Program Recognition
•Dance at Illinois has granted degrees since 1969 and was called "a hotbed of choreographic innovation" by The New York Times
Training
•Professional BFA requires 77-80 dance credit hours for students aiming to work as professional dancers, dance makers, and teachers
•Coursework spans technique, composition, performance, theory, media, career preparation, improvisation, music studies, pedagogy, history, movement sciences, and repertory
•Individualized faculty mentoring alongside in-depth work with major visiting artists
•Minimum 2.75 GPA in dance coursework required to remain in good standing
Performance & Productions
•Repertory and performance staged in the world-class theaters of the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts; department rehearses in seven studios built for dance
Notable Alumni
•Paige Cunningham (MFA '07) — former dancer with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company
•Leslie Cuyjet (BFA '03) — New York-based contemporary dance artist and performer
•Katherine Roarty (BFA '11) — assistant choreographer, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (Broadway)
