Develop a certain mastery of various dance forms from classes whose focus spans countries like China and India or continents such as Africa and Europe. You will learn modern dance and ballet, learn techniques of choreography, perform actual dance forms, and understand the history and sociocultural factors shaping those forms. You will receive instructional training in movement and choreography in order to better understand the relation of your body to specific movements and how to construct a dance sequence.
Minor Declaration
To request a minor be added or removed from your record please use your Albert Student Center. Click on the Academics tab, and then click Minor Application under Planning Tools. New First Year and Transfer students should wait to declare minors toward the end of their first academic year and after discussing it with their academic advisor.
Program Requirements
The program requires the completion of 16 credits. It is recommended that students take OART-UT 701 World Dance Cultures or OART-UT 703 Why Dance Matters: Politics, Race, Class
as part of these 16 credits, although they are not required.
Course List
Course
Title
Credits
Minor Requirements
Select 16 credits from the following list of courses. Note that NYU Shanghai Dance courses with the prefix ART-SHU can count toward the minor.
All students declaring a Minor must receive a grade of C or above in order to have the course count towards a Tisch Minor.
Course Allocations
No more than one (1) class or a maximum of four (4) units can be used to substitute a Minor designated class. Students cannot substitute required classes for the Minors.
As of spring 2015, regarding double-counting of courses for Tisch students: students who have any combination of Tisch majors/minors will only be permitted to count one course towards both areas. Tisch minor courses can be double-counted between two Tisch minors. For all other NYU students, students' should follow their home school academic policies.