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UCSC's Dance program emphasizes each undergraduate's personal development across theater arts and humanities education.
While offering rigorous technical instruction, the program ensures students gain broad, enriching experiences in the university setting. Rather than shaping students into existing dance traditions established by prominent artists and their successors, our approach equips them to analyze diverse performance styles, appreciate dance's applications beyond the stage, and cultivate their own artistic identity. The curriculum centers on three pillars: 1) mastering anatomically sound movement fundamentals, 2) applying movement techniques to express creative vision in performance and choreography, and 3) exploring diverse dance styles through historical and cultural perspectives.