Current instructor
Original student reviews · all captured dates
Rena is an absolutely wonderful teacher! She is funny, respectful, and kind and will make you love dancing. Totally doable for someone who has never danced in their life. Also, she brings snacks and treats and tells really inspiring stories! Take her class!Rate My Professors ↗
Fun dance class to take— learned a lot!Rate My Professors ↗
She seemed kind of scary at first, but she was overall a great teacher who really cared and ultimately wanted everyone to succeed and feel safe. If you have never taken a dance class and just want to learn how to dance while also having fun, I would recommend her!Rate My Professors ↗
Dance 101 was so much fun with Rena! Absolutely recommend. Classes are so fun if you actually participate and she really cares about her students, plus when she goes off on a tangent the stories she has are so engaging. Only bad thing is you need to go to 3 outside dances but swing club and red rock line dancing are fun to go to with friends anywayRate My Professors ↗
Rena is amazing! Her knowledge of dance truly shows in her teaching and her teaching styleRate My Professors ↗
Rena was a fine professor. The class itself is cool since you get to learn about different relaxation techniques and have time to relax in class, but it's very disorganized. You don't know what reading corresponds with what week and you have to record yourself relaxing for 5-10 minutes twice which is awkward. But, it's a fun, easy one-credit class.Rate My Professors ↗
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SOCIAL DANCE I introduces basic movement concepts and skills for social dancing.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.96 GPA, 98.6% A/AB (n=69 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.84 GPA, 93.3% A/AB (n=60 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2026DANCE 133 teaches relaxation techniques, body awareness, and stress management through embodied practice.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Rena Kornblum is described as a fine professor who teaches a fun, easy one-credit class focused on relaxation techniques. However, the course is noted as very disorganized, with unclear reading assignments and awkward self-recording requirements.
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026Introduction to dance/movement therapy covering its professional scope, historical framework, theoretical rationale, and current applications.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.82 GPA, 93.3% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sampleDANCE 399 is an independent project course involving advanced study in dance under faculty direction.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleTeaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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