AA/AS in Dance

The Dance major leads to an Associate in Arts degree and builds a base in dance as a form of expression and performance. Study includes technique, performance, choreography, production and the historical and cultural meaning of dance. The program offers rigorous pre-professional training for work in concert or commercial dance, musical theatre or dance instruction. Completing the degree can strengthen a student's chances in auditions and in admission to bachelor's programs at universities. The college is candid that dance careers tend to be competitive and modestly paid. Core requirements include composition, improvisation, acting, costume crafts, stage lighting, yoga and anatomical principles of kinesiology. Dance technique courses at higher levels require completion of the lower-level class or an official prerequisite waiver. A program mapper is available for course sequencing.