If you elect to follow the Concert Dance CCI, you will be taught how to approach required and elective dance training and experiences in order to become a versatile dance artist who is an asset to any choreographer’s rehearsal room. You will learn how to think strategically about auditioning, and career positioning, as well as developing a strong network in the field.
This initiative is a stepping stone to making an indelible impact on the concert dance scene and beyond. Here is where your passion will combine with purpose and know-how so that you can see a pathway to fulfilling your dream of dancing in companies and on stages.
Career Tracking
Suggested elective courses and experiences in addition to the required dance curriculum. List subject to change. Contacting faculty for advising is strongly recommended.
- Participation in Plunge as many semesters as possible [DANC 489 Performance Techniques Workshop]
- Participation in the fall and spring concerts every semester (participation means at least auditioning as either a dancer and/or choreographer, if not rehearsing, and performing) [DANC 479]
- Participation in Impulse every semester as either a dancer, choreographer, or director [Co-curricular elective experience]
- Community Dance Project: Performance (2–4 Semesters) [DANC 379 Dance Tour Group]
- Elective Hip-Hop courses (1–3 Semesters) [DANC 347 or 498*] *look for respective section number
- Equitable Commercial Dance Program Courses (2 Semesters) [DANC 291 or 398.02]
- Elective Jazz (beyond the requirement), Musical Theater Dance, or Tap (1–2 Semesters) [DANC 445, 446, 144, 244, 344, 248, 348]
- Enroll in Senior Prep Concert & Commercial [DANC 498]
- Application for the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company summer fellowship in New York City (part of the Educational Partnership with LMU Dance)
- Recommended electives and extra-curriculars to round out your skill set
- Introduction to Business in the Arts [DANC 398.01]
- Filming Dance [DANC 479.01/.02]
- Dance crews
