Fall 2026

Ballet I

DANCE 105 introduces fundamental ballet technique and explores the body as a creative instrument through experiential learning.

offering recorded1 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Lily Selthofner

Summary

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The course is rated as very difficult, with strict scoring practices noted by historical reviewers.

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Prerequisites

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DANCE 105

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Professors

Fall 2026
Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews for instructor Liz Sexe describe DANCE 105 as unfriendly to students without a ballet background and note that grading is very strict, despite her claims of not being mean.

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Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LAB 001Classroom Instruction29 / 303

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Student experience

the class

Historical reviews for DANCE 105 describe a strict and unfriendly environment for students without ballet background, with a low quality rating.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.92 GPA, 94.3% A/AB (n=53 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.88 GPA, 95.1% A/AB (n=41 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

The course is rated as very difficult, with strict scoring practices noted by historical reviewers.

Historical reviews of Liz Sexe: Students without a ballet background may find the course unfriendly, despite the instructor's claims of not being mean.

Topics

  • Ballet technique
  • Body expression and creativity

Skills

  • Ballet technique fundamentals
  • Creative and expressive body movement

Grades

Latest available · Fall 2025— not enough history to project Fall 2026.

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1320 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.

Catalog observation history

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Selected offering source records
DANCE 105 · Fall 2026

Ballet I

Recorded 2026-09-07
Raw records
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Model outputs & technical records
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Model & dataset provenance
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