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Dance Academic Program
Dance Studio Courses
We offer many dance studio courses open to all students within the HPERDS core: Sacred dance, Modern dance, Ballet, Jazz dance, Tap dance, Creative dance, Social dance, Square and Folk dance, Period Styles of Dance, Rhythm in Dance, and Visual Design in Dance. |
Careers
- Dance instructor
- Performer
- Choreographer
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The
Dance Minor
 Students may earn a dance minor through the Health,
Physical Education, Recreation, Dance, and Sport Department (HPERDS).
The minor teaches the craft of dance through studio courses and
performance, the science of dance through study of kinesiology,
and the art of dance through studies of history, religion, culture,
and composition. In addition to a variety of dance studio courses, the
dance minor requires four theory courses.
Theory Courses
1. Anatomical Kinesiology (PE 212), a study of
the science of human movement,
 2.
Dance History (PE 202), a study of the historical development of dance
as a performance art in western cultures,
3. Dance in World Culture (PE 310), a study of
the role of dance in diverse contemporary cultures: reflecting community,
societal, and religious values, and expressing itself within the arts
of different cultures,
4. Dance Composition and Performance (PE 330), a
study of the art of choreography and performance.
 Liberal
Arts
Like all students pursuing a bachelor's degree, students
of Calvin's dance minor must meet the college's liberal arts core requirement
through study in many disciplines. (About half of the required courses
for the dance minor can also satisfy the college's liberal arts core.)
As a result of their introduction to a variety of fields, students will
select a major. Current dance minor students have chosen a wide variety
of majors such as physical education, theater, art, music, foreign language,
history, or religion.
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