BA in Dance - Education in College Park United States | University of Maryland, College Park

The Bachelor of Arts in dance provides students with a comprehensive grounding in fundamental aspects of the field while exploring interdisciplinary connections. The program cultivates technical proficiency, artistic expression, and collaborative skills through its curriculum. Initial years focus on building core competencies, while later years allow specialization in selected concentrations. Modern dance technique and creative process courses form the program's foundation, helping students develop both practical abilities and a deeper conceptual grasp of dance's relationship to other arts. Upper-level project work encourages interdisciplinary and cross-cultural investigations, examining themes through performance, choreography, and theoretical lenses. Students can concentrate in performance/choreography, production, or dance education.