Training
•Prepares students for lifelong careers as professional performing artists, teachers, and creators
•Focus on technique, performance, choreography, and pedagogical training
Performance & Productions
•Four concert series per year: two featuring professional works by leading choreographers (Balanchine, Tudor, Limón, Graham, Cunningham, Lar Lubovitch, Pascal Rioult, Hope Boykin)
•Two concerts directed and produced by graduating seniors who create group works and commission solos from professional choreographers
Notable Alumni
•Graduates perform with top companies: Paul Taylor, Martha Graham, Repertory Dance Theater, Broadway, José Limón, Charlotte Ballet, Whim W'him, Boston Dance Theater •Alumni teaching at Feld Ballets, New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theater
•Alexzander Larson (BFA '22) — inaugural Merce Cunningham Trust Barbara Ensley Award recipient, currently with The Metropolitan Opera Ballet