University of Iowa - Collegiate Program - Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department of Dance E114 Halsey Hall Iowa City, Iowa 52242
Not company affiliated
Offers double major
Early graduation offering unknown
Offers study abroad
Styles: General Classical, Contemporary, Modern, Other
Description
Your MFA from Iowa Dance will prepare you to take the next step in your professional journey as a choreographer, company leader, scholar, educator, and more. Whether you specialize in performance or choreography, you'll train rigorously, perform regularly, conduct research, learn teaching skills, and work with faculty members who are recognized nationally and internationally as leaders and innovators in their areas of expertise. Our MFA students are funded with fellowship awards, teaching assistantships, and research assistantships that provide a stipend and pay for tuition and health insurance. Throughout the nation and around the world, our alumni are working in higher education, directing dance companies, performing in regional and national companies, working in arts entrepreneurship and administration, and pursuing doctoral degrees. We invite you to make Iowa your home for building your artistic and academic future. Earn your Masters of Fine Arts in Dance The MFA degree program concentrates on choreography and/or performance. Both MFA programs are designed to be completed in two to three years, depending upon the candidate’s course and assistantship load. The MFA in dance requires a minimum of 60 semester hours of graduate credit. The program is designed to be completed in four to six semesters in residence. Applicants select the choreography or the performance track before they are admitted.
Sessions
Session Information
Ages:
22-99
Dates:
Not Provided
Men's Program?
Unknown
Tuition Options
(2)Description:
In-State Tuition
Description:
Out-of-State Tuition
Housing
- Available
(1)
Location:
Burge Hall, Catlett Hall, Currier Hall, Daum Hall, Hillcrest Hall, Mayflower Hall, Parklawn Hall, Petersen Hall, Rienow Hall, Slater Hall, Stanley Hall
Description:
Housing and Food
Session Description
Dance Core All of these: DANC:4060 The Contemporary Dance Scene 3 DANC:5060 Theories of Dance and the Body 3 DANC:5545 Teaching Dance in Higher Education 3 DANC:5880/THTR:5880 Installations and Interactive Performance 3 DANC:6050 Graduate Improvisation II 3 DANC:6060 Graduate Seminar in Dance 3 DANC:6350 Graduate Choreography III 3 DANC:7990 Thesis (8 s.h. required) 8 Movement Practices and Extended Techniques DANC:3030 Major Ballet I 1-3 DANC:3040 Major Contemporary Movement Practices I 1-3 DANC:3851/MUS:3851 Introduction to the Alexander Technique 3 DANC:3852 Introduction to the Feldenkrais Method: Posture, Perception, and Pain Relief 3 DANC:3853 Introduction to Klein Technique 3 DANC:4034 Ballet Pointe 3 DANC:5085 Graduate African Caribbean Dance Practices 3 DANC:5530 Graduate Majors Ballet II 1-3 DANC:5540 Graduate Contemporary Movement Practices II 1-3 DANC:6030 Graduate Majors Ballet III 1-3 DANC:6040 Graduate Contemporary Movement Practices III 1-3 DANC:6540 Graduate Contemporary Movement Practices IV 1-3 DANC:7550 Graduate Contemporary Movement Practicum 2-3 DANC:7560 Graduate Ballet Technique Practicum 2-3 Choreography Emphasis Both of these: DANC:6450 Graduate Choreography IV 3 DANC:6990 Graduate Independent Projects (taken three times) 9 Performance Emphasis Both of these: DANC:5055 Embodying Voice/Performing Persona 3 DANC:6990 Graduate Independent Projects (taken twice) 6 At least 5 s.h. from these: DANC:3885 Repertory Dance Company 1-3 DANC:6880 Dance Gala Performance 1-4 DANC:6881 Graduate Concert arr. DANC:6882 Graduate/Undergraduate Concert 1-4 DANC:6883 Faculty/Graduate Concert 1-4 DANC:6884 Undergraduate Event 1-4 DANC:6885 MFA Thesis Concert 1-4 DANC:6887 MFA Event 1-2 DANC:6888 Special Project Student Performance arr. DANC:6889 Graduate Performance Credit 1-3 ElectivesDANC:3050 Body/Image: Dance and Media in Discourse and Practice 3 DANC:3060 Western Concert Dance History: Romantic to Contemporary 3 DANC:3070 Dance Kinesiology 3 DANC:3600 Art, Feminist Practice, and Social Justice 3 DANC:3710/INTM:3700 Topics in Intermedia 4 DANC:3875/THTR:3875 Topics in Digital Performing Arts 3 DANC:3895/DIGA:3895/THTR:3895 Performance, Art, and New Technologies in Society 3 DANC:4452 MFA Independent Project Research Lab arr. DANC:4453 MFA Thesis Research Lab arr. DANC:4454 Faculty Creative Research Lab arr. DANC:4535 Elementary Ballet Pedagogy 3 DANC:4545 Teaching of Modern and Contemporary Dance Forms 3 DANC:5890/THTR:5890 Producing and Directing Digital Video 3 THTR:3876/CINE:3876/DANC:3876/DIGA:3876/INTM:3876 Video for Performance 3 Learn More and Apply Dance, Bachelor of Arts Dance, Bachelor of Fine Arts Dance, Minor Dance, Master of Fine Arts Related Music Theatre Arts
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