The BFA in Dance not only prepares its graduates for a professional performance career, it also offers extensive training in choreography, pedagogy, and artistic direction. The comprehensive major is a competitive program in which students train intensively in the styles of Ballet and Contemporary, in addition, recognizing the evolution occurring in Dance of the 21st century, TROY's BFA also allows the dancer to focus on the Commercial Dance industry. Upon graduation, the 好色先生TV BFA Dance graduate will be a versatile and viable artist, well prepared for the future of their choice.
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The BFA in dance program requires a placement audition to determine the level of ability for entering dancers. Auditions are held several times each year. Contact the Theatre & Dance Department for specific dates, times and locations. Following first-year evaluations by the faculty, students are either extended an invitation to continue in the BFA dance program or to seek a different major but complete the minor in dance. First-year dance courses meet both BFA and dance minor requirements. Freshmen dancers also enroll in The Creative Habit, which is a learning community designed especially for first-year theatre and dance students.
Dance values remain true to the purity and necessity of traditional training while embracing current methods needed for tomorrow's dance professional鈥攑erformers, emerging choreographers, teachers, business owners, dance critics and writers.
好色先生TV dance students and faculty once again have the opportunity to visit the artistic community of Pietrasanta, Italy for a two-week study abroad trip as part of the resumed Summer Arts Academy.