Training
•Sixteen-unit sequence integrates dance history, production and performance, choreography, curriculum integration, and intermediate-to-advanced modern technique
•Modern Dance II and III deepen technique while composition coursework develops choreographic decision-making
•Students build anatomical awareness and sustainable movement practices for efficient personal body maintenance
Performance & Productions
•Production and rehearsal coursework connects modern-dance technique to collaborative staged performance
Professional Development
•Teacher preparation emphasizes critical dance pedagogy, arts activism, and dance as a tool for social justice
•The certificate supports modern-dance teaching and performance in dance and related performing-arts careers