Program Overview

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Program Overview

The Dance Program at Duke University offers a comprehensive education in dance, with a focus on technique, performance, and research. The program is designed to provide students with a well-rounded education in dance, preparing them for careers in the field.

Undergraduate Program

The undergraduate program in dance offers a major and minor in dance. The major requires a minimum of 12 courses, including technique classes, dance history, and choreography. The minor requires a minimum of 6 courses, including technique classes and dance history.

Major Requirements

• Dance Major:
  • Advisors for Dance Majors
• Dance Minor:
  • Requirements for the minor

Current Students

• Resources:
  • Graduation with Distinction
  • Research & Independent Study
  • Senior Project
  • Engagement Activities
  • Study Away, Summer Intensives
  • Awards and Funding
  • Student Advisory Council
  • American College Dance Association
  • Campus Wellness Resources
  • Trinity Ambassadors

Prospective Students

• Frequently Asked Questions
• How to Apply:
  • Guidelines: Supplemental Artistic Materials
• Where Our Students Are Now
• American College Dance Association

Graduate Program

The graduate program in dance offers a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in Dance: Embodied Interdisciplinary Praxis (EIP). The program is designed to provide students with advanced training in dance, with a focus on interdisciplinary research and practice.

Curriculum

The MFA program in Dance: EIP requires a minimum of 2 years of full-time study. The program includes coursework, research, and performance.

Admission Criteria

• Application Guidelines
• Fees and Financial Support

Courses

The Dance Program offers a variety of courses, including technique classes, dance history, and choreography. Courses are available for undergraduate and graduate students.

All Courses

• Half Credit Courses
• Full Credit Courses
• Dance 280 Overview
• Dance Performance Contract
• Audit Requests for Non-Dance Grad Students
• Community Participation
• Inter-institutional Participation

Productions

The Dance Program produces a variety of performances, including season performances, MFAEIP thesis events, and conferences.

Season Performances

• MFAEIP Thesis Events
• Conferences & Events
• Performance Videos

People

The Dance Program faculty includes core faculty, affiliated faculty, emeritus faculty, and staff.

Core Faculty

• Affiliated Faculty
• Emeritus Faculty
• Staff
• MFA Students

Alumni

The Dance Program has a strong alumni network, with graduates working in a variety of fields.

Alumni Profiles

• For Current Students
• For Our Alumni:
  • Assisting Duke Students
  • Contribute
• Graduation Tributes:
  • Class of 2020
  • Past Graduation Photos
• Marion Watkins Endowment Fund

Capstone: Senior Project

The senior project is a research paper, choreographic project, or performance program with appropriate written documentation under dance faculty supervision. The project is open only to seniors earning a major in dance and with permission to seniors earning a minor in Dance. Consent of instructor required.

Enroll Consent

Instructor Consent Required

Curriculum Codes

• R
• ALP

Typically Offered

Spring Only

Dance 489T

A research paper, choreographic project, or performance program with appropriate written documentation under dance faculty supervision. Open only to seniors earning a major in dance and with permission to seniors earning a minor in Dance. Consent of instructor required.