Students also work closely with visiting artists who come to campus and set works each year.
An ambitious annual schedule of a minimum of seven departmental concerts allows students ample performing and choreographic opportunities. Advanced Choreography and Labanotation strengthens the students choreographic experience. Students are also required to complete the Senior Performance, in which they assume creative and production responsibility in the public performance of a substantial group work. Affiliation with the American College Dance Festivals has resulted in student performers from ASU taking top honors at regional and national levels. The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a concentration in performance and choreography is a pre-professional program permitting specialization in the field of dance as a creative art form.