Spring 2027

Dance Composition II

DANCE COMPOSITION II covers composition and performance of pre-classic and modern dance forms with practical theater production, costuming, and stage design.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Anna RogovoyCollette Stewart

Summary

1 / 6

Past student reviews · Christopher Walker

Assignments were described as unclear, and the instructor was frequently late to class sessions.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Generate and manipulate innovative movement material quickly

  • Create meaning and context for work through thoughtful and informed structural development

  • Make effective editing choices about choreography

  • Demonstrate discipline and consistency in the working process

  • Take risks and exhibit confidence in creative work and performance

  • Lead dancers effectively in the rehearsal process

  • Offer astute and useful feedback to classmates

  • Consciously integrate other dance studies into the choreographic process

  • Demonstrate an increased literacy in contemporary dance/performance

  • Write and speak articulately about one’s creative point of view and progress in the context of contemporary dance/performance

  • Present a complete work of three or more dancers (not including the choreographer)

  • Integrate ideas, frameworks, or questions drawn from knowledge outside the field of dance into the choreographic process.

  • Write and speak about one’s creative point of view and progress in an interdisciplinary context that includes contemporary dance and related areas of knowledge.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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DANCE 156 or graduate/professional standing

  • take one
DANCE 355 used by

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ANNA ROGOVOY is recorded teaching in Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CHRISTOPHER A WALKER is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

COLLETTE STEWART is recorded teaching in Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LAB 001Classroom Instruction0 / 200
LAB 002Classroom Instruction0 / 200

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Christopher Walker

A past student described the course as poorly organized, noting that a syllabus was not provided until halfway through the semester.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Christopher Walker

Assignments were described as unclear, and the instructor was frequently late to class sessions.

Past student reviews · Christopher Walker

The student found the instructor unengaged, noting that he did not make an effort to learn the names of the small class.

Topics

  • Pre-classic and modern dance forms
  • Theater production, costuming, and stage design
  • Contemporary dance and performance literacy

Skills

  • Generating and manipulating innovative movement material
  • Making effective editing choices about choreography
  • Leading dancers in the rehearsal process
  • Practical application of theater production, costuming, and stage design

Grades

Latest available · Fall 2025— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Not enough comparable courses for Spring 2027 in UW–Madison.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
DANCE 355 · Spring 2027

Dance Composition II

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Grade history

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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