Program Recognition
•Bullet: 19-credit-hour Dance Minor (10 credit hours of technique courses placed by faculty screening, plus nine hours of dance history, production, and related topics)
•Bullet: No audition required — applicants are screened and placed by dance faculty
Training
•Bullet: Former American Ballet Theatre dancer Eileen Hebron (ABT-certified, hand-picked by Mikhail Baryshnikov) and Alvin Ailey-trained Stella Almblade (Horton, Limon, and Graham certified) teach in the department
•Bullet: Randall Flinn, artistic director of Ad Deum Dance Company, is Scholar in Residence and choreographs for the PBA Dance Ensemble
Professional Development
•Bullet: Internship placements include Ballet Palm Beach, Ballet Florida, the Kravis Center, Dance NOW! Miami, Miami City Ballet, the Florida Dance Education Organization, and Ad Deum Dance Company
•Bullet: Transfer students must complete at least six technique credits (two ballet, two modern, two elective) and six non-technique dance credits at PBA