Our curriculum is designed to develop concrete skills in performance and choreography and to instill an appreciation of the role that dance plays in human culture around the world. The following areas of knowledge and experience are central to all the undergraduate degrees in dance:

• physical accomplishment in a range of dance styles and within fusions of various forms, including Contemporary, Ballet, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Transnational Fusion, African Dance, Performance Improvisation, and other dance traditions from around the world
• experience with the process and underlying aesthetics of dance creation, composition, and collaboration
• basic familiarity with cultural, sociological, and aesthetic issues important to the contemporary realities of the field of dance, including a working knowledge of major world dance styles, works of dance literature, theoretical lenses, and the history of dance
• knowledge of the various means, such as stagecraft, costuming, lighting, make-up, production, and projections, through which a public presentation of dance is realized
• study and practical experience in dance pedagogy, identifying our purpose, goals and objectives as future educators;