Studying Dance: A Guide for Campus and Beyond is a comprehensive bridge for students transitioning into the first year of a college dance program. Through this text, students will understand dance in new and exciting ways, embrace it as an academic discipline, navigate and take charge of their dance education, and visualize potential careers after graduation.
Studying Dance: A Guide for Campus and Beyond opens students’ eyes to all the artistic, cultural, and educational aspects of dance. By expanding their thinking, students will move to a deeper understanding of themselves as dancers and the world around them.
Part I: Your Dance Education Journey
Chapter 1: Introduction to Your Dance Studies
Chapter 2: Getting to Know Your Campus
Chapter 3: Dance as an Academic Discipline
Chapter 4: Success Strategies
Part II: Dance as a Discipline
Chapter 5: Dance and Artistry
Chapter 6: Dance and Culture
Chapter 7: Dance and Education
Chapter 8: Dance as a Multifaceted Discipline
Chapter 9: Dance and Reflection
Part III: Dance on Campus
Chapter 10: Technique and Movement Courses
Chapter 11: Creative, Compositional, and Performance Courses
Chapter 12: Contextual Courses
Chapter 13: Personalizing Your Campus Dance Education
Part IV: Your Dance Future
Chapter 14: Sustaining Your Engagement With Dance
Chapter 15: Glimpsing Your Future in Dance
Karen Schupp is an assistant professor of dance in the Herberger Institute School of Film, Dance and Theatre at Arizona State University. Her creative work includes self-portraiture, interdisciplinary dances, and conceptual works for nondancers and has been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the State of Arizona, and the United States Artist Project. Her scholarly research, which has been published in multiple journals, addresses innovative pedagogical practices and curricula in postsecondary dance education. She holds a master of fine arts in dance from Arizona State University and a bachelor of arts in dance from the State University of New York at Buffalo.