Division of the Arts
Website: http://dance.bard.edu
Updated December
3, 2021
Advising
Faculty
1.
Maria
Q. Simpson (director)
2.
Souleymane Badolo
3.
Yebel Gallegos
4.
Tara
Lorenzen
5.
Lindsay Walker Clark
Non-Advising Faculty:
1.
GIBNEY
select Teaching Artists
Areas
of study: technique (ballet, modern, west african), composition, dance
history, dance science, performance and production, dance repertory.
Moderation Requirements:
1.
7
credits of dance technique courses
2.
Dance
Composition I
3.
Dance
Composition II
For acceptance into the major, all moderating
students must present performance-ready work for consideration in the annual
spring moderation concert. Each moderating student will submit 3 essays - two as required by the
college and the third essay discusses a choreographer that has influenced your
artistic life. Once accepted into the Program, students may choose to
concentrate in creative work, performance, or both.
Graduation Requirements:
4.
two
courses in Technique per semester, including; three Ballet
courses, a minimum of two courses in a non-western dance form or
practice (e.g. African diaspora, Palestinian dabkeh); to
include at least one semester of an upper level course
5.
Dance
Composition III (not required if concentrating in performance)
6.
DAN
360 Dance History
7.
DAN
355 Materials of Movement/Anatomy
8.
Participation
in a dance work/piece for performance - student and/or faculty
9.
one
Practicing Arts course outside of the Dance Program
10.
One
course in a somatic practice (e.g. Alexander Technique)
11.
Writing
and/or criticism course (e.g. Philosophy of Art) by junior year
12.
Junior Seminar - a course whose central topic will explore
issues relevant to contemporary dance practice.
13.
Senior
Project I & Senior Project II - which includes a required weekly
writing LAB that allows
seniors to share their
research and writing with peers, under the guidance of a member of the dance
faculty
Additionally,
attendance at Dance Workshop is required of all majors. Held each semester, the
workshops help students prepare for any one of four annual
productions. For the Senior Project in Dance, students prepare
choreography, performance, or other material of appropriate scope and size for
public presentation. All Senior Projects include a 20- to 30-page
paper.
Sample Program of Study
|
First Year |
Sophomore Year |
Junior Year |
Senior Year |
|
•
FYSEM I (fall) •
1-2-cred DAN technique |
•
2-cred DAN technique •
DAN 217 Comp II •
Elective |
•
ART 101 Painting I •
PHIL 230 •
2-cred DAN technique |
•
Sr. Project I (fall) •
DAN 355 Materials of Movement/ Anatomy •
2-cred DAN technique |
|
•
FYSEM II (spring) •
2-cred DAN technique •
DAN 117 Comp I |
•
2-cred DAN technique •
DAN 103 Intro to
Contemporary African Dance Moderation |
•
DAN 360 Dance History •
DAN 317 Comp III •
Elective •
2-cred DAN technique |
•
Sr. Project II (spring) •
Elective •
2-cred DAN technique |