Session Description

First-Second Years Classes in your first two years focus on the fundamentals of contemporary dance, as well as ballet technique to create a well-rounded dancer. You will be required to take courses on contemporary partnering, dance composition and improvisation, rhythmic theory and movement, and the history and evolution of the art form. You will also take part in a repertory course to develop your skills through a range of choreography with faculty or guest artists. As part of your degree, you will take liberal arts courses. Third-Fourth Years In addition to more challenging and demanding courses on contemporary and ballet technique, dance composition and improvisation, and contemporary repertory, you will be introduced to practical career and business issues such as unions, agents and managers, audition strategies, companies, contract negotiations and developing a digital portfolio. You will also study the history of modern dance, as well as approaches and styles in contemporary dance instruction. In your final year, you will be expected to choreograph a short work, selecting dancers and music, scheduling rehearsals and having an open showing as part of the Emerging Choreographers performances. In your third year, you will participate in the M3 Spree program as part of your Dance Composition and Improvisation course, which includes original choreography performed at the M3 Spree concert. In your fourth year, you will participate in the Pluck Project, a school-sponsored group of graduating dancers who choreograph solos and perform original works in New York City for professional choreographers and directors.