University of Rochester: Program of Movement & Dance

courses & clusters

The Program of Movement and Dance offers a broad variety of classes and clusters. These classes are not offered every semester so please check the course catalog website for the latest information. Please contact the office for any additional questions.

Cluster Descriptions

Body and Community
Improvisation and Creative Process
Mind-Body Somatics
Movement and Culture

 

Course Descriptions

DAN 101 World Dance: Movement as Culture
DAN 102 Fundamentals of Movement
DAN 103 Fundamentals of Movement II
DAN 113 Sacred Dance and Yoga
DAN 114 Introduction to Yoga
DAN 116 Contemporary Ballet
DAN 120 Introduction to Aikido
DAN 180 Creative Middle Eastern Dance
DAN 185 Tap Dance: Making Music &               Motion
DAN 202 Contact Improvisation
DAN 203 Contact Improvisation II
DAN 204 Contact Improvisation and               Culture
DAN 205 An On-Screen Tour of Dance
DAN 207 Dance - A Force for Social Change
DAN 208 T'ai Chi and Chinese Thought
DAN 209 Qi Gong: Chinese Way to Health
DAN 211 Exploration in Qi and Culture
DAN 212 Experiencing The Body
DAN 213 Alexander Technique Effortless               Movement
DAN 214 Community, Earth, & Body
DAN 215 Honoring All Life
DAN 216 Yoga & Experiential Anatomy
DAN 217 Body as Medium:               Performance Art
DAN 218 Dance and Community
DAN 225 Embracing Experience
DAN 226 Embracing Experience II
DAN 265 Contemporary Dance Technique
DAN 266 Contemporary Dance               Technique II
DAN 270 Capoeira: Brazilian Art Movement
DAN 275 Dance Composition
DAN 280 West African Dance
DAN 281 Dance, Culture & Ethnicity
DAN 285 Tap Improvisation &               Choreography
DAN 340 African Performance
DAN 340 Capoeira II: Music and Motion
DAN 340 Cross-Patterning & Body Work
DAN 342 Creative Improvisation
              Through World Percussion

DAN 370 The Creative Process
DAN 385 Dance Production Workshop
DAN 386 Dance Production Workshop II
DAN 391 Independent Study