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First-Year Dance Intensive — DAN2107.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: terry creach
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Primarily for first-years, but for any student who has a serious interest in dance, whether or not they have previous dance experience. We will consider many aspects of dance making, including an investigation of the physical sensations and impulses that inform our moving; the development of one's own physical awareness and movement skills; improvisational structures that test
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First-Year Dance Intensive — DAN2107.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Terry Creach
Credits: 4
Primarily for first-years, but for any student who has a serious interest in dance, whether or not they have previous dance experience. We will consider many aspects of dance making, including an investigation of the physical sensations and impulses that inform our moving; the development of one’s own physical awareness and movement skills; improvisational structures that test
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First-Year Dance Intensive — DAN2107.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Terry Creach
Credits: 4
Primarily for first-years, but for any student who has a serious interest in dance, whether or not they have previous dance experience. We will consider many aspects of dance making, including an investigation of the physical sensations and impulses that inform our moving; the development of one’s own physical awareness and movement skills; improvisational structures that test
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Floor to Standing: How We Get Up, How We Go — DAN2370.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Elena Demyanenko
Credits: 2
This course will introduce students to physical fundamentals often utilized in Western contemporary dance techniques. This class will attend to the physical structure of the body—including its commonalities and idiosyncrasies—to build the strength and range required to move horizontally and vertically, with gravity and against it, with momentum and in stillness. We will work
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Fundamentals of Buddhism and Meditation — DAN2411.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: John Bullock
Credits: 2
In this class we will investigate the basic tenets of Buddhism and the practice of meditation. The class will focus on discussions of the reading and writing materials as well as in-class meditation experience. The goal of this course is to deepen our collective understanding of the intimate connection and complementarity of Buddhist ideas and meditation. The class discussions
Cultural Studies and Languages Dance

Ghostly Body- The Art of Absence — DAN2349.01

Spring 2026
Instructor: Mina Nishimura
Days & Time: WE 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 2

This course requires no previous dance experience, and is open to anyone who is interested in the art of absence or art that deals with the presence of things we cannot see — the invisibles, empty space and silence – found across different art forms and practices.

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Ghostly Body- The Art of Absence — DAN2349.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Mina Nishimura
Credits: 2
This course requires no previous dance experience, and is open to anyone who is interested in the art of absence or art that deals with the presence of things we cannot see -- the invisibles, empty space and silence – found across different art forms and practices. We will investigate the potentiality of “in-between space” and “subject-less body,” while introducing some
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Ghostly Body- The Art of Absence — DAN2349.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Mina Nishimura
Credits: 2
This course requires no previous dance experience, and is open to anyone who is interested in the art of absence or art that deals with the presence of things we cannot see -- the invisibles, empty space and silence – found across different art forms and practices. We will investigate the potentiality of “in-between space” and “subject-less body,” while introducing some
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Graduate Assistantship in Dance — DAN5301.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: terry creach
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Graduate students in Dance are integrated into the dance program as teaching assistants, production assistants or dance archival assistants. In consultation with their academic advisor and the dance faculty, MFA candidates develop an assistantship schedule of approximately ten hours weekly.
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Graduate Assistantship in Dance — DAN5301.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Dana Reitz
Credits: 4
Graduate students in Dance are integrated into the dance program as teaching assistants, production assistants or dance archival assistants. In consultation with their academic advisor and the dance faculty, MFA candidates develop an assistantship schedule of approximately ten hours weekly.
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Graduate Assistantship in Dance — DAN5301.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Dana Reitz
Credits: 4
Graduate students in Dance are integrated into the dance program as teaching assistants, production assistants or dance archival assistants. In consultation with their academic advisor and the dance faculty, MFA candidates develop an assistantship schedule of approximately ten hours weekly.
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Graduate Assistantship in Dance — DAN5301.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Dana Reitz
Credits: 4
Graduate students in Dance are integrated into the dance program as teaching assistants, production assistants or dance archival assistants. In consultation with their academic advisor and the dance faculty, MFA candidates develop an assistantship schedule of approximately ten hours weekly.
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Graduate Assistantship in Dance — DAN5301.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Terry Creach
Credits: 4
Graduate students in Dance are integrated into the dance program as teaching assistants, production assistants or dance archival assistants. In consultation with their academic advisor and the dance faculty, MFA candidates develop an assistantship schedule of approximately ten hours weekly.
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Graduate Assistantship in Dance — DAN5301.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Dana Reitz
Credits: 6
Graduate students in Dance are integrated into the dance program as teaching assistants, production assistants or dance archival assistants. In consultation with their academic advisor and the dance faculty, MFA candidates develop an assistantship schedule of approximately ten hours weekly.
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Graduate Assistantship in Dance — DAN5301.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Terry Creach
Credits: 4
Graduate students in Dance are integrated into the dance program as teaching assistants, production assistants or dance archival assistants. In consultation with their academic advisor and the dance faculty, MFA candidates develop an assistantship schedule of approximately ten hours weekly.
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Graduate Assistantship in Dance — DAN5301.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Elena Demyanenko
Credits: 4
Graduate students in Dance are integrated into the dance program as teaching assistants, production assistants or dance archival assistants. In consultation with their academic advisors and the dance faculty, MFA candidates develop an assistantship schedule of approximately ten hours weekly.
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Graduate Assistantship in Dance — DAN5301.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Dana Reitz
Credits: 4
Graduate students in Dance are integrated into the dance program as teaching assistants, production assistants or dance archival assistants. In consultation with their academic advisor and the dance faculty, MFA candidates develop an assistantship schedule of approximately ten hours weekly.
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Graduate Assistantship in Dance — DAN5301.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Terry Creach
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Graduate students in Dance are integrated into the dance program as teaching assistants, production assistants or dance archival assistants. In consultation with their academic advisor and the dance faculty, MFA candidates develop an assistantship schedule of approximately ten hours weekly.
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Graduate Assistantship in Dance — DAN5301.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Terry Creach
Credits: 4
Graduate students in Dance are integrated into the dance program as teaching assistants, production assistants or dance archival assistants. In consultation with their academic advisors and the dance faculty, MFA candidates develop an assistantship schedule of approximately ten hours weekly.
Dance

Graduate Assistantship in Dance — DAN5301.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Terry Creach
Credits: 4
Graduate students in Dance are integrated into the dance program as teaching assistants, production assistants or dance archival assistants. In consultation with their academic advisor and the dance faculty, MFA candidates develop an assistantship schedule of approximately ten hours weekly. Prerequisites: Teaching Fellowship or Assistantship in Dance.
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Graduate Research in Dance — DAN5305.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Dana Reitz
Credits: 6
This course is designed to assist graduate students with the research and development of their new work. The weekly format is determined with the students. In class, they show works-in-progress, try out ideas with their colleagues, and discuss issues involved in their creative processes. Though the class meets only once a week, students are expected to spend considerable time
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Graduate Research in Dance — DAN5305.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Dana Reitz
Credits: 6
This course is designed to assist graduate students with the research and development of their new work. The weekly format is determined with the students. In class, they show works-in-progress, try out ideas with their colleagues, and discuss issues involved in their creative processes. Though the class meets only once a week, students are expected to spend considerable time
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Graduate Research in Dance — DAN5305.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Dana Reitz
Credits: 6
This class is designed for MFA students to show works-in-progress, try out ideas with their colleagues, and discuss issues involved in the development of new work. The weekly format is determined with the students. Outside of class, students develop their own independent creative projects that will be presented to the public, either formally or informally, by the end of the
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