Training
•Bullet: Sixteen-unit sequence combines dance history, production and performance, choreography, movement curriculum integration, and advanced jazz technique
•Bullet: Jazz Dance III and IV develop vernacular jazz vocabulary alongside choreographic and performance practice
•Bullet: Students examine the cultural foundations of jazz dance while building technical mastery for teaching and stage work
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Dance Production, Rehearsal and Performance places jazz training in a staged-production context
Professional Development
•Bullet: The certificate provides a foundation for jazz-dance teaching and performance careers
•Bullet: Curriculum emphasizes teaching methods, critical dance pedagogy, movement theory, improvisation, and arts-centered community practice
