Myron Leftwich: Oklahoma City University's Ann Lacy School of American Dance and Arts Management offers three unique dance degrees: Dance Performance, Dance Management and American Dance Teacher. Our school focuses on American dance forms, including jazz, tap, and ballet as used in musical theater. Our graduates can be found dancing all across the entertainment industry from Broadway to Las Vegas, from L.A. to Tokyo and have lifelong, successful career in the dance and entertainment industry. The Dance Performance degree is for dancers interested in becoming a triple threat in the entertainment industry. Dance performance majors take classes in dance technique (jazz, tap, ballet, musical theater, pointe, partnering, rhythm tap, and more), acting, and voice. In addition to developing performing abilities, dance performance majors also learn to manage their careers through classes concerning professional standards and conduct, contracts, dancer’s health and anatomy. Dance! performance majors also take classes in jazz, tap and ballet pedagogy and choreography, so they are also prepared for careers as teachers and choreographers as well as triple threat performers. The Dance Management degree is for dancers interested in dancing as well as the management of the arts. The dance management degrees supports a wide range of career possibilities for dancers. Dance management majors have a core of dance technique classes (jazz, tap, ballet, musical theater, pointe, partnering, rhythm tap, and more), arts management classes, and business classes. The arts management core of classes include: entertainment technology, non-profit management, fundraising and development, touring performing arts, presenting and sponsoring performances, contracts, stage management and costuming. The business core of classes include: marketing, economics, accounting, business law, business finance, statistics and management and organization. The dance management degree is i! deal for a wide variety of dancers including dancers who would! like have a performance career and then transition to a management career without having to return to college to supplement earlier training. Other dancers may want to work as a company manager, stage manager or another arts management position after college. The American Dance Teacher degree is for dancers interested in a lifelong career as an extraordinarily well-prepared teacher. The new American dance teacher degree provides dancers with a depth and breadth of study never attempted by other dance programs. Dancers will experience a well-rounded program that includes instruction in: tap, jazz and ballet technique, tap, jazz and ballet pedagogy, dance history, choreography, anatomy and dance health, dance studio management, dance studio technology, marketing and advertising, contracts and management and non-profit management. American dance teacher majors also will receive hands on experience through teaching in the Community Dance Center while receiving feedback from OC! U dance faculty. If one of these three dregrees sound like something you might be interested in, visit us on the web for more information at www.okcu.edu/dance_amgt....Show more
Derick Kinnard: My edition of the Dance Magazine College Guide lists 21 colleges in California, 3 in Oregon, and 2 in Washington that offer either a BA or BFA in dance (or a related degree, such as Theatre, with a dance concentration). Most of them are not at what you'd call "performing arts colleges," but regular liberal arts colleges or universities.What constitutes a "good" college, worthy of recommendation, is totally subjective. It all depends what you want to do with dance, how competitive or artistic you want the atmosphere, what else you might like to study, etc. But, for what it's worth, some west coast schools that get mentioned often are:California Institute of the ArtsCalifornia State University - Long BeachChapman UniversityDominican University/LINES BalletUniversity of California! - IrvineandCornish College of the Arts (in Seattle)I recommend that yo! u get a copy of the Dance Magazine College Guide to read more about your options:http://www.dancemagazine.com/thecollegeguide/intro...Show more
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