Practice + Process

DAN4831B.03, section 3
Course System Home Terms Spring 2026 Practice + Process

Course Description

Summary

Each Practice + Process course is designed around the research/pedagogic interests of the faculty member leading the class. The overall curricular structure positions studio practice, creative process and critical reading, thinking and languaging as integrated elements within one course, enabling students to move between modes of learning, reflection and making.

Learning Outcomes

  • Students will foster critical thinking about the dancing body and ways of moving.
  • Students will combine and organize a body practice that reflects on and supports the physical demands of the expanding fields of dance research and performance.
  • Students will integrate movement through the frames of time, space and poetics.
  • Students will demonstrate readiness to assume the working life of a professional dancer, whether in academia, world stages or within one鈥檚 community.

Prerequisites

Previous dance experience required.

Instructor

  • Faculty TBA

Day and Time

M 3:40PM-5:30PM, T 4:10PM-6:00PM & 7:00PM-8:50PM, W 4:10PM-6:00PM, Th 3:40PM-5:30PM, F 4:10PM-6:00PM

Delivery Method

Fully in-person

Length of Course

3rd module block

Academic Term

Spring 2026

Area of Study

Credits

3 (BFA Only)

Course Level

4000

Maximum Enrollment

18

Course Frequency

Once a year