Program Highlights
- Geneseo supports a variety of student dance organizations.
- Artists-in-residence give students an opportunity to learn from esteemed professionals.
- A diverse learning environment helps students broaden their viewpoint to participate in a multicultural society and interrelated world.
- The department atmosphere is friendly and accepting, fostering a strong work ethic, self-discipline, and self-motivation.
Dance History
Why study dance history at Geneseo?
This non-performance minor complements the performance-based dance studies minor, introducing students to the history of dance from a wide variety of cultural perspectives.
Program Option
Additional Options
Sample Courses
- 19th Century European Art from the French Revolution to the Post-Impressionists
- Asian Dance Survey
- Avant-Garde Modernism: 1900–1950
- Dance History as a 20th Century Art
- Global Dance History
- Intro to Cultural Anthropology
- Intro to Dance
- Intro to Film Studies
- Intro to Music History
- Play Analysis for the Theatre
Contact Info
Jonette Lancos, Professor of Theatre and Dance
lancos@geneseo.edu
Brodie Hall 164
585-245-5843