A broad overview of the art of dance and its place in history, society, and culture.

Offered online only in Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters. May be used to fulfill the Fine Arts requirement.

Study dance and its relationship to entertainment, marketing, music, and sensuality.

Offered online only in Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters. May be used to fulfill the Fine Arts requirement.

Explore how dance has been used and developed in Broadway and film musicals during the past century.

Offered online only in Fall and Spring semesters. May be used to fulfill the Fine Arts requirement.

Get in Shape. Find your Core. Develop good posture, strength, and flexibility all while learning the movement techniques of Joseph Pilates.

In person and online course options available in Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters.

Improve your flexibility and strengthen your muscles. A great class that looks at the relationship between muscular strength and flexibility.

Offered online only in Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters.

This course provides students with active non-partner synchronized dance routines to various styles of music. Students will practice basic footwork while learning movements and understanding how to keep time when executing choreography. Students will also learn terminology and understand the cardiovascular benefits of dance.

Offered in person in Fall semesters only.

This course will allow students to understand and practice the basic level of Swing technique and its many styles. Students will be learning about the vocabulary and history of Swing Dance.

Offered in person in Fall and Spring semesters.

Ballroom Dancing will provide students an introduction in beginner or bronze level patterns which include the Waltz, Fox Trot, Tango, Cha Cha, Rumba, East Coast Swing and Mambo. The class also provides students with instruction in proper competitive technique of ballroom dance.

Offered in person in Fall and Spring semesters.

Explore the lively, percussive, and dramatic form of jazz dancing.  Improves strength, flexibility, coordination, and musicality.

Offered in person in Fall and Spring semesters.

Dance your way into the classical and courtly world of the ballet dance form. Learn how artistic dancing began as well as its French terminology. Improves strength, flexibility, coordination, and musicality.

Offered in person in Fall and Spring semesters.

A flowing form of dance that is lyrical and strongly steeped in the strength of the center, the spine and its fluid articulation. Improves strength, flexibility, coordination, and musicality.

Offered in person in Fall and Spring semesters.

Expressive, percussive dancing with the feet used as the instrument of rhythmic expression. Learn classic and contemporary tap steps. Requires tap shoes.

Offered in person in Fall semesters only.

A lively street dance style developed alongside the hip-hop style of music and culture.  Learn the basic movement vocabulary of this dance phenomenon.

Offered in person in Fall and Spring semesters.

A historical look at the African-American contributions to the dance art form. Delve into the history of the African-American presence and experience in the Americas.

Offered online only in Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters. May be used to fulfill the Fine Arts or Multicultural requirement.

This course will introduce students to the fundamentals of beginning yoga practice and is open to all levels. Yoga focuses on understanding and guiding the body, breath, and mind through postures, breathing techniques, and meditation training. Yoga increases flexibility, improves strength, balance, endurance, and concentration.

Offered in person in Fall and Spring semesters.

Pre-requisite: DAN 108
Further study of the principles and work of Joseph Pilates, including study of the Pilates machines and apparatus. Get in Shape. Find your Core. Develop good posture, strength, and flexibility.

Offered in person in Fall and Spring semesters.

Pre-requisite: DAN 160 or PEX 187
Further study of the lively street dance style developed alongside the hip-hop style of music and culture. Builds upon technique and terminology previously acquired in Hip Hop I. Particular emphasis on enhancing physical awareness and expressiveness.

Offered in person in Fall and Spring semesters.

Ballet dance for the tops of the toes. This course develops foot strength and the ability for “toe-dancing”. Requires specialized Pointe shoes.

Offered in person in Fall and Spring semesters.

Pre-requisite: DAN 144
Further study of the expressive percussive dancing with the feet used as the instrument of expression.  Learn classic and contemporary tap steps. Requires tap shoes.

Offered in person in Spring semesters only.

Pre-requisite: ENG 102
Explore how the dance phenomenon manifests itself in various cultures around the globe.

Offered online only in Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters. May be used to fulfill the International requirement.

Pre-requisite: DAN 208
Advanced study of the principles and work of Joseph Pilates. Get in Shape. Find your Core. Develop good posture, strength, and flexibility.

Offered in person in Fall and Spring semesters.

Pre-requisite: ENG 102
An appreciation for the body, its bones, muscles tissues, and joints and how they work and develop to create the dancer’s instrument.

Offered online only in Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters.

Pre-requisites: ENG 102
An in-depth look at the development of dance from the dawn of time to the 20th century.

Offered online only in Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters.

Pre-requisites: Department consent is required. Please email dance@unlv.edu for permission.
Explore all of the backstage design and production elements (including lighting, scenery, costumes, sound, and stage management) that go into producing a dance performance. As part of the class you will be a part of the production crew for at least one UNLV Dance performance during the semester.

Offered in person in Spring semesters only.

Pre-requisites: ENG 102
Study of the dance phenomenon and what makes it an art form. Study of the theories of master artists as well as the aesthetic theories of art proposed by philosophers, both classic and present.

Offered online only in Fall and Spring semesters.

Pre-requisites: DAN 351
Further study of bones, muscles, joints, and their use in the art of dancing. Includes muscle memorization and model building, as well as study of joints and their articulations in the three planes of the body.

Offered online only in Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters.

Pre-requisites: DAN 365
A look at dance and its historical development from 1900 to the present with emphasis on the artists that shaped this history.

Offered online only in Fall and Spring semesters.

Have some experience in ballet, jazz, or modern technique? Looking for more of a challenge? Major level technique courses in ballet, jazz, and modern may also be taken by non-majors and dance minors pending placement audition results. For more information about placement auditions, please visit the Events page.