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