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Department of Performing Arts and Technology
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Dance Minors

Through the dance minor, students have the opportunity to select the specific courses which best fulfill their needs while maintaining an overall balance. A dance minor may be preparing for graduate study or for work as a performer, choreographer, educator, or dance therapist. Additionally, our dance minor tracks will enhance students’ studies as they ready themselves for careers and service as arts entrepreneurs or administrators, physical therapists, physicians, or in disciplines such as Africana studies, design, film, and engineering.

Our two dance minor tracks let you choose whether to pursue a focused study of your area of interest or explore dance on a broader level:

  • Dance Performance and Choreography
  • Dance Studies

Choose your Dance Minor

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Dance Performance and Choreography

The Dance Performance and Choreography Minor is a 17-credit-hour curriculum that trains students to create, perform and analyze dance as an art form. Students gain skills in performance and choreography, participate in artistic experimentation and performance, explore theoretical and aesthetic content, and engage in intellectual discourse. Capstone projects in areas of interest can lay the foundation for future endeavors.

Course requirements for the dance minors and descriptions of our courses can be found in the course catalog.

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Dance Studies

The Dance Studies Minor is a 15-credit-hour curriculum designed for undergraduate students who wish to acquire a broad understanding of dance or tailor their studies to suit a more specific interest. The curriculum offers a wide range of dance styles and content, with attention to the history and sociocultural factors that shape dance.

Course requirements for the dance minors and descriptions of our courses can be found in the course catalog.

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Admissions Process

Current NC State students can use the self-service Change of Degree Application (CODA) portal to add the dance minor to their degree plan. Afterward, a dance minor advisor will contact you to discuss your goals and plan of study. Prospective students do not need to declare the minor in advance of their admission to the university.

Declare a dance minor

Questions?

Please contact Amy Love Beasley, dance minors coordinator, with your questions about the dance minors.

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Amy Love Beasley

Assistant Teaching Professor | Dance Minors Coordinator