Who We Are Now
The Dance Department at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a diverse, exciting and multi-cultural department that offers undergraduate emphases leading to a Bachelor of Arts Degree. It provides a broad coverage of dance training, including dance technique, improvisational and choreographic skills, music for dancers, historical and cultural dimensions of dance, dance production, dance science, and theories of dance. The Dance Department provides students with the opportunity to prepare for a variety of dance careers, offering both a broad base of study and opportunity for more intensive work in areas of specific interest. The multi-cultural emphasis of the degree-program makes it unique among most dance degree-program offering a curriculum of technique classes in Ballet, Modern, Mexican Folklorico, and Flamenco. The certified teacher preparation specialty prepares dance educators who are trained in technique, choreography, and instructional methods in a wide array of dance techniques that are aligned with the cultural heritages of the area. The Dance Department has approximately 70 declared majors and numerous dance minors.
Highly visible aspects of dance at UTRGV are the dance performance companies. The nationally and internationally recognized Ballet Folklorico is one of the most active and distinguished organizations on the UTRGV campus. Along with the Ballet Folklorico; the Dance Ensemble, the Ballet Company, and the Ballet Español, provide live dance concerts, performances, lecture demonstrations, workshops, and expertise to the community-at-large, the state, and the nation.
2025 BFA PROGRAM AUDITIONS
Auditions for both BFA in Dance Degree Programs will be held on Friday, April 4, 2025, on the Edinburg campus, EHPE 2.133
For more information, please contact
BFA in Dance Program Coordinator: Min Kim min.kim@utrgv.edu
BFA in Dance (Mexican Dance) Program Coordinator: Miguel Pena miguel.pena@utrgv.edu
Resources and Funding through the Center for Latin American Arts!
The Center for Latin American Arts seeks to support faculty and student scholarship, performance, and exhibition of the arts to promote excellence in scholarship and creative works. The Center also places a priority on student success by providing our undergraduate and graduate students with unique learning opportunities and funding to produce new research and make an impact on our community and beyond. Click Here to visit their website.