2011-12 Pomona College Catalog

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Dance Major

Requirements for the Major in Dance

The following courses are required for all majors:

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

Performance Emphasis – Additional Required Courses

One half credit (or the equivalent) Dance Repertory (DANC 180 PO , DANC 181 PO , DANC 181 PPO ).
One course from the following: Theatre THEA 020A PO - Theatre Crafts: Costumes, Scenery and Properties. ; THEA 020B PO - Theatre Crafts: Lighting and Sound ; THEA 002 PO - Visual Arts of the Theatre .
Music MUS 057 PO - A Survey of Western Music , or MUS 065 PO - Introduction to World Music , by permission.
One full course in non-Western theatre or dance.
Two production crew assignments (THEA 52, cumulative credit).

Movement Studies Emphasis – Additional Required Courses

THEA 1, Introduction to Acting or THEA 004 PO - Queer Theatre Activism .
Full course (or the equivalent) non-western theatre, dance or music.
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 ; DANCE 102SC - Dynamics of Human Movement.
Two production crew assignments (THEA 52) or one production crew assignment and one service/teaching project.