Program Recognition
•Designed for dancers seeking rigorous pre-professional training as movers, makers, technicians, and thinkers
•The dance program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Dance
Training
•Performance-centered BFA built around daily technique in contemporary dance, ballet, hip hop, tap, jazz, and West African forms
•Near-daily University Dance Theater rehearsals are paired with regular choreographic exploration of space, time, and form
•Academic study in history, dance cultures, pedagogy, and kinesiology complements the studio load
Performance & Productions
•University Dance Theater functions as a laboratory for new movement idioms and choreographic methods
•Students represent SJSU at events such as the American College Dance Association
•BFA seniors present a Senior Portfolio concert in performance and choreography
Value
•Virginia Ann Dance Scholarships may award up to full tuition, lasting 2 to 4 years
•Legacy Scholarship Award ranges from $200 to $1,200 for incoming freshmen and transfers
