About this Program
Old Dominion University offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre and Dance with a major in prek-12 dance education that engages students in a dynamic and transformative process of dance training, fostering curiosity, imagination, versatility and innovation. Through interdisciplinary learning, scholarly research and engagement with local and global communities, students experience dance on many levels helping them to think critically and live creatively as dance artists.
Program Highlights
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Students have many opportunities to perform and choreograph in multiple venues and concerts throughout their academic careers
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Students thrive in an academic and social community within a program that is supportive and encouraging of diversity and innovation
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Students interact with resident guest artists at least twice a year affording them the chance to experience art in the making, and to network and form lasting bonds with dance professionals
Featured Courses
Requirements
To become a Dance major you must audition. Auditions include a ballet class*, a modern class, hip-hop class and a tour of the facilities. Please register for an audition slot and submit your to the Dance Program.
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In-Person Auditions
All applicants who attend the in-person audition will be considered for a scholarship. For more information, please contact us at the DanceProgram@odu.edu. -
Online Auditions
To be considered for a scholarship, online auditions must be submitted. After that, we accept online submissions on a rolling basis.
Transfer
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Create new dance routines. Rehearse performance of routines. May direct and stage presentations.
Research, analyze, record, and interpret the past as recorded in sources, such as government and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, electronic media, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters.
Perform dances. May perform on stage, for on-air broadcasting, or for video recording.
Teach courses in drama, music, and the arts including fine and applied art, such as painting and sculpture, or design and crafts. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Cost
Tuition is charged per credit hour. Amounts shown are tuition only and do not include mandatory fees, technology-delivered course fees, course-specific fees, books, housing, meal plans, or other costs. Campus-based students may take technology-delivered or online courses. Tuition is based on student classification. Fees for technology-delivered courses and other costs are listed on the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ tuition and fees page.
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