Application forms are available online and in the department. Links conditioning skills, movement therapies, and neuromuscular patterning through the process of building strength, alignment, and muscular awareness essential for foundational work in ballet and modern. Studio work, films, readings, lectures, and performances trace the history, technique, and artistry of tap from the 1930's to the present. Intensive practice in writing about dance. Readings drawn from 19th and 20th century criticism.
Observation includes weekly performances and classrooms videotape sessions.
Examines the history and choreographic features of Latin American and Caribbean dance forms to uncover the ways in which dancing shapes national, racial, and gender identities. Focuses on the globalization of these dances in New York City.