This discipline leads to the freedom and personal power essential for the performer and invaluable to anyone. This is one reason why majoring in dance is not only a path to a career in performing dance, it can also lead to future work in business, education, and medicine. Students often combine their dance majors with other programs-e.g., with a business minor to prepare for arts management careers, or in a double major with liberal studies to prepare for elementary or special education teaching. Dance majors enjoy many performance opportunities and excellent facilities. Faculty is diverse, representing the most respected academic and performing traditions.
Faculty represent the world of concert and commercial dance as well as academic dance research.
Nationally renowned and local artists are frequent guest teachers and choreographers. A number of internships are available. Recent graduates can be found performing in various concert and sacred dance companies in New York,Colorado,Ohio,Arizona, and Los Angeles. They work in commercial video and network television and film as well as various musical theatre productions around the world. Some dancers go on to graduate school.