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