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Apr 13, 2026
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Catalogue 2026-2027
Dance Major
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The Dance Major at Vassar is a comprehensive program that blends the physical and artistic rigor of dance with the intellectual and analytical depth of a liberal arts education. Students engage in the intensive practice of various dance forms, honing their technical proficiency, embodied knowledge, and artistic expression. Technique courses and creative practice are fully integrated with a curriculum of theoretical and analytical courses. Students investigate dance through a cultural, historical, and societal lens. This dual focus ensures that graduates are not only skilled artists but also thoughtful scholars, well-prepared for a wide range of careers in the arts.
All Dance Majors incorporate writing, theory, and history into research that critically analyzes important dance topics. Students create new work, investigate current societal topics, study dance’s foundations, and learn iconic repertoires. The curriculum supports in-depth, critical inquiry and encourages cross-departmental collaboration. A Senior Capstone project is required of all Dance Majors.
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Required Units
Total number of units required for major, including the optional Intensive units: 10 Total Number of Specific Courses Required
Dance Composition – .5 units Choose one of the following: Distributional Content Area Units Required
Additional Information
Students may elect to take DANC 364 , DANC 365 , DANC 366 , DANC 367 , DANC 378 , and DANC 399 , but only one of these courses will be designated as the Senior Capstone Project. Students may elect to take both DANC 197 and DANC 215 , but only one of these courses will be used to satisfy the Dance composition requirement. Up to 2 units of course work in another department or program with dance-themed content, upon approval of the major sequence adviser. Up to one of unit of Independent Work in Dance (DANC 298 /DANC 399 ) to be proposed by the student, in consultation with their major sequence adviser. |
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