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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

choreography, dance, dance teaching, contemporary ballet

College

Fine Arts and Communications

Department

Dance

Abstract

Experience in choreography is a vital part of the education of a dance major, particularly one like myself who hopes to pursue a career in dance teaching. Unfortunately, as students, the opportunity to create choreography which is exhitibited in an audience-attended performance can be rare, perhaps only once in the college experience with a student’s “senior project.” In addition, each semester there are so many students accomplishing their senior projects, that it can become difficult to work closely with a faculty mentor who would facilitate the correct learning and maturing process that ought to develop. The maturation of a dancer that develops from choreographing is not only valuable to the student’s learning experience, but also incredibly valuable to the Dance Department at Brigham Young University and to the art of dance itself. If approached lightly, with little aid from an experienced choreographer such as a faculty mentor, the resulting work can be insubstantial. It is a creative work, but it is not enough for the student to just create. It must be done with in-depth analysis, strongly encouraged and influenced by a trusted and experienced mentor.

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