Columbia College Chicago
Dance · School of Theatre and Dance
Chicago, IL
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About the Program
Columbia College Chicago offers a Dance BA and a Dance BFA within its School of Theatre and Dance. Students explore a variety of techniques including modern/contemporary, West African, ballet, and hip-hop and related street dance styles, gaining a strong physical foundation in dance technique and improvisation while also studying dance history and theory. The BA is for students who see dance as their major within a broader undergraduate education; the BFA is a professionally oriented program intended for students with career aspirations in dance.
Degrees Offered
Bachelor of Arts in Dance
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance
Coursework
Curriculum includes dance technique across modern/contemporary, ballet, West African, and hip-hop/street styles, plus improvisation, dance history, and dance theory. Optional advanced course-placement audition assesses skill in Ballet, Hip-Hop, Modern, and West African.
Facilities
State-of-the-art studios and performance spaces within the School of Theatre and Dance.
Performance Opportunities
The School of Theatre and Dance produces approximately 40 productions a year, giving students multiple opportunities to perform, dance, design, produce, choreograph, direct, and stage manage. Dancers work on original works.
Rankings & Alumni
Alumni Outcomes
Notable alumna Vershawn Sanders-Ward '02, founder of Red Clay Dance Company. The program reports 96% of 2023 graduates employed or pursuing creative practice within one year (per colum.edu dance program page).
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