DANCE
4-week Intensive Dance
Don’t miss your chance to study dance in Rome next summer! The intensive includes performance opportunities in Italy.
Choose the Dance Intensive track and you’ll enroll in the following courses:
- Dance 2868: Contemporary Hybrid Dance Technique and Performance Lab (3 credits)
- Dance 3812: Creative Process in Dance (3 credits), cross-listed with 3882 (independent study)
Contemporary Hybrid Dance Technique and Performance Lab
Designed for intermediate to advanced levels, this course offers students an opportunity to focus on dynamic qualities, movement efficiency, and expressivity when analyzing and embodying choreography that synthesizes concepts from a range of styles. Studio practice will culminate with co-creating and performing an original work.
Creative Process in Dance
This course explores the creative process within the context of choreography, music, and text, using Rome’s visual art as inspiration. Students will have an opportunity to generate their own choreography in a way that demonstrates their understanding of interpreting both visual imagery and sound.
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Inquire about alternative course combinations with other offerings at Temple Rome.
Program Dates
Four weeks: mid-May through mid-June
Tentative 2026 Program Dates
| Departure from U.S. | May 13 |
| Arrival in Rome | May 14 |
| Orientation in Rome | May 15-17 |
| Classes begin | May 18 |
| Last day of classes | June 11 |
| Last night in housing | June 11 |
| Program ends | June 12 |
Do not use the above dates to book your flight, as they are tentative and subject to change. Accepted students will receive confirmed program dates and flight booking guidelines from Education Abroad before making travel plans.
Program participants are required to be present for the entire length of the program, from the official arrival date through the program end date.
Contact
For more information about the courses, contact Prof. Jillian Harris, jillian08@temple.edu. For other questions about the program or application, contact study.abroad@temple.edu.