| The upper level ballet and modern classes are the classes that dance minors takes (Ithaca doesn't offer a dance major, though they're in the process of developing one). Besides these classes the ones that MT's can't take are Dance History, Intro to Dance, and Dance Composition simply because there isn't enough room for all of the dance minors that take it. Dance is most definitely emphasized for ALL MT's, however. To clarify my earlier statements, I would not recommend Ithaca for someone who wanted to do only musicals with a lot of dance in them. I would rather recommend it for students that want to be able to do musicals, straight shows, character roles, leading roles, etc. Ithaca's strength is that the MT's are held to the same standards as acting majors as well as voice majors. The emphasis for freshman year dance classes is building good technique for non-dancers, correcting flawed technique in dancers, and building overall comraderie in the class. Later on dancers will progress to higher levels of dance, but unlike somelike programs all of the students start out at the the same level. |