Program Recognition
•Minor in Dance — structured around four pillars: Technique/Practice, Dance-Making/Composition, Dance Studies/Theory and History, and Performance and Design
•Named technique offerings include Hip Hop/Street Styles, American Jazz, African Diasporic Movement, Global Contemporary Dance, Tap, and Ballet
•Per department policy, a student may earn a BA or BFA in Dance, or a Minor in Dance, but not both
Training
•Dance faculty include Professors Ananya Chatterjea, Carl Flink, and Joanie Smith, Associate Professor Cindy García, and Assistant Professors jess pretty and Carlo Antonio Villanueva
•Based at the Barbara Barker Center for Dance in Minneapolis