Program Recognition
•Bullet: Designed for dancers seeking rigorous pre-professional training as movers, makers, technicians, and thinkers
•Bullet: The dance program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Dance
Training
•Bullet: Performance-centered BFA built around daily technique in contemporary dance, ballet, hip hop, tap, jazz, and West African forms
•Bullet: Near-daily University Dance Theater rehearsals are paired with regular choreographic exploration of space, time, and form
•Bullet: Academic study in history, dance cultures, pedagogy, and kinesiology complements the studio load
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: University Dance Theater functions as a laboratory for new movement idioms and choreographic methods
•Bullet: Students represent SJSU at events such as the American College Dance Association
•Bullet: BFA seniors present a Senior Portfolio concert in performance and choreography