Training
•Fourteen-unit sequence combines dance history, production and performance, choreography, curriculum integration, and intermediate-to-advanced ballet technique
•Ballet II and III develop technique alongside coursework in how dance is made, rehearsed, produced, and taught
•Training examines European folk ballet traditions and methods associated with Royal Academy of Dance and Balanchine approaches
Performance & Productions
•Dance Production, Rehearsal and Performance connects studio training to staged work
Professional Development
•The certificate is designed as a foundation for ballet teaching and performance in dance and related performing-arts careers
•Students study movement theory, improvisation, teaching methods, and dance pedagogy