Training
•Intensive two-year program integrating studio practice, academic study, and individualized research
•Train with fifteen full-time dance faculty in six professional studios
•Present original choreography in campus theaters and innovative spaces including the Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL)
•Curriculum includes Graduate Kinesiology for Dance, Musical Resources, Teaching of Dance Techniques, Dance and Video Technology, Graduate Choreography, Movement Analysis, Critical Issues in Dance, Bibliography and Research, and Proseminar in Dance History
•Work with one of the most talented undergraduate pools of dancers in the country
Thesis Options
•Choreographic work and accompanying thesis paper (most common path)
•Dance pedagogy thesis
•Dance media and technology thesis
•Dance training thesis
•Dance science thesis
•Dance studies thesis (ecology, culture, society, aesthetics, or health and wellness)
•One-hour oral defense required for all theses
Value
•Most MFA in Dance students receive financial support
•Funding through fellowships, fee fellowships, non-resident tuition fellowships, and Academic Student Employee (ASE) positions
•ASE opportunities in dance technique, dance history and theory, music, video production, costuming, critical issues in dance, kinesiology, and injury prevention
•Eligible for various department, school, and campus-wide scholarship opportunities
Career Outcomes
•Graduates secure college and university faculty positions
•Jobs at private studios and conservatories
•Founding of new dance companies
•Pursuit of PhD degrees in dance or health and wellness certificates
