2014-15 Pomona College Catalog 
    
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Dance Major


Requirements for the Major in Dance


The following courses are required for all majors:

  1. At least one full credit (or the equivalent) Modern Dance Technique.
  2. At least one full credit (or the equivalent) Ballet Technique.
  3. DANC 135 PO - Traditions of World Dance  or DANC 101 SC - History of Dance in Western Culture: 1600-present .
  4. DANC 130 PO - Language of the Body  or DANC 103 SC - Laban Movement Analysis .
  5. DANC 140 PO - Beginning Creative Movement Exploration  or DANC 159 SC - Dance Composition I  or DANC 160 PO - Anatomy and Kinesiology .
  6. DANC 160 PO - Anatomy and Kinesiology .
  7. DANC 192 PO - Senior Project .

 

Performance Emphasis – Additional Required Courses


  1. One half credit (or the equivalent) Dance Repertory (DANC 180 PO , DANC 181 PO , DANC 181 PPO ).
  2. One course from the following: Theatre THEA 023 PO - Theatre Crafts ; THEA 024 PO - Sound for the Theatre ; THEA 002 PO - The Dramatic Imagination .
  3. Music MUS 057 PO - A Survey of Western Music , or MUS 065 PO - Introduction to World Music , by permission.
  4. One full course in non-Western theatre or dance.
  5. Two production crew assignments (THEA 52, cumulative credit).

Movement Studies Emphasis – Additional Required Courses


  1. THEA 1, Introduction to Acting or other Theatre course.
  2. Full course (or the equivalent) non-western theatre, dance or music.
  3. 1.5 course credits from the following: DANC 165 PO , DANC 166 PO - Somatic Movement Techniques ; DANC 170 PO - The Mind in Motion ; DANC 175 PO , DANC 176 PO - Alexander Technique in Motion ; DANC 102 SC - Dynamics of Human Movement .
  4. Two production crew assignments (THEA 52) or one production crew assignment and one service/teaching project.