Program Learning Outcomes

After completing this program, students will:

  1. Maintain technical proficiency while refining one’s expression in Classical Ballet and/or Classical Chinese Dance.

  2. Develop further insight into movement range, processes and mechanics, and movement principles in Classical Ballet and/or Classical Chinese dance.

  3. Choreograph works that embody one’s own artistic philosophy, style, and intellectual insight.

  4. Resourcefully conduct research, and effectively utilize knowledge for investigative purposes and theoretical inquiry.

  5. Display extensive dance knowledge that encompasses the areas of history, theory, science, and education, and be able to describe their interrelation.

  6. Articulate and defend one’s theoretical understanding and artistic views through lucid oral and written discourse.

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