Session Description

What students will know: Upon completion of the BFA degree, our students will possess the knowledge and skills to constructively engage with diverse embodied practices and perspectives in the dance field, including historically marginalized practices; articulate how their intersectional identities connect to and impact their artistic/pedagogic/scholarly practices; utilize creative research methodologies; and engage with dance as a political, social, cultural, historical, and economic act. What students will do: Upon completion of the BFA degree, our students will be able to employ critical thinking and creative and scholarly research to become self-directed and self-managing leaders in the field. They will investigate, integrate, and synthesize embodied experiences (including creative and performance practices), writing, and teaching through artistic and scholarly methodologies. What students will value: Upon completion of the BFA degree, our students will have learned to value rigor in their artistic practices; self-knowledge and understanding of their positionality as an artist/educator/scholar; the potential of cross-curricular, multidisciplinary, and interdisciplinary engagements as resources within dance and related fields; the distinctive physical and cultural values of diverse movement practices; a social and environmental justice mindset; community service engagement; and wellness and self-care. This degree program could lead to careers in: Performance Choreography Interdisciplinary arts Dance education (K–12, higher education, studio, community) Arts administration Dance filmmaking Lighting design Stage management Teaching Pilates and Yoga Dance history/scholarship Physical therapy