The Department of Dance offers
three programs in dance: Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance (80 hours);
Bachelor of Arts in Dance (53 hours); and a Dance Minor (18 hours).
The BFA program emphasizes performance, choreographic and aesthetic
training and is designed for the student seeking employment at the
professional level. The BA program offers an opportunity to explore
the diversity of the dance profession within a strong liberal arts
component, and BA students individualize their program by choosing
electives that support their dance career goals. The Dance Minor is
designed for students who wish to continue their dance studies as
an avocation. Due to high demand, the dance minor is limited to
50 students and there is a waiting list to become a minor. Dance
courses offered include all levels of ballet, jazz and modern dance,
five courses in choreography, three dance history courses, dance science
and analysis, conditioning, pedagogy and production. An audition is
required for acceptance into dance major programs. The complete University
Catalog is available on the World Wide Web through WMU’s home page.
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Dance majors have gone on to perform
with the companies of Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, Garth Fagan Dance, Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, Eisenhower Dance Ensemble, River North Chicago Dance Company, Chicago Moving Company, Bebe Miller Company, Repertory Dance Theater, Decadancetheater, Milwaukee Ballet, Augusta Ballet, The Joel Hall Dancers, and Wellspring/Cori Terry and Dancers. Others have danced at major theme parks, in touring productions
of Broadway shows, and on cruise ships. Graduates have been accepted
into prestigious graduate dance programs. Others run successful
dance studios or teach in community colleges and universities.
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