{"id":4634,"date":"2022-06-08T13:48:09","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T17:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/?post_type=bu-program-page&#038;p=4634"},"modified":"2025-09-10T10:33:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T14:33:34","slug":"dance","status":"publish","type":"bu-program-page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/academics\/degrees-programs\/dance\/","title":{"rendered":"Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax alignfull has-background-color-quaternary has-box-color-quaternary has-object-cover-left-middle is-style-content-right-split\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-media\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-background-image\"><\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-figure js-block-editorial-parallax-active\" data-rellax-speed=\"-5\" data-rellax-percentage=\"0.5\"><picture class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-picture\"><source media=\"(max-height: 480px)\" srcset=\"\/cfa\/files\/2022\/06\/bu-dance-tsai-performance-center-854x480.jpeg\"\/><source media=\"(max-height: 720px)\" srcset=\"\/cfa\/files\/2022\/06\/bu-dance-tsai-performance-center-1280x720.jpeg\"\/><source media=\"(max-height: 768px)\" srcset=\"\/cfa\/files\/2022\/06\/bu-dance-tsai-performance-center-1366x768.jpeg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-image wp-image-4644\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2022\/06\/bu-dance-tsai-performance-center-1920x1080.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/06\/bu-dance-tsai-performance-center-1920x1080.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/06\/bu-dance-tsai-performance-center-1200x675.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/06\/bu-dance-tsai-performance-center-992x558.jpeg 992w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/06\/bu-dance-tsai-performance-center-1500x844.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/06\/bu-dance-tsai-performance-center-1984x1116.jpeg 1984w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/06\/bu-dance-tsai-performance-center-1600x900.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/06\/bu-dance-tsai-performance-center-1366x768.jpeg 1366w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/06\/bu-dance-tsai-performance-center-1280x720.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/06\/bu-dance-tsai-performance-center-854x480.jpeg 854w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/picture><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-content-outer\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-content-inner\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"headline-1\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-headline\">Make your love of dance part of your college degree! <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you an undergraduate Boston University student who dances five to 15 hours per week? Consider the dance minor for an artistic addition, career advancement, and verification of your commitment to dance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The dance minor at BU is designed to enhance a student\u2019s preparedness for a number of multidisciplinary fields, including dance aesthetics, dance history, movement education, musical theatre, and arts administration.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For those who wish to pursue dance performance or choreography as a career, or who wish to apply to graduate programs in dance, the dance minor will serve as verification of their skill level and commitment to this field of study. In order to receive a minor in dance, students will be required to complete 20 credits in dance theory, history, composition, and studio and performance experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"divider\">Degrees Offered<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"related-content bup-related-programs\">\n\t\t<div class=\"related-content__header bup-related-programs-header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<ul class=\"related-content__list bup-related-programs-list bup-related-programs-layout-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"bup-program-card \n\t\t\t\thas-featured-image has-excerpt has-degree-details \t\t\t\t\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bup-program-card__content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bup-program-card__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bup-program-card__title-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"bup-program-card__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"636\" height=\"425\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2022\/06\/closeup-crop-Aurora-Picture1-dance-636x425.jpeg\" 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100vw, 636px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"bup-program-card__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"bup-program-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/academics\/degrees-programs\/dance\/minor\/\" target=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDance Minor\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"bup-program-card__details-requirements\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"bup-program-card__details-section bup-type\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"bup-program-card__details-section-title\">Degree Type<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"bup-program-card__details-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"bup-type-undergraduate\">Undergraduate<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"bup-program-card__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"bup-program-card__details-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The dance minor at Boston University is designed to enhance a student\u2019s preparedness for a number of multidisciplinary fields, including dance aesthetics, dance history, movement education, musical theatre, and arts administration. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"bup-program-card__details-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"bup-program-card__details-section bup-formats\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"bup-program-card__details-section-title\">Formats<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"bup-program-card__details-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"bup-formats-in-person\">In-Person<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"bup-program-card__details-section bup-availability\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"bup-program-card__details-section-title\">Availability<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"bup-program-card__details-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"bup-availability-full-time\">Full-Time<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"bup-program-card__details-section bup-location\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"bup-program-card__details-section-title\">Location<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"bup-program-card__details-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"bup-location-on-campus\">On-Campus<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"divider\">Featured Faculty<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-148 profile type-profile status-publish hentry bu_progs_degree-option-bfa-ma dicipline-theatre school-school-of-theatre program-dance position-faculty\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/about\/contact-directions\/directory\/yo-el-cassell\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2022\/03\/Unknown-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Yo-EL Cassell<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Head of Movement; Assistant Professor, Movement; Co-Chair, Dance Minors; Advisor\/Faculty Mentor, Theatre Minors<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull has-background has-black-background-color is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(\/cfa\/files\/2025\/08\/Creatives-in-Practice-Yo-EL-Cassell-LIFEBOAT_13-1024x715.jpg);background-position:67% 61%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"715\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/08\/Creatives-in-Practice-Yo-EL-Cassell-LIFEBOAT_13-1024x715.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-123999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/08\/Creatives-in-Practice-Yo-EL-Cassell-LIFEBOAT_13-1024x715.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/08\/Creatives-in-Practice-Yo-EL-Cassell-LIFEBOAT_13-636x444.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/08\/Creatives-in-Practice-Yo-EL-Cassell-LIFEBOAT_13-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/08\/Creatives-in-Practice-Yo-EL-Cassell-LIFEBOAT_13-1536x1072.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/08\/Creatives-in-Practice-Yo-EL-Cassell-LIFEBOAT_13-2048x1429.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/08\/Creatives-in-Practice-Yo-EL-Cassell-LIFEBOAT_13-1433x1000.jpg 1433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">CREATIVES IN PRACTICE: <br><strong>YO-EL CASSELL<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-white-color\">A key message for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/about\/contact-directions\/directory\/yo-el-cassell\/\">Yo-EL Cassell<\/a>\u2019s theatre and movement students at Boston University:\u00a0<strong>curiosity becomes the entry point for creativity<\/strong>. Cassell, an award-winning choreographer, head of movement at BU, assistant professor of movement at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/theatre\/\">BU School of Theatre<\/a>, dance minor coordinator, and advisor to theatre minor students, is practicing what he preaches through his \u201cJourney of Youth\u201d (J.O.Y. for short) technique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-white-color\">In CFA\u2019s&nbsp;<em><strong>Creatives in Practice<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;series, Cassell shares what he\u2019s been up to during his most recent sabbatical leave. His journey has taken him abroad to Europe to teach, participate in a creative residency, and research the rise in popularity of physical theatre. Back in the States, Cassell curated a colloquium focusing on movement as medicine, finished his book proposal on the J.O.Y. technique, and, for the past year and a half, has been working with&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.americanphysicaltheater.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">The American Physical Theatre<\/a>&nbsp;(APT) in New York City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-white-color\"><em>\u201cIt\u2019s been an honor to be involved with the development of The American Physical Theatre as one of the founding members and consultants, where we recently performed in March to sold-out capacity at&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/harlemstage.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Harlem Stage<\/a>. The company realized that there is this real hunger for physical theatre where the body as a communicative channel becomes the expressive channel.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"wp-block-button wp-block-bu-button bu-blocks-block-button has-tertiary-theme\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/news\/articles\/2025\/creatives-in-practice-yo-el-cassell\/\">read more in cfa news<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The dance minor at BU is designed to enhance a student\u2019s preparedness for a number of multidisciplinary fields, including dance aesthetics, dance history, movement education, musical theatre, and arts administration.&nbsp; For those who wish to pursue dance performance or choreography as a career, or who wish to apply to graduate programs in dance, the dance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19544,"featured_media":4637,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"template":"","meta":{"_editor_template":""},"bu_progs_page-type":[10],"bu_progs_degree-option":[75],"bu_progs_performance":[],"bu_progs_education-level":[112],"bu_progs_area-of-study":[],"bu_progs_area-of-interest":[],"bu_progs_department-affiliation":[],"bu_progs_format":[117],"bu_progs_availability":[119],"bu_progs_location":[121],"dicipline":[127],"unit":[],"performance":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-program-page\/4634"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-program-page"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bu-program-page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19544"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-program-page\/4634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125240,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-program-page\/4634\/revisions\/125240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"bu_progs_page-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_progs_page-type?post=4634"},{"taxonomy":"bu_progs_degree-option","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_progs_degree-option?post=4634"},{"taxonomy":"bu_progs_performance","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_progs_performance?post=4634"},{"taxonomy":"bu_progs_education-level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_progs_education-level?post=4634"},{"taxonomy":"bu_progs_area-of-study","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_progs_area-of-study?post=4634"},{"taxonomy":"bu_progs_area-of-interest","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_progs_area-of-interest?post=4634"},{"taxonomy":"bu_progs_department-affiliation","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_progs_department-affiliation?post=4634"},{"taxonomy":"bu_progs_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_progs_format?post=4634"},{"taxonomy":"bu_progs_availability","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_progs_availability?post=4634"},{"taxonomy":"bu_progs_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_progs_location?post=4634"},{"taxonomy":"dicipline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dicipline?post=4634"},{"taxonomy":"unit","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unit?post=4634"},{"taxonomy":"performance","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/performance?post=4634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}