The Program
The Dance Program is designed to prepare students for careers as professional dancers, choreographers, or teachers. The dance program uniquely fuses theatrical and musical training and perspectives into the dance curriculum, enabling dance students to prepare for specialized careers in modern and ballet companies or in the professional theatre as dancers who sing and act.
The underpinning of the dance curriculum is the daily ballet class with specialized training in modern and jazz/theatre dance. Training is completed with studies in dance history, dance pedagogy, improvisation, choreography, tap, pointe, men's class, and pas de deux. Seniors are required to complete a senior choreographic project before graduation. Our students have gone on to perform nationally and internationally in dance companies such as Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, BalletMet, Cincinnati Ballet, Louisville Ballet, Lula Washington Dance Theatre, and Dayton Ballet as well as appearing in Broadway and regional musicals.
Degree Requirements | Senior Project
Last updated March 23, 2010
