance and other disciplines; 3) us from one another. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours. Same as DNCE 5012.
DNCE 4909 - Dance and Special Topics
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Spring 2026
Explores topics and research in and through dance such as technology, environment, performance, politics, martial arts, somatics, social and racial justice, criticism, and more that the normal sequence of course offerings may not allow. We refuse to separate: 1) mind and body; 2) dance and other disciplines; 3) us from one another. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours. Same as DNCE 2909 and DNCE 3909 and DNCE 5909.
DNCE 4939 - Dance & Community Practice
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Summer 2023 / Fall 2024 / Spring 2025
Offers an opportunity to go do something real in the community with dance. This student driven internship is supported by faculty mentorship in collaboration with an established arts or teaching organization. We refuse to separate: 1) mind and body; 2) dance and other disciplines; 3) us from one another. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.
DNCE 5012 - Dance & Production: Experiments in Design
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Fall 2021 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2023 / Spring 2024 / Fall 2025
Expands on foundational technical skills and works toward complex artistic experimentation with lighting, sound, and video design elements. Provides practical experience in designing, producing, and collaborating for formal and informal live dance performances. We refuse to separate: 1) mind and body; 2) dance and other disciplines; 3) us from one another. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours. Same as DNCE 4012.
THTR 3075 - Sound Design
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Spring 2022 / Fall 2024
Hands on practical and creative exploration of the theatrical sound design process. Students will expand their understanding of sound design in the theatre through explorations in audio tools and technologies, sound system design and application, live mixing and troubleshooting skills, and enhancing theatrical performances using sound as an artistic medium.
THTR 3149 - Professional Orientation: Exploring Professional Potentials for THTR and DNCE Maj
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Spring 2024
Explores and identifies a wide range of professional opportunities connected to personal strengths and interests in theatre and dance by studying current professional practices, trends and cross-disciplinary connections. Instructor will: provide information/learning needed from representative professionals; open avenues to find/create employment opportunities towards internship consideration/post-graduation; and mentor structured self-assessment/professional development.
THTR 4149 - Theatre Internship
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Summer 2023
Provides opportunities for theatre majors to explore career opportunities in theatre fields other than, or in addition to, those with performance emphasis. Students apply knowledge and skills developed in their major studies to a practical work experience. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Recommended requisite: 30 credit hours in THTR.
THTR 4175 - Conceptualization
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Spring 2023 / Spring 2025
Fosters creativity and collaboration through a variety of diverse projects where students conceive of live, performative productions, events and experiences. Offers both individual and team exercises that stimulate visualization, expression, documentation and communication of creative ideas, including their overall scope, aesthetic, style, audience relationship and mode of presentation. Same as THTR 5175.
