Ignite Your Passion for Dance at PVAMU
The Dance Program at Prairie View A&M University proudly welcomes all students! The courses are designed to provide intensive professional training within a rigorous academic setting and offer introductory dance classes for non-majors. The Dance Program allows opportunities for collaboration with prominent guest artists, increase coordination and technical abilities, while fostering teamwork, discipline, and self-expression.
The dance curriculum is designed to lead students to diverse pathways in the performing arts. Students are prepared to explore careers as choreographers, teachers (education), professional dance companies, graduate school, administrators, and more.
Purpose and Goals
The Dance Program offers courses and related student organizations for everyone, with preparation for professional careers in dance with a range of skills from artistic expression and technical proficiency. Whether you are pursuing a career in dance as artists and/or educators, encompassing technique, theory, creative development, graduate work in dance, or taking courses as an elective, the program encourages students to explore the relationships between dance and other art forms, fostering a more comprehensive understanding of the creative process.
Dance Program Goals and Objectives
- To offer students technical proficiency by developing skills in various dance styles, preparing them for performance or further training.
- To gain a deeper understanding of dance history, theory, and cultural contexts, broadening students’ appreciation for the art form.
- To equip students with the skills and knowledge needed for diverse career paths, including performance, choreography, teaching, and related fields.
- To nurture creativity and artistic development through choreography, improvisation, and performance opportunities.
- To provide non-dance majors with opportunities to perform and engage with the wider community, promoting dance education, appreciation, and outreach.
- To encourage and expose students and the community to a broad range of performances and productions with a transformative experience that cultivates an overall cultural awareness in the performing arts at Prairie View A&M University.
Collegiate Dance Company – Classic Dance Ensemble
The Dance Program and the Classic Dance produce 2 – 4 live and virtual productions each year in the Opal Johnson-Smith Auditorium, located in the Willie A. Tempton Memorial Student Center. Performances range from the dance company’s repertoire, student choreographers, academic dance technique classes, visiting guest artists, PVAMU student dance organizations, professional dance companies, and guest performers from a large range of artistic disciplines. Auditions for the dance company are open to all PVAMU students!
