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2000-2001 General Catalog
University of California, Riverside
DANCE
Subject abbreviation: DNCE
Faculty | Program | Minor
Undergraduate Curricula | Graduate Curricula Undergraduate Courses | Graduate Courses | Professional Course Fred Strickler, B.S., Chair Department Office, 1124 Sproul Hall (909) 787-5424 http://www.ucr.edu/CHSS/depts/dance/DanceHome.html Professors Susan L. Foster, Ph.D. Susan Rose, M.F.A. Fred Strickler, B.S. Professor Emerita Christena L. Schlundt, Ph.D. Associate Professors Sally Allen Ness, Ph.D. (Dance/Anthropology) Wendy L. Rogers, A.M. Linda J. Tomko, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Jacqueline Shea Murphy, Ph.D. •• Acting Assistant Professor Anna B. Scott, M.A. Lecturers Jean-Marie Martz, B.A. Juan A. Rios, M.A. Additional Faculty Associated with the Graduate Program in Dance History and Theory Professors Mark Franko, Ph.D.(Theater Arts Board, Santa Cruz) Frank W.D. Ries, Ph.D. (Division of Dance, UCSB) Nancy Lee Ruyter, Ph.D. (Department of Dance, UCI) Associate Professor John V. Chapman, Ph.D.(Division of Dance, UCSB Barbara) Distinguished Scholar Selma Jeanne Cohen, Ph.D.(Department of Dance, UCR) MAJOR The Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance offered by the UCR Department of Dance focuses on modern dance choreography, technique and performance, history, anthropology, and pedagogy. Dance technique courses are offered in modern dance, ballet, and tap as well as social dance forms as they are practiced in various cultures of the world. Dance majors are required to participate in at least one production season of UCR is Dancing, the Department's annual concert series featuring original choreography and performance projects by students. This concert series also includes historical dance reconstructions by Department faculty, and performances by professional guest artists. The dance major is distinctive for its outstanding faculty of nationally recognized scholars and artists who draw from a variety of academic and creative backgrounds, including choreography, history, literature, anthropology, performance studies, and cultural studies. In addition, visiting professional dancers, choreographers, and scholars come to UCR frequently to give special workshops, master classes, and lectures. Opportunities to perform include UCR is Dancing, performances in the Dance Studio Theatre, and community programming with the Touring Ensemble. New majors are eligible to audition for the Chancellor's Performance Award, a scholarship of up to $4,500. Student assistantships and other forms of financial aid are also available. Undergraduate majors may apply for research grants and stipends for summer dance studies. Selected students receive $1,000 Maxwell H. Gluck Fellowships. Degree Requirements
University Requirements
See the Undergraduate Studies section for requirements that all students must satisfy.
College Requirements
See Degree Requirements, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, in the Undergraduate Studies Section, for requirements that students must satisfy.
Major Requirements
The major requirements for the B.A. degree in Dance are as follows: Sixty-six (66) units of course work in Dance, 38 of which are upper-division.
1. Choreography, performance, and pedagogy series:
2. History, anthropology, and movement analysis series:
3. Dance technique series:
The student who minors in Dance may pursue one of two options, each designed to provide a coherent introduction to the study of dance as an art form.
Option I -- emphasizes choreography and performance. Twenty-eight (28) units are required as follows:
1. Lower-division requirements (12 units)
2. Upper-division requirements (16 units)
Option II -- emphasizes dance history. Twenty-four (24) units are required, as follows:
1. Lower-division requirements (8 units)
2. Upper-division requirements (16 units)
In order to obtain maximum value in either course of study, it is strongly recommended that all Dance minors enroll in one dance technique course each quarter. Technique courses are offered in modern dance, ballet, tap, dance forms of Mexico, and World Dance forms.
See Minors under the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences in the Undergraduate Studies section of this catalog for additional information on minors.
The UCR Ph.D. program in Dance History and Theory provides an advanced interdisciplinary base for innovative research in the emerging field of cultural and historical studies of dance. The scope of the program embraces a theoretical consideration of all dimensions of the practice of dance -- aesthetic issues; body politics; gender, ethnic and class considerations; bodily learning and composition; and relationships between dance and contemporary culture. The program also promotes articulation of a variety of methodological approaches, knowledge and application of which are appropriate to the analysis of bodily performance. The UCR dance faculty draws from a variety of academic and creative backgrounds, including choreography, technique, reconstruction, movement analysis, history, literature, anthropology, gender, race, and cultural studies. Students are expected to select a committee of faculty advisors early in their graduate careers and to work closely with them in planning their individual programs.
Admission
Students must meet the general requirements for admission to the Graduate Division as shown in the Graduate Studies section of this catalog. Statement of background about experience in dance history and theory, a previously prepared research paper, or the equivalent, demonstrating analytical and interpretive skills, and Graduate Record Examination scores are required and determine eligibility.
Prerequisites for the Ph.D. Program in Dance History and Theory include
Deficiencies may be corrected with appropriate course work
Program Requirements
In addition to the general University requirements of the Graduate Division as found in the Graduate Studies section of this catalog, the Ph.D. in Dance History normally requires
1. Course work. Core curriculum normally to be completed in the first two years of residency includes
Six additional graduate-level courses are required, four from Dance and two from disciplines related to the student's research interest.
2. Language. Competence in at least one foreign language and one notation system, or two foreign languages is also required for all students. Further requirements in specific forms of dance or music notation or ancient or contemporary languages may be determined for each student in consultation with relevant faculty and the Graduate Advisor of the program.
3. Written Examination. A Written Examination Committee composed of five faculty in whose courses the student has completed degree requirements writes the written exam, drawing upon a bibliography of sources (composed by the student and approved by the five faculty) which includes the most significant extant works in the fields in which required course work was completed by the student. The Graduate Advisor administers each student's written examination before or during the seventh quarter of the student's residency.
4. Qualifying Essay. Upon successful completion of the written examination, students prepare a qualifying essay, under the direction of the same group of five faculty who monitored the written examination (substitutes may be appointed by the Graduate Advisor if deemed necessary). The essay serves as an introduction to the subject and methods of the doctoral dissertation.
5. Oral Examination. An Oral Examination Committee of five faculty nominated by the department and appointed by the Dean of the Graduate Division examines the adequacy of the student's preparation to conduct the research proposed in the qualifying essay. Advancement to candidacy for the Doctoral degree depends on completion of required course work, fulfillment of language requirements, and success in passing the written examination, qualifying essay, and the oral examination.
6. Dissertation. A Dissertation Committee of three faculty (one of whom may be from outside the Dance faculty) nominated by the faculty and appointed by the Graduate Dean directs and approves the research and writing of the dissertation (the qualifying essay and dissertation must consist of written work but may include other forms of video/film productions with the approval of the relevant committee and the Graduate Advisor). The dissertation must present original scholarly work and be approved by the Dissertation Committee before the student may take the final oral examination.
7. Final Oral Examination. Satisfactory performance on a final oral examination, conducted by the dissertation committee and open to all members of the faculty, is required. The examination emphasizes the dissertation and related topics.
Normative time to the Ph.D. degree from the B.A. degree is 18 quarters.
Master of Arts in Dance History and Theory
The master's program follows Plan I. (See the Graduate Studies section of this catalog.) The master's program requires
1. A minimum of 36 quarter units of graduate (200 series) and upper-division undergraduate courses (100 series) must be completed. At least 24 of these units must be in graduate courses and must include the following UCR courses:
A maximum of 12 units of DNCE 299 (thesis research) will be counted towards the 36-unit minimum. Other courses (to fulfill the 36-unit requirement) should be selected, with the consent of the program Graduate Advisor, from relevant upper-division and graduate courses on any of the participating campuses.
2. Candidates for the degree must prepare and present an acceptable thesis to the Department of Dance.
Master of Fine Arts in Experimental Choreography
The department is currently developing a Master of Fine Arts program in Experimental Choreography, and expects to admit students for the 2001-2002 academic year. Contact the Graduate Advisor, Sally A. Ness, (909) 787-6452; sanes@mail.ucr.edu; for more information about this program, which incorporates historical research and an assessment of contemporary issues in choreography.
DNCE 254. History of Dance: Theories. (4)
Seminar, three hours; consultation, one hour. Prerequisite(s): reading knowledge of a language other than English; working knowledge of notation; graduate standing or consent of instructor. The study of historical theories of dance of the Western tradition.
DNCE 255. History of Dance: Reconstruction. (4)
Seminar, three hours; studio, two to three hours. Prerequisite(s): reading knowledge of a language other than English; working knowledge of notation; graduate standing or consent of instructor. The study of historical dances of the Western tradition. Dance performance techniques from the Italian Renaissance through the late baroque period and into the modern period. Tomko
DNCE 257. The Analysis of Dance Literature. (4)
Seminar, three hours; consultation, one hour. Prerequisite(s): reading knowledge of a language other than English; graduate standing or consent of instructor. A study of the approach to historical dance materials with a view to examining their accuracy, reliability, and value.
DNCE 258. Histories of World Dance. (4)
Seminar, three hours; consultation, one hour. Prerequisite(s): reading knowledge of a language other than English;graduate standing or consent of instructor. Through a comparison of the histories of selected world dance forms, the course will examine different roles and functions played by dance in society and the different conceptions of dance history and dance historical research.
DNCE 260 (E-Z). Seminar in Dance History. (4)
Seminar, three hours. Prerequisite(s): determined by instructor of each segment. Studies in E. Periods; F. Styles; G. National Forms; H. Individual Artists; I. Choreographies; J. Aesthetics; K. Dance Literature; L. Notation.
DNCE 264. Oral History. (4)
Seminar, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing or consent of instructor. Theory and practice of oral history as a research technique. Ethnographic, social history, and gender perspectives on oral history; methods for research preparation, interview procedures, transcription, editing, and legal responsibilities. Interview project and analytical paper required. Ness, Shea Murphy, Tomko
DNCE 265 (E-Z). Seminar in Dance Research Methods. (4)
Seminar, three hours; outside research, two hours; individual study, one hour. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing and/or consent of instructor. For DNCE 265I, reading knowledge of German and/or French suggested, but not required. Analysis of dance subjects through the application of different methodological and theoretical orientations currently in use in a wide variety of disciplines. I. Contemporary Critical Theory and European Movement Performance; K. Performativity as Cultural Intervention. Foster, Shea Murphy
DNCE 267. Choreographies of Writing. (4)
Seminar, three hours; discussion, one hour. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing or consent of instructor. An analysis of the types of relationships that may exist between dance and text. Examines the methods and strategies for translating choreographed action into a written description of that action. Students' writing is a major focus of discussions. Foster, Shea Murphy
DNCE 268. Choreography and Theory. (4)
Seminar, three hours; outside research, three hours. Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor. An analysis of contemporary choreography as social theory, and an investigation of correspondences between choreographers' and scholars' theories of individual and social identity. Assignments include critically viewing, analytically writing, and making dances from a theoretically informed perspective.
DNCE 269. Laban Movement Analysis. (4)
Seminar, three hours; outside research, one hour; consultation, one hour; individual study, one hour. Prerequisite(s): DNCE 120; graduate standing or consent of instructor. An advanced survey focusing on applied research concepts and theories of the Laban Movement Analysis method of observing, recording, and analyzing human body movement. Special attention is given to motif score writing, applying Effort, Shape, and Space Harmony paradigms. Course is repeatable to a maximum of 12 units.
DNCE 290. Directed Studies. (1-6)
Outside research, three to eighteen hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing; consent of instructor and Department Chair. To be taken to meet special curricular problems. Normally graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) only, but students may petition the instructor for a letter grade for specialized topics pursued with close faculty supervision. Course is repeatable.
DNCE 291. Individual Study in Coordinated Areas. (1-12)
Outside research, three to thirty-six hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing; consent of instructor and graduate advisor. A program of study designed to advise and assist graduate students who are preparing for written and oral qualifying examinations. Does not count toward the unit requirement for the Ph.D. degree. Graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC). Course is repeatable.
DNCE 292. Concurrent Analytical Studies in Dance. (1-4)
Outside research, three to twelve hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing; consent of instructor and Graduate Advisor. To be taken concurrently with some 100-series course, but on an individual basis. Limited to research, criticism, and written work of a graduate order commensurate with the number of units elected. Normally graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) only, but students may petition the instructor for a letter grade for specialized topics pursued with close faculty supervision. Course is repeatable.
DNCE 297. Directed Research. (1-6)
Research, three to eighteen hours. Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor and graduate advisor. Individualized studies in specially selected topics in Dance under the direction of a staff member. Graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC).
DNCE 298-I. Individual Internship. (1-4)
Individual study or apprenticeship with an appropriate professional individual or organization to gain experience and skill in activities related to dance history. Graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC). Course is repeatable to a maximum of 12 units.
DNCE 299. Research for the Thesis or Dissertation. (1-12)
outside research, three to thirty-six hours. Prerequisite(s): consent of thesis or dissertation director. Research for and preparation of the thesis or dissertation. Graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC). Course is repeatable.
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