• This program emphasizes the artist-scholar who feels equally comfortable in all facets of dance and theatre. The major provides an educational experience responsive to today’s professional demands in the performing arts, in addition to satisfactory preparation for further work and study in either or both areas. The student may elect one of several emphases: performance, choreography, directing, scenography, dramaturgy, or historical and theoretical research, with or without a performance component. The student should consult with an adviser in each department as soon as possible.
• Upon completion of the Dance-Theatre major, students will have demonstrated that they are able to:

1. Engage in close analysis of dance practices. Students will be able to describe movement effectively; address the conceptual, thematic, and formal concerns of dance practices; connect dance practices to broader historical/cultural contexts; and analyze intersections with issues of nation, interculturalism, race, gender, class, politics, sexuality, and ability.
2. Engage in close analysis of theatre and performance, including close reading of a play or performance text, the analysis of a play or performance text in its historical and cultural context, and dramaturgical analysis.
3. Execute and present sustained creative and/or scholarly research projects. Students will be able to:
   • Identify and clearly articulate the research question and central argument in written formats and practice/performance-based formats;
   • Select and execute creative and/or scholarly methodologies to answer the central research question;
   • Identify and analyze the creative and/or scholarly production with which the project engages;
   • Effectively organize/design the research and/or creative process;
   • Successfully incorporate feedback and revisions;
   • Present, discuss and defend work orally.