The undergraduate minor in dance requires a minimum of 15 s.h. in University of Iowa Department of Dance courses. Students must maintain a cumulative grade-point average of 3.00 in all courses for the minor and in all UI courses for the minor. Coursework in the minor may not be taken pass/nonpass.
Auditions for Admission to the Minor
For incoming first-year students, an audition is required for the minor in order to determine placement in ballet and contemporary movement practices classes. An online application is required in order to audition; visit Undergraduate Applications on the Department of Dance website. Contact the Department of Dance for more information or questions about auditions. Students may be invited to join the dance major after their audition for the minor.
Students who have already matriculated at the University of Iowa may add the minor without an audition by contacting the Department of Dance, but they must audition for placement in ballet and contemporary movement practices if they wish to take majors level courses (numbered 2000 and above) in these genres.
Required Coursework
The minor in dance requires the following coursework. Students must complete all prerequisites for the courses they choose for the minor. In order to enroll in DANC:3530 Major Ballet II, students must have taken at least two semesters of DANC:3030 Major Ballet I; to enroll in DANC:3540 Major Contemporary Movement Practices II, students must have taken at least two semesters of DANC:3040 Major Contemporary Movement Practices I.
| Course # | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| This course: | ||
| DANC:2060 | Dance and Society in Global Contexts | 3 |
| One of these: | ||
| DANC:1150/LAS:1150 | Brazilian Culture and Carnival | 3 |
| DANC:2065 | Performing Power/Performing Protest: The Body, Identity, and the Image | 3 |
| DANC:2085 | Introduction to African Caribbean Dance Practices | 3 |
| DANC:2150 | Brazilian Social Dance: The Samba | 2 |
| Students select the remaining dance courses for the minor from these, to total 15 s.h.: | ||
| DANC:1060 | Introduction to Dance Studies | 1 |
| DANC:1090 | Dance Production | 3 |
| DANC:1170 | Functional Anatomy | 1 |
| DANC:2020 | Intermediate Jazz (maximum of 6 s.h. of all intermediate-level coursework will count toward the minor) | 3 |
| DANC:2025 | Intermediate Hip Hop Dance (maximum of 6 s.h. of all intermediate-level coursework will count toward the minor) | 3 |
| DANC:2029 | Intermediate Ballet for Nonmajors (maximum of 6 s.h. of all intermediate-level coursework will count toward the minor) | 2 |
| DANC:2030 | Majors Intermediate Ballet (maximum of 6 s.h. of all intermediate-level coursework will count toward the minor) | 3 |
| DANC:2040 | Majors Intermediate Contemporary Movement Practices (maximum of 6 s.h. of all intermediate-level coursework will count toward the minor) | 3 |
| DANC:2050 | Introduction to Improvisation and Composition | 3 |
| DANC:3010 | Topics in Global Movement Practices | 2 |
| DANC:3030 | Major Ballet I (mandatory Department of Dance audition; enrollment is limited to the fall semester) | 1-3 |
| DANC:3040 | Major Contemporary Movement Practices I (mandatory Department of Dance audition; enrollment is limited to the fall semester) | 1-3 |
| DANC:3050 | Body/Image: Dance and Media in Discourse and Practice | 3 |
| DANC:3060 | Western Concert Dance History: Romantic to Contemporary | 3 |
| DANC:3070 | Dance Kinesiology | 3 |
| DANC:3150 | Choreography I | 2 |
| DANC:3530 | Major Ballet II (mandatory Department of Dance audition; enrollment is limited to the fall semester) | 1-2 |
| DANC:3540 | Major Contemporary Movement Practices II (mandatory Department of Dance audition; enrollment is limited to the fall semester) | 1-2 |
| DANC:3700 | Dance Pedagogy: Theories, Issues, and Perspectives | 3 |
| DANC:3710/INTM:3700 | Topics in Intermedia | 4 |
| DANC:3851/MUS:3851 | Introduction to the Alexander Technique | 3 |
| DANC:3852 | Introduction to the Feldenkrais Method: Posture, Perception, and Pain Relief | 3 |
| DANC:3853 | Introduction to Klein Technique | 2 |
| DANC:4030 | Major Ballet III | 1-2 |
| DANC:4034 | Ballet Pointe I | 1 |
| DANC:4035 | Ballet Pointe II | 1-2 |
| DANC:4040 | Major Contemporary Movement Practices III | 1-2 |
| DANC:4452 | MFA Independent Project Research Lab | arr. |
| DANC:4453 | MFA Thesis Research Lab | arr. |
| DANC:4454 | Faculty Creative Research Lab | arr. |
| DANC:4540 | Major Contemporary Movement Practices IV | 1 |
| DANC:4880 | Dance Gala Performance | 1-4 |
| DANC:4882 | Undergraduate Concert | 1-4 |
| DANC:4883 | Faculty Concert | 1-4 |
| DANC:4884 | Undergraduate Event | 1-4 |
| DANC:4885 | MFA Thesis Concert | 1-4 |
| DANC:4886 | BFA Concert | 1-4 |
| DANC:4887 | MFA Event | 1-2 |
| DANC:4888 | Special Project Student Performance | arr. |