Dance Majors consistently rehearse and perform in theatres on campus. Additionally our dancers have performed site-specific works at Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA), The Institute for Environmental Sustainability, and The Madonna della Strada Chapel.

Chicago serves as extended classroom for our program, and our dancers engage extensively with the professional dance community through Loyola’s premier professional faculty, guest artists, internship opportunities, world-class performances, master classes and workshops. Loyola University Chicago Dance Majors participate in a host of co-curricular activities that strengthen artistic practices and serve our commitment to social justice. These include The American College Dance Association Festival, IN/Motion: Chicago’s Dance Film Festival. interdisciplinary collaborations, research presentations, and international immersion activities among others.

• The study of dance is experiential and transformative, impacting student learning in affective, psychomotor, cognitive and spiritual domains.

• We preserve and contextualize classical techniques and masterworks, investigating work from the past to enrich current and emerging approaches to dance creation and performance.

• Our curricular and co-curricular structures engage students in a wide variety of dance experiences that serve as professional development, community-building, and self-discovery opportunities.

• We are committed to excellence in the building of dance professionals and artists who will be advocates for creative work and will become leaders in their fields