Training
•Dance area led by Ana María Alvarez, a 2020 Doris Duke Artist and founder of CONTRA-TIEMPO Activist Dance Theater, on the tenured faculty since 2022; emeritus faculty include Yolande Snaith, who choreographed Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut
•Technique in ballet, hip hop, jazz, and contemporary plus world-dance courses in West African, Indian, Latin, and Flamenco
•Creative-process courses in dance making and improvisation, paired with dance history and theory
Performance & Productions
•winterWORKS: produced winter concert of faculty and guest-artist choreography in the Mandell Weiss Forum or Potiker Theatre
•New Directions: spring student-choreography concert in the Potiker Theatre, Forum, or outdoor Epstein Family Amphitheater
•Annual ArtPower dance series brings internationally touring companies to campus for student master classes
Facilities
•Performs in the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Theatre District shared with the Tony Award-winning La Jolla Playhouse, including the 492-seat Mandell Weiss Theatre and 400-seat thrust-stage Forum
Degree Flexibility
•Double-major option pairing Dance with Theatre
•Study abroad through UC's Education Abroad and Opportunities Abroad programs
