# Dance (DANCE) courses UC Irvine · 2026-2027 Catalog · 115 courses Source: https://catalogue.uci.edu/allcourses/dance/ "Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026. ### DANCE 2 — Dance Health and Injury Prevention - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors only An overview of factors that affect the health of dancers. Includes evaluation of general health measures and prevention and management of common dance injuries. ### DANCE 3 — Scientific Concepts of Health - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - (II) Introduction to the scientific foundations of health, emphasizing those pertaining to success in college and lifetime wellness. Includes principles of cardiorespiratory, musculoskeletal, flexibility, and nutritional fitness. A variety of learning experiences are offered to apply science to real life. ### DANCE 14 — Social Dance - **Units:** 2 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 3 sections (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) - Grading Option: Pass/Not Pass only Current and historical forms that may include ballroom, disco, square dance, Latin styles, and other social dances from the early-to-mid 20th century. ### DANCE 21A — Music for Dancers - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors only Emphasis on the development of musical skills most pertinent to the dancer: vocabulary, notational literacy, rhythmic and melodic acuity, score reading, and fundamental analysis; working with live accompaniment. ### DANCE 30A — Studio Workshop in Ballet I - **Units:** 2 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) - Grading Option: Pass/Not Pass only - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times Beginning ballet: fundamentals and principles of classical ballet with an emphasis on technique. ### DANCE 30B — Studio Workshop in Ballet I - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 30A - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Grading Option: Pass/Not Pass only - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times Beginning ballet: fundamentals and principles of classical ballet with an emphasis on technique. ### DANCE 30C — Studio Workshop in Ballet I - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 30A and DANCE 30B - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Grading Option: Pass/Not Pass only - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times Beginning ballet: fundamentals and principles of classical ballet with an emphasis on technique. ### DANCE 34 — Men's Studio Workshop in Ballet - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 30A and DANCE 30B and DANCE 30C - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times Emphasis on men's traditional ballet, techniques, and movements. ### DANCE 40A — Studio Workshop in Modern/Contemporary Dance I - **Units:** 2 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) - Grading Option: Pass/Not Pass only - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times Fundamentals of modern/contemporary dance, including the use of breath, gravity, spatial awareness, and time values. ### DANCE 40B — Studio Workshop in Modern/Contemporary Dance I - **Units:** 2 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Grading Option: Pass/Not Pass only - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times Fundamentals of modern/contemporary dance, including the use of breath, gravity, spatial awareness, and time values. ### DANCE 40C — Studio Workshop in Modern/Contemporary Dance I - **Units:** 2 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Grading Option: Pass/Not Pass only - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times Fundamentals of modern/contemporary dance, including the use of breath, gravity, spatial awareness, and time values. ### DANCE 50A — Studio Workshop on Jazz I - **Units:** 2 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) - Grading Option: Pass/Not Pass only - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times Fundamentals of jazz: principles of jazz dance and contemporary forms incorporating the personal point of view of the instructor. ### DANCE 50B — Studio Workshop on Jazz I - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 50A - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Grading Option: Pass/Not Pass only - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times Fundamentals of jazz: principles of jazz dance and contemporary forms incorporating the personal point of view of the instructor. ### DANCE 50C — Studio Workshop on Jazz I - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 50B - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Grading Option: Pass/Not Pass only - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times Fundamentals of jazz: principles of jazz dance and contemporary forms incorporating the personal point of view of the instructor. ### DANCE 52A — Workshop in Tap I - **Units:** 2 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times Beginning tap: principles of rhythm and basic tap steps. ### DANCE 52B — Workshop in Tap I - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 52A - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times Beginning tap: principles of rhythm and basic tap steps. ### DANCE 52C — Workshop in Tap I - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 52B - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times Beginning tap: principles of rhythm and basic tap steps. ### DANCE 53A — Studio Workshop in Hip Hop I - **Units:** 2 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times Designed to support non-major dance students learning outcomes in basic and foundational concepts of Hip Hop dance forms. ### DANCE 53B — Studio Workshop in Hip Hop I - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 53A - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times Designed to support non-major dance students learning outcomes in basic and foundational concepts of Hip Hop dance forms. ### DANCE 53C — Studio Workshop in Hip Hop I - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 53B - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times Designed to support non-major dance students learning outcomes in basic and foundational concepts of Hip Hop dance forms. ### DANCE 60A — Choreography - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 3 sections (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors only Beginning-to-intermediate study of principles of dance composition. May include composition assignments for stage and video. By audition, works may be shown quarterly in public studio performances. ### DANCE 60B — Choreography - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 60A - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors only Beginning-to-intermediate study of principles of dance composition. May include composition assignments for stage and video. By audition, works may be shown quarterly in public studio performances. ### DANCE 60C — Choreography - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 60A and DANCE 60B - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors only Beginning-to-intermediate study of principles of dance composition. May include composition assignments for stage and video. By audition, works may be shown quarterly in public studio performances. ### DANCE 80 — Introduction to Ballet and Modern Dance - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Overlaps with DANCE 90B, DANCE 90C, DANCE 90A - Restrictions: Non-major only - (IV and VIII) Survey of 19th- and 20th-century ballet, modern dance, and theatre dance. ### DANCE 81 — American Ballet and Modern Dance since 1900 - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Overlaps with DANCE 90C - Restrictions: Non-major only. Dance 81 and Dance 90C may not both be taken for credit - (IV) A survey of American ballet and modern dance in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Lectures are supplemented by video. ### DANCE 90A — Dance History I - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Overlaps with DANCE 80 - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors have the first consideration for enrollment - (IV and VIII) Global perspectives. Topics and histories of dance and movement practices from various parts of the world. ### DANCE 90B — Dance History II - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 90A - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) - Overlaps with DANCE 80 - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors have the first consideration for enrollment - (IV and VIII.) The history of dance in the western tradition from the Renaissance through the 19th century. ### DANCE 90C — Dance History III - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 90B - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Overlaps with DANCE 80, DANCE 81 - Restrictions: Dance - Choreography majors, Dance - Performance majors, and Dance majors have the first consideration for enrollment - (IV) The history of dance in the western tradition in the the 20th and 21st centuries. ### DANCE 100 — Kinesiology for Dance - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors only - Concurrent: DANCE 201 The study of the production of dance movement by the musculoskeletal system. Anatomical and dynamic analysis of dance movement. ### DANCE 103 — Pilates - **Units:** 2 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors only Basics of technique emphasizing alignment, breath control, correction of muscular imbalances. ### DANCE 104 — Pilates Reformer - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 103 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors only Utilizes the Universal Reformer apparatus, aiding the student in core stabilization, correcting muscular imbalances, increasing flexibility, and improving strength. ### DANCE 110 — World Dance - **Units:** 2 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken 6 times as topics vary Studio workshop of dances and movement sources of specified countries or areas. ### DANCE 130A — Pointe Class - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 132A and DANCE 132B and DANCE 132C - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 3 times - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors only Beginning and intermediate pointe work; principles of classical ballet with an emphasis on technique. ### DANCE 132A — Studio Workshop in Ballet II - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** (DANCE 30A and DANCE 30B and DANCE 30C) or audition. Prerequisites are for non-Dance majors only - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors have the first consideration for enrollment Intermediate ballet and beginning pointe work; principles of classical ballet with an emphasis on technique. ### DANCE 132B — Studio Workshop in Ballet II - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 132A - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors have the first consideration for enrollment Intermediate ballet and beginning pointe work; principles of classical ballet with an emphasis on technique. ### DANCE 132C — Studio Workshop in Ballet II - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 132A and DANCE 132B - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors have the first consideration for enrollment Intermediate ballet and beginning pointe work; principles of classical ballet with an emphasis on technique. ### DANCE 133A — Advanced Studio Workshop in Ballet III - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 132C with a minimum grade of B+. Placement by audition is also accepted - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times - Restrictions: Dance - Choreography majors, Dance - Performance majors, and Dance majors only Advanced intermediate ballet and pointe work; principles of classical ballet with an emphasis on technique. ### DANCE 133B — Advanced Studio Workshop in Ballet III - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 133A - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors only Advanced intermediate ballet and pointe work; principles of classical ballet with an emphasis on technique. ### DANCE 133C — Advanced Studio Workshop in Ballet III - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 133A and DANCE 133B - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors only Advanced intermediate ballet and pointe work; principles of classical ballet with an emphasis on technique. ### DANCE 134A — Advanced Studio Workshop in Ballet IV - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 133A and DANCE 133B and DANCE 133C with a minimum grade of B+. Placement by audition is also accepted - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 3 times - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors only Advanced ballet, pointe work, and performance styles: principles of classical ballet. ### DANCE 134B — Advanced Studio Workshop in Ballet IV - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 134A - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 3 times - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors only Advanced ballet, pointe work, and performance styles: principles of classical ballet. ### DANCE 134C — Advanced Studio Workshop in Ballet IV - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 134A and DANCE 134B - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 3 times - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors only Advanced ballet, pointe work, and performance styles: principles of classical ballet. ### DANCE 135A — Advanced Studio Workshop in Ballet V - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** Audition required - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 3 times - Restrictions: Dance - Choreography majors, Dance - Performance majors, and Dance majors only Advanced ballet, pointe work, and performance styles: principles of classical ballet. ### DANCE 135B — Advanced Studio Workshop in Ballet V - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 135A. Placement by audition is also accepted - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 3 times - Restrictions: Dance - Choreography majors, Dance - Performance majors, and Dance majors only Advanced ballet, pointe work, and performance styles: principles of classical ballet. ### DANCE 135C — Advanced Studio Workshop in Ballet V - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 135A and DANCE 135B. Placement by audition is also accepted - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 3 times - Restrictions: Dance - Choreography majors, Dance - Performance majors, and Dance majors only Advanced ballet, pointe work, and performance styles: principles of classical ballet. ### DANCE 137 — Repertory - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** (DANCE 133A and DANCE 133B and DANCE 133C) or (DANCE 143A and DANCE 143B and DANCE 143C) - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 3 times - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors only Rehearsal and performance of repertoire from established ballet, modern, or jazz choreographers. ### DANCE 139 — Partnering - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 133A and DANCE 133B and DANCE 133C and DANCE 143A and DANCE 143B and DANCE 143C - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 4 times - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors only Principles of partnering techniques in various dance performance styles. ### DANCE 142A — Studio Workshop in Modern/Contemporary II - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** Audition required - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times - Restrictions: Dance - Choreography majors, Dance - Performance majors, and Dance majors only Introduction to the principles of motion, including the use of breath, gravity, spatial awareness, and time values. ### DANCE 142B — Studio Workshop in Modern/Contemporary II - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 142A - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors have the first consideration for enrollment Introduction to the principles of motion, including the use of breath, gravity, spatial awareness, and time values. ### DANCE 142C — Studio Workshop in Modern/Contemporary II - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 142A and DANCE 142B - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors have the first consideration for enrollment Introduction to the principles of motion, including the use of breath, gravity, spatial awareness, and time values. ### DANCE 143A — Advanced Studio Workshop in Modern/Contemporary III - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 142C with a minimum grade of B+ - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors only Builds on fundamentals of Dance 142A-B-C and introduces performance techniques. ### DANCE 143B — Advanced Studio Workshop in Modern/Contemporary III - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 143A - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors only Builds on the fundamentals of DANCE 142A-DANCE 142B-DANCE 142C and introduces performance techniques. ### DANCE 143C — Advanced Studio Workshop in Modern/Contemporary III - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 143A and DANCE 143B - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors only Builds on fundamentals of DANCE 142A-DANCE 142B-DANCE 142C and introduces performance techniques. ### DANCE 144A — Advanced Studio Workshop in Modern/Contemporary IV - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 143C with a minimum grade of B+ - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors only Synthesis of fundamentals and performance technique. Aims to bring students to the preprofessional level. ### DANCE 144B — Advanced Studio Workshop in Modern/Contemporary IV - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 144A - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors only Synthesis of fundamentals and performance technique. Aims to bring students to the preprofessional level. ### DANCE 144C — Advanced Studio Workshop in Modern/Contemporary IV - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 144A and DANCE 144B - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors only Synthesis of fundamentals and performance technique. Aims to bring students to the preprofessional level. ### DANCE 152A — Intermediate Studio Workshop in Jazz II - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** Audition required - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times - Restrictions: Dance - Choreography majors, Dance - Performance majors, and Dance majors only Intermediate jazz: principles of jazz dance and contemporary forms incorporating the personal views of the instructor. ### DANCE 152B — Intermediate Studio Workshop in Jazz II - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 152A - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors have the first consideration for enrollment Intermediate jazz: principles of jazz dance and contemporary forms incorporating the personal views of the instructor. ### DANCE 152C — Intermediate Studio Workshop in Jazz II - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 152A and DANCE 152B - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors have the first consideration for enrollment Intermediate jazz: principles of jazz dance and contemporary forms incorporating the personal views of the instructor. ### DANCE 153A — Advanced Studio Workshop in Jazz III - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 152C with a minimum grade of B+ - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times - Restrictions: Dance - Choreography majors, Dance - Performance majors, and Dance majors only Advanced jazz: principles of jazz dance and contemporary forms incorporating the personal views of the instructor. ### DANCE 153B — Advanced Studio Workshop in Jazz III - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 153A - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors only Advanced jazz: principles of jazz dance and contemporary forms incorporating the personal views of the instructor. ### DANCE 153C — Advanced Studio Workshop in Jazz III - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 153A and DANCE 153B - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors only Advanced jazz: principles of jazz dance and contemporary forms incorporating the personal views of the instructor. ### DANCE 154A — Advanced Jazz: Performance Techniques IV - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 153C with a minimum grade of B+ - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times - Restrictions: Dance - Choreography majors, Dance - Performance majors, and Dance majors only Advanced jazz emphasizing performance techniques. ### DANCE 154B — Advanced Jazz: Performance Techniques IV - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 154A - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors only Advanced jazz emphasizing performance techniques. ### DANCE 154C — Advanced Jazz: Performance Techniques IV - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 154A and DANCE 154B - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times - Restrictions: Dance majors only Advanced jazz emphasizing performance techniques. ### DANCE 155A — Studio Workshop in Hip Hop II - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** Audition required - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times - Restrictions: Dance - Choreography majors, Dance - Performance majors, and Dance majors only Introduction to learning outcomes in basic and foundational concepts of hip hop dance forms. ### DANCE 155B — Studio Workshop in Hip Hop II - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 155A - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors have the first consideration for enrollment Introduction to learning outcomes in basic and foundational concepts of hip hop dance forms. ### DANCE 155C — Studio Workshop in Hip Hop II - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 155B - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors have the first consideration for enrollment Introduction to learning outcomes in basic and foundational concepts of hip hop dance forms. ### DANCE 156A — Studio Workshop in Hip Hop III - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 155C with a minimum grade of B+ - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times - Restrictions: Dance - Choreography majors, Dance - Performance majors, and Dance majors have the first consideration for enrollment Builds on fundamentals of Dance 155A-B-C and introduces commercial and industry standards. ### DANCE 156B — Studio Workshop in Hip Hop III - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 156A - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times - Restrictions: Dance - Choreography majors, Dance - Performance majors, and Dance majors have the first consideration for enrollment Builds on fundamentals of Dance 155A-B-C and introduces commercial and industry standards. ### DANCE 156C — Studio Workshop in Hip Hop III - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 156A and DANCE 156B - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times - Restrictions: Dance - Choreography majors, Dance - Performance majors, and Dance majors only Builds on fundamentals of Dance 155A-B-C and introduces commercial and industry standards. ### DANCE 160 — Improvisation - **Units:** 2 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times Structured and experiential improvisation to heighten the personal intuitive processes, the kinesthetic sense, spatial and temporal awareness, and to encourage insights into the potential movement resources of the individual for performance and choreography. Course encourages freedom of exploration. ### DANCE 162A — Choreography II - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 60A and DANCE 60B and DANCE 60C. Audition required - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors only Directed choreographic projects for stage or video integrating the elements of stagecraft. In process or completed works may be shown quarterly in public studio or stage performances. ### DANCE 162B — Choreography II - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 162A. Audition required - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors only Directed choreographic projects for stage or video integrating the elements of stagecraft. In process or completed works may be shown quarterly in public studio or stage performances. ### DANCE 163 — Dance and Video Technology - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 60A - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors only Introduction to video and audio documentation of dance performance. Integrating dance performance within the film aesthetic. Techniques and technologies of video cameras, formats, editing, and projection. Overview of video compression and DVD authoring. ### DANCE 164 — Screendance - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 163 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors only Overview of dance for film and choreography for the camera. Aesthetics of creating dance for the screen. Approaches for delivery of dance films to an audience, including projection, DVD, Web, and mobile devices. A final dance film project is required. ### DANCE 165 — Choreographic Projects - **Units:** 1-4 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 162A. Audition required - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors only Supervised choreographic projects for workshop productions. ### DANCE 170 — Dance Performance - **Units:** 1-4 - **Prerequisite:** Audition required. Minimum 3.2 Dance major G.P.A. required - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times Rehearsal and performance as a principal dancer, part of the ensemble, or as an understudy in a faculty-choreographed production. ### DANCE 171 — Dance Workshop - **Units:** 1-4 - **Prerequisite:** Audition required. Minimum 3.2 Dance major G.P.A. required - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times Rehearsal and performance in a student-choreographed production. ### DANCE 172 — Master of Fine Arts Concert - **Units:** 1-4 - **Prerequisite:** Audition required. Minimum 3.2 Dance major G.P.A. required - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times Rehearsal and performance as a principal dancer, part of the ensemble, or as an understudy in a graduate student-choreographed production. ### DANCE 178 — Performance Laboratory - **Units:** 2 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Grading Option: Pass/Not Pass only - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times Rehearsal and performance of undergraduate and graduate student–choreographed dance works, including senior and M.F.A. thesis projects. ### DANCE 180C — Laban Studies - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 21A - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors only Laban movement analysis. ### DANCE 185W — Critical Issues in Dance - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 90A and DANCE 90B and DANCE 90C. Satisfactory completion of the lower-division writing requirement - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors only - (Ib) Critical thinking and writing about dance, with a section on dance criticism and a major emphasis on persuasive writing about significant issues in the dance world. ### DANCE 193 — Selected Topics in Dance - **Units:** 1-4 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) - Repeatability: May be taken 3 times as topics vary Directed group studies of topics in dance. ### DANCE 195 — Arts Management - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times Designed for students interested in the developmental and management of nonprofit arts organizations. Examines the organizational structure and areas of operation such as marketing, fundraising, budgeting, production, and administration. ### DANCE 197 — Independent Study - **Units:** 1-4 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 13 sections (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times Individual independent projects in experimental laboratory, library, field, performance, under instructor's direction. Students can receive conceptual, creative, and theoretical instruction in the successful completion of a written report or performance. ### DANCE 199 — Senior Thesis - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 13 sections (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) - Grading Option: Pass/Not Pass only - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times - Restrictions: Dance majors, Dance - Choreography majors, and Dance - Performance majors only Directed research or creative activity for senior Dance majors. Research consists of a substantial essay on dance history, research in dance science, or the creation of original or reconstructed choreography. ### DANCE 201 — Seminar in Kinesiology for Dance - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 100 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Concurrent: DANCE 100 Introduction to the anatomical, biomechanical, and physiological principles of dance movement. ### DANCE 222 — Musical Resources - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) Detailed study of music as it relates to dance. Historical overview of musical form, style, and other elements. Analysis of various affinities between music and dance. Practical applications. ### DANCE 225 — Seminar in the Teaching of Dance Techniques - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Principles and theories of teaching dance techniques. Supervised presentation and teaching of technique class. ### DANCE 231A — Graduate Studio: Ballet - **Units:** 2 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times - Restrictions: Audition required Advanced ballet, pointe work, and performance style: principles of the classical ballet with an emphasis on technique. ### DANCE 231B — Graduate Studio: Ballet - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 231A with a minimum grade of B- - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times - Restrictions: Audition required Advanced ballet, pointe work, and performance style: principles of the classical ballet with an emphasis on technique. ### DANCE 231C — Graduate Studio: Ballet - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 231B with a minimum grade of B- - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times - Restrictions: Audition required Advanced ballet, pointe work, and performance style: principles of the classical ballet with an emphasis on technique. ### DANCE 241A — Graduate Studio Workshop in Modern/Contemporary - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** Audition required - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times Advanced modern dance: synthesis of fundamentals and performance technique. Aims to bring students to the preprofessional level. ### DANCE 241B — Graduate Studio Workshop in Modern/Contemporary - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 241A with a minimum grade of B-. Audition required - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times Advanced modern/contemporary dance offering a synthesis of fundamentals and performance technique. ### DANCE 241C — Graduate Studio Workshop in Modern/Contemporary - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 241B with a minimum grade of B- - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times - Restrictions: Audition required Advanced modern/contemporary dance offering a synthesis of fundamentals and performance technique. ### DANCE 251A — Graduate Studio: Jazz - **Units:** 2 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times - Restrictions: Audition required Principles of jazz dance and contemporary forms, incorporating the personal views of the instructor. ### DANCE 251B — Graduate Studio: Jazz - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 251A with a minimum grade of B- - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times - Restrictions: Audition required Principles of jazz dance and contemporary forms, incorporating the personal views of the instructor. ### DANCE 251C — Graduate Studio: Jazz - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 251B with a minimum grade of B- - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times - Restrictions: Audition required Principles of jazz dance and contemporary forms, incorporating the personal views of the instructor. ### DANCE 252A — Graduate Studio: Tap - **Units:** 2 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 4 times An overview of tap concentrating on the development of various technique forms using basic and intermediate principles. ### DANCE 255A — Graduate Studio Workshop in Hip Hop - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** Audition required - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times Advanced hip hop dance with an emphasis on technique and added study of commercial and industry standards. ### DANCE 255B — Graduate Studio Workshop in Hip Hop - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 255A with a minimum grade of B-. Audition required - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times Advanced hip hop dance with an emphasis on technique and added study of commercial and industry standards. ### DANCE 255C — Graduate Studio Workshop in Hip Hop - **Units:** 2 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 255A with a minimum grade of B- and DANCE 255B with a minimum grade of B-. Audition required - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times Advanced hip hop dance with an emphasis on technique and added study of commercial and industry standards. ### DANCE 261A — Graduate Studio in Choreography - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times Graduate work in dance composition emphasizing the individual aesthetic. Assignments in movement discovery, solo and group forms, with the main emphasis on independent work. ### DANCE 261B — Graduate Studio in Choreography - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 261A with a minimum grade of B- - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times Graduate work in dance composition emphasizing the individual aesthetic. Assignments in movement discovery, solo and group forms, with the main emphasis on independent work. ### DANCE 281 — Dance and Video Technology - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) Introduction to video and audio documentation of dance performance. Integrating dance performance within the film aesthetic. Techniques and technologies of video cameras, formats, editing, and projection. Overview of video compression and DVD authoring. ### DANCE 282 — Seminar in Movement Analysis - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Theories of movement analysis and nonverbal communication applied to dance. ### DANCE 283 — Critical Issues in Dance - **Units:** 4 - **Prerequisite:** DANCE 284 with a minimum grade of B- - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Reading, writing, discussing, and presenting key issues that relate to dance studies. Basics of dance analysis and criticism. Special emphasis on effective ways of defining, clarifying, and arguing for points of view. ### DANCE 284 — Bibliography and Research - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Understanding the field of dance studies, available resources, research methods, and academic formats in preparation for thesis writing. ### DANCE 285 — Graduate Projects - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 13 sections (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 6 times Projects may be educational, choreographic, scientific, historical, or philosophical in scope and must have faculty advisor approval. ### DANCE 286 — Thesis - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 13 sections (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) - Repeatability: May be taken for credit 6 times Substantial research in a topic approved by the student's graduate committee. Results of the research must be written in approved thesis style. ### DANCE 287 — Graduate Lectures in Dance - **Units:** 1-4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times as topics vary A series of lectures and discussions of announced topics in dance. Content may be from history, ethnology, notation, medicine, music, or other areas in the field. ### DANCE 296 — Proseminar in Dance History - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule Discussion seminar with emphasis on reading and thinking about problems in dance history; presentation of oral and written reports. ### DANCE 297 — Directed Reading - **Units:** 1-4 - **Offered:** Fall 2026, 13 sections (/c/uc-irvine/schedule/fall-2026/dance.md) - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times Topic to be approved by instructor. Paper required. ### DANCE 399 — University Teaching - **Units:** 4 - **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule - Grading Option: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only - Repeatability: May be taken unlimited times - Restrictions: Dance majors only Limited to Teaching Assistants.