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TRAINING
•Comprehensive training in modern, ballet, tap, and jazz, plus coursework in choreography, pedagogy, somatic practices, Laban Movement Analysis, history and criticism, research, dance kinesiology, improvisation, music theatre dance, and social dance
•Unique offerings in comparative jazz styles
•Professional dance residencies with Urban Bush Women, Entity Contemporary Dance, Dorrance Dance, Koresh, Kimberly Bartosik / daela, Netta Yerushalmy, and Pilobolus
•Annual Urban Bush Women (UBW) Dance Residency over two-week period each academic year
PERFORMANCE & PRODUCTIONS
•Zodiaque Dance Company (pre-professional student dance company)
•UB Choreolab (performance and choreographic research laboratory)
•Emerging Choreographers Showcase and Dancers Workshop
NOTABLE ALUMNI
•Brittany Sprung — Disney Live national tour, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian cruise lines, Backstreet Boys, iHeart Radio Music Festival
•Heather Dorler — Universal Dance Association head instructor, Disney's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Pantos Project Dance
•Graduates work on Broadway, national tours, Cirque du Soleil, Chicago Tap Theatre, Urban Bush Women, Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, Disney, and cruise ships
Academic info
Snapshot
3.70
Avg GPA (W)
74%
Admit Rate
school-wide
74%
Grad Rate
20,112
Enrollment
$70,814
Earnings
10yr after
Costs & Aid
Average Annual Cost
$20,995
after typical aid
In-State Tuition
$10,936
before aid
Out-of-State Tuition
$31,536
before aid
Average annual cost reflects the grants and scholarships most students receive.
$0-30k$14,668
$30-48k$16,585
$48-75k$21,262
$75-110k$24,117
$110k+$28,079
Program info updated 3d ago
TRAINING
•Comprehensive training in modern, ballet, tap, and jazz, plus coursework in choreography, pedagogy, somatic practices, Laban Movement Analysis, history and criticism, research, dance kinesiology, improvisation, music theatre dance, and social dance
•Unique offerings in comparative jazz styles
•Professional dance residencies with Urban Bush Women, Entity Contemporary Dance, Dorrance Dance, Koresh, Kimberly Bartosik / daela, Netta Yerushalmy, and Pilobolus
•Annual Urban Bush Women (UBW) Dance Residency over two-week period each academic year
PERFORMANCE & PRODUCTIONS
•Zodiaque Dance Company (pre-professional student dance company)
•UB Choreolab (performance and choreographic research laboratory)
•Emerging Choreographers Showcase and Dancers Workshop
NOTABLE ALUMNI
•Brittany Sprung — Disney Live national tour, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian cruise lines, Backstreet Boys, iHeart Radio Music Festival
•Heather Dorler — Universal Dance Association head instructor, Disney's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Pantos Project Dance
•Graduates work on Broadway, national tours, Cirque du Soleil, Chicago Tap Theatre, Urban Bush Women, Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, Disney, and cruise ships
Updated 3d ago
