MFA in Dance in Philadelphia United States | Temple University

The Dance Department provides graduate programs culminating in Master of Arts, Master of Fine Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. Students are required to master dance as both a performance art and an academic discipline for scholarly exploration. The department emphasizes dance's significance in diverse, multicultural environments. The M.F.A. in Dance cultivates choreographers and performers who demonstrate mastery of their craft while engaging in artistic exploration, physical research, and analytical study. This program promotes technical dance creation, nurtures individual artistic expression, embraces cross-disciplinary approaches, and examines dance's social, political, and historical contexts. The curriculum aligns with current trends in professional dance, exposes students to modern dance scholarship, and equips them for the competitive employment landscape.

The M.F.A. in Dance focuses on empowering students to direct their own artistic growth and creative vision. As emerging choreographers, students deeply explore their craft's techniques and expressive potential, investigate dance's historical and cultural foundations, encounter diverse communicative methods, and consistently reevaluate their artistic perspectives. As performers, students must commit wholeheartedly to dance creation, interpretation, and presentation while advancing their technical and artistic abilities to meet performance demands. The program also prepares students pursuing careers in academic settings or community education as teaching artists.