Program Recognition
•132-unit professional training BFA in Dance (standard track)
•One of only three universities in the CSU system to offer a BFA in Dance
•Housed within the School of Music and Dance
•Prepares dance artists to fully engage in and shape the field of dance
Training
•Program built on four core capacities: Practice, Relate, Manifest, Articulate
•Curriculum organized around Technique(s), Dancemaking, Performance, and Theory
•Technique training spans classical, contemporary, social, and popular dance forms
•Somatics, Yoga, Embodied Anatomy, and Contact Improvisation included in core curriculum
Performance & Productions
•University Dance Company
•Performance Forum I and II
•Senior Capstone as performer and/or choreographer
•Dancemaking Lab I, II, and III for original choreographic work
Career Pathways
•Designed for students pursuing performance, choreography, dance scholarship, and creative practice
•Dance Education Concentration available as a separate track for students preparing to teach K-12
•Faculty includes practicing dance artists, choreographers, and scholars
