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Undergraduate Dance Program

Dance Program Philosophy

The dance program at Drexel University provides intensive exploration of dance in its physical, intellectual, creative, and therapeutic aspects. Studio, performance, real-world, and academic experiences help each student to understand the expressive and communicative nature of the art form and to develop their own artistic vision.

The mission of the Dance program is to guide each student in developing their own unique artistic voice though performance experiences, classes, and exposure to a wide range of dance techniques and approaches. We believe that dance is not only a pleasurable and challenging physical activity, but also an opportunity to grow intellectually, emotionally, and socially. Dance develops creativity and problem solving ability as well as discipline, responsibility, and a strong sense of community. The development of a personal artistic voice is a strong fundamental quality necessary for both dance / movement therapists and dance educators.

The courses included in the Dance major include a mixture of artistic and academic experiences. Students will not only study the theoretical foundations of the fields they are entering, but also have extensive opportunity to dance, choreograph, and perform. Dancers need to develop their technical and expressive skills as artists in order to bring a depth of experience to both therapy and teaching. To bridge the experiences that dancers will have in the studio and on the stage to their professional field, the technique classes will require students to write at least one self-reflective paper each term. Students will explore in writing their personal goals and accomplishments during the course of the technique class. This act of continual self-reflection will reinforce the importance of the students' discovering their personal voices and identities through dance and its relevance to therapy and education. These reflection papers will become part of the student's threshold review portfolio.