Dance
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College
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Hours Required
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Minors Available
Dance
The Nebraska Difference
Participate in workshops with Lied Center performers
Over $1 million in scholarships offered to fine and performing arts students each year
Study in professional $2.5 million dance studios
Program Features
Tailor Your Degree to Your Interests
Customize your experience at a Big Ten research-intensive institution by adding minors or a double major. Study what you love while preparing for a career in or beyond the dance industry.
Study in State-of-the-Art Dance Studios
Dance majors have 24-hour access to studio spaces equipped with classrooms, rehearsal and performance spaces, locker rooms, ice machines and costume storage.
Collaborate Across the Hixson-Lied Community
Work alongside peers across the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts. Join student projects in Emerging Media Arts, theatre or ensembles within the Glenn Korff School of Music.
Notable Courses
Beginning Modern Dance (DANC 112)
Introductory phase of studio training in modern dance. Emphasis is placed on mastering the fundamentals of movement, including style, phrasing, musicality, personal interpretation and improvisation.
Ballet I (DANC 111)
Classical ballet technique leading to an exact and proper application of the fundamentals and principles of ballet movement and vocabulary.
Pilates (DANC 171)
Theory and practice of Pilates through the lens of various philosophies of instruction.
Dance Composition (DANC 300)
Structural organization of the elements of movement. Theory and practice in the craft of dance composition. Concepts, content and their perceptual validity through movement.
Dance Kinesiology and Injury Prevention (DANC 338)
Biomechanical principles affecting the structure and function of the musculoskeletal system. Causes, treatment methods and prevention of dance-related injuries. Body conditioning programs for injury prevention.
Dance, Culture and Politics (DANC 349)
Focuses on understanding how dance practices are embodied enactments of specific historical, cultural and political developments.
Huskers Do Big Things
Internships
- Intern, Lied Center
- Various internships with dance studios, dance companies
- Intern, Pink Gorilla Events
- Chiropractic Clinics
Careers
- Dancer: ballet, modern dance, professional sports franchises, cruise ships
- Owner: dance studios, yoga centers
- Professor of Dance, University of Delaware
- Physical Therapist
- Physician and Physician Assistant
- Psychologist
Graduate Schools
- MSc, Dance Science, Trinity Laban (London, UK)
- MA, Dance Studies, University of Hawaii, Manoa
- PharmD, University of Nebraska Medical Center
- MD, St. George University, Grenada
- MFA in Dance, New York University
- MFA in Dance, University of Michigan
Featured Faculty
Hye-Won Hwang, Associate Professor of Practice, Dance
Hye-Won Hwang earned a Ph.D. in Critical Dance Studies from the University of California, Riverside. Dr. Hwang is a certified movement analyst (CMA) and a certified yoga teacher. As a dance artist, she performed repertoires of classical ballet, modern and contemporary dance, Korean traditional dance, musical theater dance and experimental dance with music and interactive technology at recognizable venues in Korea, Europe and the United States.
Have Questions? We're Here to Help
If you have questions about the Dance major or navigating the application process, contact us.
- Contact Name
- Chris Watson
- Contact Title
- Director of Recruitment
- Phone
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