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Manhattanville University

Commercial Dance Program · School of Arts and Sciences

Purchase, NY

BFAMinorBalletContemporaryJazzTapHip-HopCommercial

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About the Program

Manhattanville University offers a BFA in Commercial Dance and a Dance Minor within its School of Arts and Sciences. The program prepares students for careers in commercial dance, musical theater, and concert dance while grounded in Manhattanville's Purchase, NY liberal arts campus a short drive from New York City. Manhattanville also offers a companion Musical Theatre BFA.

Degrees Offered

BFA4 years

BFA in Commercial Dance

Minor

Minor in Dance

Concentrations

commercial dancemusical theatre

Coursework

Commercial Dance BFA is one of a small number of specialized commercial-dance BFA programs in the US (e.g., Pace University and Boston Conservatory at Berklee, as of July 2026). Companion Musical Theatre BFA also offered.

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