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University offers a Dance Minor in Department of Theatre &Dance
Dance Minor The dance minor allows students to continue their artistic development as a dancer while pursuing another area of study at Wake Forest. For the Senior Project requirement, many dancers chose to choreograph for the Spring Student Choreographed Concert. Choreographing gives the students to apply what they learned in dance composition and technique classes. The minor requires 16.5 hours and must include:
Two Modern courses - Dance 120 (1.5h), Dance 221 (1.5h) or Dance 222 (1.5h);
One Dance composition - Dance 123 (3h);
Two Jazz courses - Dance 126 (1.5h), Dance 226 (1.5h), or Dance 227 (1.5h);
Two Ballet courses - Dance 127 (1.5h), Dance 229 (1.5h) or Dance 231 (1.5h);
Senior Dance Project - Dance 200 (1-1.5h);
History of Ballet and Modern Dance 202 (3h).
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Introductory Dance
Courses
The Dance Program also offers introductory level courses that are available as general electives. All courses with the exception of DCE 124 Social Dance also fulfill some of the dance minor requirements. The classes teach the fundamentals of dance technique and are traditionally focused towards those students with a limited dance experience.
DCE 101 Beginning Tap Dance (does not fulfill minor requirement)
DCE 120 Beginning Modern Dance
DCE 124 Social Dance (does not fulfill minor requirement)
DCE 126 Beginning Jazz Dance
DCE 127 Beginning Classical Ballet
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Dance Company
Membership in the Wake Forest Dance Company is by auditions held each year at the beginning of the Fall semester. All former members of the company must audition each year and each company member is required to enroll in one technique class. Members of the company are not required to be a dance minor. The dancers come from a wide range of backgrounds and majors from Education and English to Chemistry and Business. Each dancer is unique to the company, brining different styles and talents. Dancers typically rehearse a few hours each week in the evenings throughout the semester. The dance company allows students to continue to perform during college and it also gives them the opportunity to choreograph. Many of the dancers have found the dance company at Wake Forest as a way to balance their love of dance with their future goals of becoming a doctor or lawyer.
Student Run Dance Organizations on Campus
Ballroom Dance Club and theTap Club
Eleganza Print by Pattie Gabbert '06
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Performance
Opportunities for performance are offered through the Wake Forest University Dance Company. This company, under the Artistic Direction of Nina Maria Lucas, is comprised of students working in a semi-professional manner, and is committed to providing exciting and challenging dance experiences for its audiences. Each year the Wake Forest University Dance Company stages two productions in the Mainstage Theater, Scales Fine Arts Center, the Fall Faculty/Guest Artist Concert and the Spring Student Choreographic Concert. Experienced students are encouraged to apply to the company through auditions held at the beginning of the Fall semester each year. The company performs works by nationally renowned choreographers, Wake Forest Faculty members and selected student works, and their repertoire includes Classical Ballet, Modern Dance and Jazz works. The Company delivers to a packed house of students, faculty, administrators and dance lovers from the community a performance characterized by high energy, grace, virtuosity, emotion and artistry.
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The Fall Faculty/Guest Artist Concert gives students an opportunity to work with choreographers with a variety of styles and backgrounds. Guest artists are brought in from around the country to choreograph pieces for the dance company. The choreographers audition and rehearse the dancers throughout the semester. Having guest artists come to Wake Forest, gives students the chance to work with renowned choreographers with different styles of dance that the department may not offer. Faculty members also create their own original works for this concert, giving students the opportunity to work closely with Wake Forest’s faculty outside of regular technique classes.
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The Spring Student Choreographed Concert allows the students to experiment with their own choreography and creativity. The performance tends to be filled with a wide variety of styles from classical ballet and modern to hip hop and funk. The student works are closely monitored by the faculty, which is available for support and guidance throughout the process. Students are responsible for casting their piece, conducting rehearsals and working with the costumier and lighting designers. The concert enables students to develop and understand the creative process of choreographing a work. Past student choreographers have found this concert to be extremely rewarding especially seeing how their ideas evolved throughout the semester concluding with the performance.
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Scholarship
Presidential Scholarships for Distinguished Achievement recognize up to 20 first-year students who demonstrate a solid academic background and extraordinary achievement in dance, music, art, theatre, writing for publication, debate, community service, leadership and entrepreneurship. These approximately half-tuition renewable scholarships are awarded on the basis of application and appropriate evidence of distinction.Though Presidential Scholars need not plan to pursue a major in the area of their talent, they are expected to participate actively in that activity on campus. Interested students must be prepared to present evidence of outstanding talent and are asked by the Presidential Scholarship Committee for documentation of that talent (such as portfolios, debate records, taped performances, published writings, etc.) and recommendations. The program, begun in 1987, further diversifies the interests and abilities of a campus and student body already rich in both. A separate Presidential Scholarship Application is due by December 1 of the senior year of high school.
Deadline is December 1st; a separate application is required. Contact the Office of Admissions for further application information.
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