Training
•Twenty-unit curriculum combines dance history, production, choreography, movement-curriculum integration, and study across world folkloric forms
•Technique options include African dance, Latin-Caribbean dance, Asian-Pacific Islander traditions, urban street dance, and European folk dance
•Required study draws from hip-hop and break dance, Ballet Folklórico, Polynesian dance, African polyrhythms, Haitian folkloric dance, and Latin-Caribbean forms
Performance & Productions
•Dance Production, Rehearsal and Performance connects culturally grounded technique to staged work
Professional Development
•The certificate prepares students for teaching and performance through critical pedagogy, intercultural perspectives, and sustainable movement practice
