DANCE COMPOSITION III

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: DANCE 255 , DANCE 355 , or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop one's creative habit Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Develop one's personal and unique voice as a dancemaker Audience: Graduate 3. Build one's compositional toolbox Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Create dance works with different methods of generating, forming, and shaping Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Stretch and expand: take risks, be daring, try out the unfamiliar, explore new concepts, work out of the box Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Create work inspired by or in response to different stimuli Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Increase one's understanding of the art and craft of movement composition Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 8. Communicate one's ideas effectively in written and spoken form--on paper and in person, in words and in dance. Audience: Graduate 9. Display organizational skills: work alone and with groups, prepare, schedule, and hold rehearsals Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 10. Meet deadlines; complete projects or studies, take an idea and carry it through to the end Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop one's creative habit Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Develop one's personal and unique voice as a dancemaker Audience: Graduate 3. Build one's compositional toolbox Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Create dance works with different methods of generating, forming, and shaping Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Stretch and expand: take risks, be daring, try out the unfamiliar, explore new concepts, work out of the box Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Create work inspired by or in response to different stimuli Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Increase one's understanding of the art and craft of movement composition Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 8. Communicate one's ideas effectively in written and spoken form--on paper and in person, in words and in dance. Audience: Graduate 9. Display organizational skills: work alone and with groups, prepare, schedule, and hold rehearsals Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 10. Meet deadlines; complete projects or studies, take an idea and carry it through to the end Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad