Dance Major, B.A.

About this Program

密歇根州立大学丹佛分校的克莱奥·帕克·罗宾逊舞蹈

The MSU Denver’s Dance Major is distinctive in its versatility and its partnership with Cleo Parker Robinson Dance (CPRD). CPRD is recognized worldwide for its dynamic cross-cultural curriculum, community engagement, innovative choreography, 以及美国舞蹈遗产的推广. In this exciting program, CPRD’s mission of social transformation through dance and MSU Denver’s academic rigor and focus on real world experience converge.

The dance curriculum includes coursework in African dance and drumming, ballet, belly dance, hip hop, jazz, modern, tap, dance history and culture, 社区舞蹈练习, somatics, pedagogy, improvisation, choreography, 当代舞蹈和跨学科表演, dance entrepreneurship, movement analysis, 舞蹈制作与管理.

这个项目的灵活性非常好, enabling students to tailor their majors according to an area of emphasis that reflects their specific educational and career goals. This flexibility is supported through a generous number of electives that allow students to combine courses from departments across MSU Denver, 参加额外的舞蹈选修课, and participate in individualized field experience and internship projects that give them hands on experience in preparation for their careers.

舞蹈学士学位和辅修要求

Dance, B.A. Advising Sheet

舞蹈，辅修指导表

 

在皇冠体育官网获得学位的好处

The flexibility of the major is coupled with invaluable access to a world-class dance organization, afforded by the program’s partnership with Cleo Parker Robinson Dance (CPRD). CPRD is recognized as a leader in its culturally diverse programming and community engagement, 这在公司的剧目中是显而易见的, the international guest artists that make their way through its facilities, 学生和专业人士在剧院表演, 以及公司在学院所做的工作, 通过公立学校和社区活动. The focus on individualized, 高水平体验式学习, 无论是管理领域还是艺术领域, 以及广泛的心肺复苏, 在其他舞蹈节目中是独一无二的吗.

Course offerings, such as Advanced/Professional Company class and MSU Dance Ensemble, in addition to Student Development Grants and Service Learning opportunities in Dance Administration, Pedagogy, and Community-Based Dance will add to students’ experiential learning opportunities. 在CPRD开设了几个舞蹈项目技术课程. In addition, 学生可以参加专业剧团的排练, 参加实地实习和带薪实习项目, and can earn credit by participating in the International Summer Dance Institute. Students have multiple performance opportunities in the CPRD theatre each year, including Senior Concerts, 春季的CPRD展示会, 以及密歇根州立大学的舞蹈节目制作. MSU Denver also has many performance spaces students have access to through DTAPP, 学生组织的校园舞蹈组织.

多名舞蹈教师是密歇根州立大学丹佛创业奖学金获得者, where they work as part of a cross-disciplinary cohort to develop entrepreneurship curriculum across campus. In her book, 创意跨领域创业，国际知名学者和培训师. Dianne Welsh, defines entrepreneurship as being “creative and innovative in all you do that creates value.” The entrepreneurial focus in the dance program requires students to put Welsh’s definition into action each day, enhancing their abilities to utilize their skill sets and create opportunities for themselves to thrive as leaders and valuable contributors to their communities through arts-based entrepreneurship.

毕业生的就业机会

Dance training develops transferable skills such as critical and entrepreneurial thinking, creative problem solving, collaborative teamwork, organization, discipline, time management, 表达能力和韧性. The dance major will prepare students to undertake a variety of careers, undergo professional training in the pursuit of specific dance-related or therapeutic careers, 或者继续在研究生院学习.

Artistic

• 专业舞蹈团艺术总监
• 舞团排演总监
• Choreographer
• Performer

Teaching and Outreach

• Professor of Dance (Requires a Master’s degree or PHD in Dance)
• Dance Educator
• Dance Outreach Coordinator

政府/企业/业务

• 非牟利艺术机构的创办人及/或总监
• Dance Studio Owner
• 舞蹈教育协调员/舞蹈学校主任
• 舞团业务经理
• 社区剧院或艺术中心经理
• 资助作家/筹款人/艺术组织财务
• Booking/Tour Manager
• 公共关系协调员/市场经理
• 艺术公司网页设计/社交媒体管理
• Development Director
• 人才协调员/艺人经理
• 舞蹈工作坊/艺术节总监
• Special Events Planner for a Dance Company or Arts Organization
• Box Office Manager
• 法律(与艺术、知识产权或娱乐有关)
• 艺术委员会/文化团体

文档、研究和写作

• Dance Writer/Critic/Editor
• Dance Notator (Requires training in Labanotation or Benesh Movement Notation)
• Dance Photographer
• Dance Videographer
• 舞蹈历史学家和/或作家
• Dance Archivist

Production/Technical

• Production Manager
• Stage Manager
• Front of House Manager
• Stagehand
• Lighting Designer
• Technical Director
• Costume Designer
• 舞蹈技师(摄影、录像 & 声音剪辑、投影设计等.)

Therapeutic Services

• 舞蹈治疗师(需要研究生学习)
• 按摩治疗师(需要额外的培训和执照)
• Personal Trainer (Requires additional training and certification)
• Group Fitness Instructor (Requires additional training and certification)
• Yoga/Pilates/Gyrotonics Instructor (Requires additional training and certification)
• 身体从业者-亚历山大技术, Feldnekrais, Skinner Releasing Technique, Klein Technique, Laban Movement Analysis, Barteneiff Fundamentals, etc. (都需要额外的培训和认证)

舞蹈专业的普通研究生院选择

• MFA(编舞，表演)
• MA or PHD (dance therapy, dance history, dance education, dance scholarship)

Some students choose professional programs such as law or business, 通常与艺术有关, among others.

Featured Faculty

Leslie Merrill

Leslie Merrill is a Co-Coordinator of the Dance Program and has been teaching dance for over 20 years. She holds an MFA in Dance from the University of Colorado and has performed professionally and presented her choreographic and video work nationally and internationally in places such as British Columbia, Mexico, and Germany.

Nicole Predki

Nicole Predki是舞蹈项目的联合协调员. Nicole teaches because she believes that everyone can dance and create and strives to give students the confidence and tools to do both. She has an MFA in dance from the University of Colorado Boulder with a focus in somatics and multidisciplinary performance and graduated with a B.S. 纽约哥伦比亚大学环境科学专业.

Program Accolades

Dance faculty have been presented with Community Engagement Awards and selected as Entrepreneurial Fellows through MSU Denver. 舞蹈学生组织, DTAPP, has received generous student travel funding to attend multiple American College Dance Festival conferences, and has been nominated for various student involvement and leadership awards.

Cleo Parker Robinson has won numerous awards, including MSU Denver’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Award, 科罗拉多州州长优秀奖, the Denver’s Mayor’s Award, 肯尼迪中心荣誉勋章, NEWSED民权奖, and the King M. Trimble Community Award for service to the Denver community, among many others. 她是2017年美国舞蹈奖的获奖者, and has also been inducted into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame and the Blacks in Colorado Hall of Fame.

Alumni at Work

MSU Denver Dance students are working or have worked in the field in the following capacities:

• Colorado Ballet Employee
• Disney Performer
• Dance Studio Owners
• After-school dance instructor at a public school serving primarily refugees
• 私人舞蹈工作室的教练
• 与像堂吉诃德这样的专业公司合作
• Choreographers, rehearsal directors, and dance captains for various theatrical productions
• 科罗拉多州一所特许学校的舞蹈和戏剧老师
• Sharing the healing power of dance with women in prison through Dance 2B Free