Training
•Intensive specialization preparing students for performance careers
•Advanced studio work in ballet, modern, jazz, and hip hop technique
•Partnering, Repertory, and Performance coursework
•Faculty-led main season productions including Dance Visions, Physical Graffiti, and Dance Escape
•Train with internationally recognized performers and choreographers including UCI Distinguished Professor Lar Lubovitch
Performance & Productions
•BFA Performance students perform in main season productions
•Repertory work in contemporary ballet, modern, jazz, and hip hop
•Performances at the Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL) and main campus theaters
•Opportunities to dance work by guest choreographers and faculty creators
Career Outcomes
•UCI Dance graduates perform with the San Francisco Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Frankfurt Ballet, and Joffrey Ballet
•Modern dance company placements include Hubbard Street, Lar Lubovitch, and Bella Lewitzky
•Broadway and touring credits include A Chorus Line (original cast), Jerome Robbins' Broadway, Wicked, Newsies, and The Lion King
Degree Flexibility
•No additional audition required beyond entrance audition
•Declared spring quarter of sophomore year
•6 units of dance electives plus Performance specialization requirements
