Training
•Bullet: Dance faculty Rob Kitsos, Marla Eist, and Justine Chambers teach a curriculum built on Contemporary Dance Training & Movement Systems, Approaches to Composition, Choreographic Labs, and Repertory (CA 326, CA 327-4, CA 425-4 Intensive Studies in Performance)
•Bullet: The BFA major requires 80 credit hours in dance plus the Faculty of Arts' 30-credit breadth requirement within 120 total units
•Bullet: SFU typically receives 70-90 applicants for 25 spots each fall cohort
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Second- and third-year dancers audition into the Repertory Main-Stage Concert, staged each Fall and Spring term
•Bullet: SCA hosts the Vancouver Contact Improv Festival (8th annual in 2026) in the school's 4th-floor studios
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: Tara Cheyenne — choreographer and founder of Tara Cheyenne Performance
•Bullet: Vanessa Goodman — choreographer with Action at a Distance, building on repertory training from the program
•Bullet: Hong Kong Exile — Vancouver performance collective founded by SCA dance-area graduates
•Bullet: Graduates have also performed with EDAM, Compagnie Marie Chouinard (Montreal), and Le Patin Libre (Montreal)
Location
•Bullet: Studios sit inside the SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts in downtown Vancouver, steps from SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs and DanceHouse, supporting internships with local dance companies
