Training
•18-credit minor through Mason's School of Dance, open to non-majors and built on a DANC 101 Dance Appreciation + DANC 118 Global Dance Perspectives I core
•Requires demonstrated technique in both modern dance and ballet — a minimum 3 credits in each — drawing from Modern/Contemporary I-II, Ballet I-II, and Jazz I-II
•Breadth electives include Dance in Popular Culture, Global Dance Intensive, and Advanced Jazz Dance; 8 credits must be unique to the minor
Performance & Productions
•School of Dance runs a guest-artist residency series and master classes with visiting contemporary choreographers, with performances in the adjacent 2,000-seat Concert Hall
Facilities
•Four sun-filled studios plus a conditioning lab and treatment room staffed by a full-time athletic trainer in the deLaski Performing Arts Building
Location
•Fairfax, Virginia campus with easy access to the Washington, D.C. dance and arts scene, at one of the nation's most diverse R1 research institutions
