Tag: college dance programs

How College Seniors Can Make the Best of Graduating During a Pandemic

If you’re a college student, there are some guarantees. The dining hall food will be bad. Your communal shower will be gross. You will sleep through class (at least) once. And at the end of it all, you will walk across a stage and move the tassel on your hat and—finally!—graduate. But not even college […]

Admission Denied: What if You Aren't Accepted to a College Dance Program?

Caroline Waters didn’t get into Southern Methodist University’s acclaimed dance program after her first audition —or her second. She was accepted to the university, however, so she went ahead and enrolled, making a deal with her parents that if she didn’t earn a spot in the dance program within a year, she’d return home to […]

The Dancer's Guide to Creating Change in Your College Dance Department

Dance Spirit has highlighted college dance programs committed to dismantling white supremacy. But what if you arrive at your dream dance school to find that Western dance forms are at the center of every core requirement, or that your reading list doesn’t feature a single nonwhite academic? We spoke with Alex Christmas, a doctoral student […]

How to Build Your Professional Resumé in College

A college education offers a massive amount of opportunity—not only to further your dance training, but also to prepare for a successful career post graduation. The experiences you have throughout college, and the connections you make in school, can have a real impact on your job prospects once you enter the professional market. So how […]

How to Stay Organized in the Pandemic-Era College Dance Application Process

The college application process can be, well—let’s be honest here—downright maddening (#IYKYK). But for dancers, there’s an added layer of stress: College dance applicants not only have to get into a school academically, they must also be accepted into its dance program. There’s twice as much to prepare for and, on top of that, 2020 […]

4 Colleges Committed to Diversifying Their Dance Curriculums

In the face of today’s racial crisis, many Americans are now reckoning with their own complicity in the oppression of marginalized groups, and asking, “What can I do?” For college dance programs, which help mold the minds of the next generation of dance artists, this is an especially important question. For decades, most departments have […]

The Truth About Grades as a Dance Major

You may know what it means to earn a silver, gold, or platinum award for your performance—but probably not an A, B, or C grade. Often, dancers don’t encounter the idea of grading in dance until they enter collegiate dance programs. When you’re evaluating an inherently subjective art form, what distinguishes an A student from […]