Dance Education Curriculum

Our curriculum encourages integration of creative/artistic inquiry, pedagogic inquiry and research inquiry. Fieldwork is integral to the learning in many of our courses. Through engaging with the field, students have the opportunity to analyze educational models, exercise researcher skills, develop professional networks, and to awaken to the “realistic idealism” that propels the future growth of arts education.

Required courses may include:

Creative/Artistic	Pedagogy	Research
Artistic Resources for Dance Education	Methods & Materials for Teaching Dance	Introduction to Laban Movement Analysis
Improvisation	Teaching Dance in Higher Education	Research in Dance Education
Intermediate & Advanced Technique and Pedagogy	Teaching Creative Movement	Independent Research & Study
Composition/Teaching Performance of Dance	Jazz Dance in Higher Education	Seminar in Dance Education

Current offerings include:

Anatomy & Kinesiology
African Dance
Dunham Based African Dance
Hip Hop
Intercultural Dance
Tap Fusion
Music for Dance
Contemporary Dance Origins
Dance History
Human Development in the Arts
Principles of Dance/Movement Therapy
Dance for the Special Child
Fieldwork in Dance: Higher Education & Professions
Fieldwork in Dance: Elementary/Secondary
Student Teaching in Dance

Out of program courses may include:

Alexander Technique
Private Voice Instruction
Educational Theater
Inquiries into Teaching & Learning
Adolescent Development
Educational Administration
College Student Learning & Development

In accordance with New York State regulations, all points used toward graduation for the masters degree must be at the .2000-level.

Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions - 35 W. 4th Street, Suite 777 - New York, NY 10012 - (212) 998-5424