The characteristics that the faculty looks for in BFA students are:

  • exceptional technical/expressive ability as demonstrated in class work and performance;
  • ?choreographic skill or potential as demonstrated through movement invention and appropriate clarity of structure;
  • willingness and drive necessary to pursue a professional career in dance;
  • exceptional musicality and rhythmic precision; and,
  • maturity, organization, and positive attitude.

In addition to specified coursework, the BFA student must meet the following requirements:

  • show original choreographic work each semester in Open Space, FRESH, or Dance Class Showings;
  • present a concert in conjunction with other senior BFA?s in the spring of their senior year;
  • By December of their junior year the student must have formed a committee of two faculty members who will evaluate his/her concert. The student and First Reader (lead faculty member) of the committee will complete a BFA Concert Form that is given to the Director of Dance Production by January 31 junior year. The Director of Dance Production will help you plan and oversee the production aspects of the show