BFA in Dance: Performance Concentration

Students must meet all general degree requirements as well as conservatory requirements for graduation. Students in the performance concentration must:

• complete 6 credits of Purchase Dance Company, Participation in Senior Project, and/or Participation in MFA Project.
• register for Ballet Technique and Modern Dance Technique each semester, and complete a minimum of seven semesters of both ballet and modern technique with a minimum grade of C-. (Students register for DPB or DPM 1230 in the fall semester and are then assigned to the appropriate Ballet Technique or Modern Technique levels.)

As a minimum technique requirement for graduation, students must complete a 3000-level course in either ballet or modern for two consecutive semesters during their last year.

Freshman Year

1. DPB —/Ballet Technique, according to level
2. DPB 1000/Ballet Vocabulary
3. DPB 1400/Ballet Technique: Advanced Pointe I/Freshmen and/or
   DPB 1800 and 1820/Special Ballet Technique: First Year and/or
   DPM 1800 and 1820/Special Modern Technique: First Year
4. DPC 1010 and 1020/Improvisation/Composition I
5. DPD 1030/Dance Freshman Seminar
6. DPD 1250/Anatomy for Dancers
7. DPD 1650 and 1660/Music I
8. DPD 1710 and 1720/Dance Production I
9. DPM —/Modern Dance Technique, according to level
10. DPM 1550/Somatic Practice for Dancers

Sophomore Year

1. DPB —/Ballet Technique, according to level
2. DPB 3530 and 3535/Ballet Technique: Advanced Pointe I and/or
   DPB 3540 and 3545/Ballet Technique: Advanced Pointe II/Variation and/or
   DPB 3800 and 3820/Special Ballet Technique and/or
   DPM 3800 and 3820/Special Modern Technique: Upper Level
3. DPC 2010 and 2020/Modern Composition II* or
   DPC 2015 and 2025/Ballet Composition II*
4. DPD 2060 and 2070/Western Dance History I and II
5. DPD 2650 and 2660/Music II
6. DPM —/Modern Dance Technique, according to level
7. DPM 1330 and 1331/Contact Improvisation
8. DPM 1550/Somatic Practice for Dancers

*In the fall semester, students register for DPC 2009 (modern) or 2014 (ballet) and are then placed in one of the DPC 2010 or 2015 sections after the end of add/drop.

Sophomore jury results and board of study approval determine a student’s concentration status.

Junior Year

1. DPB —/Ballet Technique, according to level
2. DPB 3530 and 3535/Ballet Technique: Advanced Pointe I and/or
   DPB 3540 and 3545/Ballet Technique: Advanced Pointe II/Variation and/or
   DPB 3800 and 3820/Special Ballet Technique and/or
   DPM 3800 and 3820/Special Modern Technique: Upper Level
3. DPC 3010 and 3020/Modern Composition III or
   DPC 3015 and 3025/Ballet Composition III
4. DPD 3330 and 3331/20th- and 21st-Century Performance
5. DPD 3880/Junior Project
6. DPM —/Modern Dance Technique, according to level
7. DPM 1550/Somatic Practice for Dancers

Senior Year

1. DPB —/Ballet Technique, according to level
2. DPB 3530 and 3535/Ballet Technique: Advanced Pointe I and/or
   DPB 3540 and 3545/Ballet Technique: Advanced Pointe II/Variation and/or
   DPB 3800 and 3820/Special Ballet Technique and/or
   DPM 3800 and 3820/Special Modern Technique: Upper Level
3. DPC 4010 and 4020/Modern Composition IV or
   DPC 4015 and 4025/Ballet Composition IV
4. DPC 4990/Senior Project
5. DPM —/Modern Dance Technique, according to level

In addition to the courses listed above, the following are required:

1. All men must register for men’s class and ballet partnering in at least the first two years (four semesters) of study.
2. All men must complete at least two semesters of modern partnering.
3. All women must complete at least four semesters of either modern or ballet partnering.
4. All women in the ballet concentration must take Advanced Pointe every semester, in addition to the four semesters of partnering.

For updates during 2013–2015, please visit www.purchase.edu/Departments/AcademicPrograms/Arts/Dance/BFA/AcademicRequirements-Performance.aspx.

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