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Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance

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Program Overview

The Bachelor’s degree in Dance emphasizes training in dance performance and choreographic skills. This degree is designed to provide students with a broad and thorough base of dance technique training and performance experience to prepare for continued study at the graduate level or to enter the dance field in a professional capacity. 

The multi-cultural emphasis of the degree program makes it unique among most dance degree programs. The program offers a curriculum of technique classes in Ballet, Modern, Mexican Folklorico, and Flamenco. It also offers one concentration.

 

Concentrations: 

  • Mexican Folk Dance

Possible Career Options

A BFA in Dance opens the door to a career in dance that include opportunities such as working as a choreographer in a dance company, as a professional dancer, a dance educator, or an arts administrator. There are other areas behind the scenes in production, marketing, and management. Those with an entrepreneurial spirit can explore starting their own dance studio or offer speciality consultations. 

Musical Theatre Dancer

Dance Company Owner

Dance Educator

College Dance Professor

Arts Administrator

Chelsea Erazo
Being a Vaquero means that I would get to represent my Hispanic heritage in the industry where I decide to work in the future, and no matter where I go, belonging to this family would be a legacy that would follow me forever and that I would proudly carry.
Chelsea Erazo, UTRGV Undergraduate Student

UTRGV Tuition Advantage

Launching in Fall 2022, this program will cover the cost of tuition and mandatory fees for students with a family-adjusted gross income of $125,000 or less.
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Marco Castillo
What made me feel more comfortable and assured is the fact that UTRGV offers a bilingual, bicultural, and biliterate education which has made the transition process for me, as a first-generation student, easier.
Marco Castillo, UTRGV Undergraduate student

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