Training
•Bullet: Partnership with Fort Wayne Ballet Conservatory of Dance
•Bullet: Train alongside members of Indiana's premier ballet company
•Bullet: Ballet-primary curriculum with contemporary, jazz, tap, character, repertoire, and choreography
•Bullet: Training at the Auer Center for Arts and Culture, 2.5 miles from campus
•Bullet: Karen Gibbons-Brown, Fort Wayne Ballet artistic director
•Bullet: Eleonora Pokhitonova Hartung, Bolshoi Ballet Academy graduate and master teacher
•Bullet: Tracy Tritz, ABT-certified instructor and ballet mistress
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Perform with Fort Wayne Ballet in biannual Nutcracker and annual spring production
•Bullet: Student-led campus productions
Professional Development
•Bullet: Teaching, choreography, and arts management internships with Fort Wayne Ballet
•Bullet: Rotate through departments including sales, marketing, and fundraising
Degree Flexibility
•Bullet: Four-year Bachelor of Arts: 120 total credits (60 major/core, 30 general education, 30 free electives)
•Bullet: Major coursework advances through Ballet III-IV, a Dance Teaching Practicum, and a Dance Internship
•Bullet: Culminates in a senior review/jury tied to a Senior Project in Dance capstone course
