2009-2010 University Catalog
Dance, MFA
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Banner Code: AR-MFA-DANC
Performing Arts Building, Room A300
Phone: 703-993-1114
Web: dance.gmu.edu
Faculty
Elizabeth Price, Chair
Professors: Lepore, Miller, Shields
Associate professors: Price (chair), Studd
Assistant professors: Joyce
Term Assistant Professors: Dinapoli, Fang, Reedy, Willis
Adjunct Faculty: Bush, Clancy, Cronmiller, Goodson, Koucheravy, Lee, Lees, Mattingly, Nuamah, Summerall, Volberg, Windom
GRADUATE PROGRAM
The MFA in dance is a 60-credit program of study grounded in the modern dance genre that emphasizes performance, choreography, and teaching in higher education. Candidates are expected to enter the program with significant professional performance at the national or international level, advanced technical proficiency in ballet or modern technique, and professional competence in choreography exemplified by a significant body of work.
Admission Requirements
In addition to fulfilling the admission requirements for graduate study, the applicant must submit directly to the Dance Department a résumé and a 10-minute video that illustrates the applicant’s choreography. All candidates must also demonstrate advanced technical proficiency through an audition. Contact the Dance Department at 703-993-1114 for dates and times.
All candidates must satisfy the following prerequisites: advanced dance technique, improvisation, two semesters of dance composition, two semesters of dance history, rhythmic analysis or music for dance, anatomy and kinesiology, and dance production. Prerequisite courses may be completed before or concurrent with graduate course work and are usually fulfilled if the applicant has earned a BA or BFA in dance.
Academic Policies
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