Dance and Performance Studies - Roger Williams University

Dance and Performance Studies from Roger Williams University is a Campus Bachelor Dance degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. The Department of Dance and Performance Studies develops highly trained, creatively active, and professionally oriented students with its unique curriculum. A Bachelor of Arts degree is offered in dance/performance. An audition is required for acceptance into the major program. The program allows for individual attention from the faculty, all working professionals. Courses are offered in technique (ballet, modern, jazz, tap, ethnic and social forms), choreography, history, pedagogy, movement analysis, kinesiology, and performance techniques. Additionally, it is the only dance-based university program to provide training in movement theatre in the United States. Majors are expected to maintain a continuing level of technical and creative development and are evaluated each semester by the faculty. Students broaden their backgrounds in the related arts, foster perceptive appreciation and develop a sense of artistic discrimination. Each year, the department welcomes to campus notable guest artists for teaching and choreographic residencies and performance collaborations. Artists have included Se?n Curran, Doug Elkins, Heidi Latsky, Carl Flink, Molissa Fenley, Billy Siegenfeld, Margie Gillis, Creach/Koester, Arthur Hall, Meredith Monk, Marty Beller, Emilie Plauch?, Fred Curchack, Bill Evans, Daniel Stein, Laura Glenn, Gilles Obermayer, and Claire Porter. Selected students have an opportunity to compose, perform, and produce their own works in studio performances. Auditions are held each semester for The Dance Theatre, the university dance company that presents major concert series and mini-concerts, workshops, and presentations in the state and region. Each year, the Dance Theatre participates in the American College Dance Festival in various parts of the country and has performed several times at the National Gala Concert at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. Any interested dance student may participate in the dance component of the London theatre program during the junior or senior year. PK-12 Dance Teacher Certification is offered for qualified majors through the Department of Education. Students should see the program faculty for information, program requirements, and curriculum advisement. View more details on Roger Williams University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Dance courses.