Our Bachelor of Science in American Dance Pedagogy degree was designed for the student who wants a life-long career as an extraordinarily well-prepared teacher rather than a career as a performer.

Many “dance pedagogy” programs offered by colleges and universities in North America consist only of one or two low credit-hour ballet or modern pedagogy courses tagged onto existing dance degrees.

Our degree provides students with a depth and breadth of study never attempted by other dance programs. Students will be required to take five credit hours of tap pedagogy, five credit hours of jazz pedagogy, and five credit hours of ballet pedagogy. Instead of one course in dance history, they will take three courses, one of which will cover the history of teaching dance.

Instead of a few credit hours of choreography, our American Dance Master Teacher Program undergraduates will take six credit hours and will face challenges such as, “choreograph a three-minute dance in the style of Fosse for fourteen-year-old dancers at an intermediate level. Now, choreograph to the same music for eighteen-year-old dancers at an advanced level.”

Students will study dance health, anatomy and physiology for dancers, dance studio technology, and dance studio management. And they will take courses in management, accounting, economics, marketing, advertising, and public relations. In addition to the above, they will have a solid liberal arts education through our general education requirements.

We have designed the American Dance Master Teacher undergraduate degree to serve the needs of both young dance students who need to continue dance technique training and older dancers who have completed a performance career and want to transition to become a great teacher.

Thus, a young dancer can continue to learn and improve through Jazz Technique and Analysis, Tap Technique and Analysis, and/or Ballet Technique and Analysis. An older student who demonstrates substantial and sufficient knowledge of tap, jazz, and ballet technique would not be required to take dance technique classes.

Whether you are a young dancer who wants to be a great teacher rather than a performer, or a mature dancer who wants to transition to a new career as a great teacher, our Bachelor of Science in Dance Pedagogy has the flexibility to help you realize your goal.

For the student who wants to become a
master teacher of American dance ...
a Bachelor of Science in
American Dance Pedagogy

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UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

March 15, 2008 Teacher Seminar

June 9-13, 2008 Teacher Intensive Seminar

July 7-19, 2008 Student Intensive Seminar

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Mary Price Boday
Program Coordinator

Associate Professor Mary Price Boday serves as Coordinator of The American Master Teacher Program. Professor Boday, an Oklahoma native of Cherokee heritage, holds Bachelor of Fine Arts in Modern Dance, Bachelor of fine Arts in Ballet, and Master of Fine Arts in Dance degrees.

Before joining Oklahoma City University’s nationally acclaimed Ann Lacy School of American Dance and Arts Management, Professor Boday was founder and artistic director of The Illinois Ballet and director of the Central Illinois Dance School.

An artist of international reputation, she danced professionally with Zurich Ballet and St. Gallen Stadt Theater Ballet of Switzerland. In New York City, she performed with Leonard Fowler Ballet. As a modern dancer, she performed with Pearl Lang Dance Company, Mary Anthony Dance Theatre, Larry Richardson Dance Company, and Gaku Dance Company.

Professor Boday has over thirty years of experience choreographing and teaching. She has taught at Harkness Ballet, Mary Anthony Dance School, Zurich Ballet, University of Illinois, Cornish College in Seattle, Jefferson High School of Performing Arts in Portland, Oregon, National Academy of the Arts of Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Charles Bennett’s Summer Dance Labs, and numerous David Howard Summer Intensives.

She has served as director of Mercyhurst College Dance Department and ballet mistress for St. Gallen Stadt Theater Ballet Company of Switzerland.

Professor Boday is known for her warm nature and extensive knowledge.

For more information about our American Dance Master Teacher Program and the Bachelor of Science in American Dance Pedagogy, contact Professor Boday at 405-208-5523 or by e-mail at mboday@okcu.edu.