Minor in Dance
Dance students develop technical and performance skills and study the aesthetics, history, and criticism of dance. From improvisational techniques to classical ballet, from modern and postmodern dance forms to sound body mechanics, strength, and flexibility, our students receive a thorough education in the physical arts.
Dance is an integral part of any performing arts program, which is why the Department of Theatre Arts at Lewis & Clark offers a Minor in Dance. Students in the Dance program have many opportunities to perform in faculty-and student-choreographed work, including the annual Dance Extravaganza. In addition, they often participate in the annual Northwest Regional American College Dance Festival during spring semester. Student choreography can be presented for review at the festival, which offers classes, workshops, and performances over four days.
- Demonstrate a physical understanding of a variety of dance forms, individual movement vocabulary, and technique through performance.
- Develop physical and artistic self-awareness and integrate theory into the physical practice.
- Demonstrate visual, kinesthetic, and textual literacy of various dance forms through informed writing and conversations about artistic works.
- Articulate in written and verbal form the role of dance in social, cultural, and historical contexts.
To fulfill a minor in dance, a minimum of 26 semester credits is required, distributed as follows:
- TH 106 Fundamentals of Movement
- TH 110A Theatre Laboratory
- TH 308 Dance Composition and Improvisation
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4 semester credits in dance forms/history chosen from the following:
Social Dance Forms: History, Practice, and Social Significance Dance in Context: History and Criticism -
8 semester credits in dance technique, chosen from the following:
Ballet Contemporary Dance Technique Contact Improvisation Creative Movement Choreography and Production: Dance Extravaganza -
4 semester credits chosen from the following:
Acting I: Fundamentals Stage Lighting Devised Performance
Theatre is located in Fir Acres Theatre on the Undergraduate Campus.
MSC: 54
email theatre@lclark.edu
voice 503-768-7491
fax 503-768-7671
Chair Rebecca Lingafelter
Theatre
Lewis & Clark
615 S. Palatine Hill Road
Portland OR 97219