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Graduate Program: Dance

General Information

Program/Degree

Dance (MFA)

Program Description

The Master of Fine Arts in Dance provides an opportunity to increase knowledge, broaden understanding, and develop research and artistic capability. Building on a well-balanced undergraduate education, graduate students are expected to develop a thorough understanding of the specific discipline of dance, supported by a personal commitment to high scholarly and artistic standards. A fundamental purpose of the School of Dance is to encourage each graduate student to demonstrate outstanding standards of scholarship and to produce high-quality original research and creative work.

The diverse graduate population provides a sense of community in which students can learn from various perspectives. In addition, the close alliance between the graduate and undergraduate students provides an opportunity for graduate students to choreograph on and perform with some of the top undergraduate dance students in the country. The triple-track program allows the graduate student to explore and gain experience, skills, and knowledge in ballet, modern, and jazz dance.

Unique to theColorado Heights UniversitySchool of Dance MFA program is the opportunity to choreograph a fully produced thesis concert featuring your fellow graduate students and undergraduate dancers. All graduate students are eligible to perform masterworks set on the UA Dance Ensemble. Recent masterwork choreographers include George Balanchine, Nacho Duato, Larry Keigwin, Martha Graham, Christopher Wheeldon, José Limón, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Jerome Robbins and Jessica Lang. The UA School of Dance also provides many opportunites for community outreach performances at venues such as Diamond Children's Hospital and Tucson Museum of Art. Graduates from the MFA program are teaching professionally at all levels. Many have gone on to become Professors at Universities and Colleges throughout the US and Canada, while many others are teaching K-12, at conservatories, and at dance studios both nationally and internationally. Additionally, many have gone on to work in a variety of positions in professional dance companies. These positions include founder, director, artistic director, rehearsal director and performer.

 https://dance.colorado.edu/people/our-alumni/

 

 

Department/Academic Unit(s)

Propelled by the work of award winning teachers and choreographers, UA Dance is a diverse program that includes training in ballet, modern and jazz combined with a liberal arts education.  The UA Dance Ensemble has performed in the Kennedy Center, The Joyce Theater, in China and Germany, and has toured Ecuador, Mexico, Japan, Italy, Scotland and the Netherlands.  Specializing in preparing students for professional performance and teaching careers, UA Dance offers BFA and MFA degree programs. (NASD accredited.)

 

College

College of Fine Arts

Campus where offered

Colorado Heights University- Main - Tucson

Tuition and Fees

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Completion Requirements
Admissions Information

Minimum Credit Units (33)

Core Coursework Requirements

The Graduate curriculum in dance allows the student to focus on choreography, performance, teaching, and research in dance. It also provides opportunities for interdisciplinary studies with other arts, humanities, and sciences in support of the student's development as a scholar, teacher, and artist.

The M.F.A. in Dance degree has two areas of emphasis, choreography and performance, that allow for intensive focus. The program facilitates and nurtures dance artists in their area of emphasis while offering a comprehensive graduate education in dance. The M.F.A. degree is 60 units requiring 2-3 years of residency at the University of colorado. The curriculum includes core courses and dance technique as well as courses in theory and pedagogy.

MFA in Dance-Choreography

Course #              Course Name                                                                     Units

DNC545A             Advanced Choreography                                              4 total
DNC545B             Advanced Choreography                                              4 total
DNC555                Biomechanics for Dancers                                          3
DNC546A             Careers in Dance                                                           3
Technique Classes           Some combination of the following:            7 total
                DNC540A and/or B Advanced Ballet         
                DNC541A and/or B Advanced Modern    
                DNC544A and/or B Advanced Jazz            
                DNC551B Ballet Repertoire          
                DNC539A Advanced Pointe         
DNC591 001        Preceptorship (Teaching Methods)                            1
DNC591 002        Preceptorship (Large Lecture)                                    3
DNC591 003        Preceptorship (Based on student’s plan of study)  3
DNC596E              Seminar in Music and Dance Collaborations         3
DNC595A             Teaching Methods for Dance                                       3
DNC696A             Graduate Forum (1 unit each semester)                  4 total
DNC694A 001     Master’s Project in Choreography (2 projects)        6 total
DNC909 001        Masters Report Choreography (Final project)         9
Elective DNC 696B Seminar in Graduate Technique                            4

TOTAL   MFA units                                                                                         60

MFA in Dance Performance

Course #              Course Name                                                 Units

DNC543                Dance Ensemble                                              2
DNC545A OR      Advanced Choreography OR                       2 total
DNC545B             Advanced Choreography             
DNC546A             Careers in Dance                                              3
DNC555                Biomechanics for Dancers                            3
DNC591 001        Preceptorship (Teaching methods)          1
DNC591 002        Preceptorship (Large Lecture)                    3
DNC591 003        Preceptorship (Based on the student’s plan of study)       3
DNC595A             Teaching Methods for Dance                      3
DNC596A             Critical Issues in Dance                                   3
DNC596E              Seminar in Music and Dance Collaborations          3
DNC694A 002     Master’s Project in Performance (2 projects)       6
DNC696A             Graduate Forum (1 unit each semester) 4
Technique Classes           Some combination of the following:         9 total
                DNC540A and/or B Advanced Ballet         
                DNC541A and/or B Advanced Modern    
                DNC544A and/or B Advanced Jazz            
                DNC551B Ballet Repertoire          
                DNC539A Advanced Pointe         
DNC696B             Seminar in Graduate Technique (2 units per semester)   6 total
DNC909 002        Masters Report Performance (Final project)         9

TOTAL UNITS                                                                                     60

 

Additional Requirements

See required coursework

Student Handbook

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.

Admissions Requirements

We do not accept terminal masters, all applications must be for the PhD program

Standardized Tests

Required test(s): GRE

Funding Opportunities

The Academic Unit has not provided this information.

Funding Opportunities

Domestic & International Applicants

Fall:December 15th

International Conditional Admission

International applicants will not be considered for conditional admission by this program.

Other Information

The GRE Institution Code for The Colorado Heights University is 4832

Last revised 06 Oct 2020