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South Carolina School of the Arts
BA in Dance
Find your voice through movement
AU Dance seeks to encourage young dancers to find their voice through movement, creativity, and faith. We strive for excellent dancing across the four styles of ballet, modern, jazz and tap exploring a wide range of genres within each style to build versatility.
At Anderson University, we encourage our students to journey towards a vast array of careers in dance. These include performing professionally for commercial companies and/or established dance companies, teaching for dance studios, choreographing for studio students, taking positions in arts administration, serving God by following a call for dance ministries and outreach agencies, pursuing graduate studies in the dance and wellness fields. Whatever your dreams are, we look forward to guiding you along the way.
About the BA in Dance
Our Bachelor of Arts in Dance will provide you as a student with:
Multiple Genres
Your studies require 120 credits through which you will study ballet, pointe, jazz, tap, and modern dance
Rigorous Studio Time
The program emphasizes studio curriculum, that incorporates a strong liberal arts education and understanding of movement
Well-Rounded Training
Our program develops the whole dancer, integrating the physical with the intellectual, and the analytical with the expressive
Career Outlooks
At Anderson University, we encourage our students to journey towards a vast array of careers in dance. These include performing professionally for commercial companies and/or established dance companies, teaching for dance studios, choreographing for studio students, taking positions in arts administration, serving God by following a call for dance ministries and outreach agencies, pursuing graduate studies in the dance and wellness fields. Whatever your dreams are, we look forward to guiding you along the way. *
*Source: Salary.com
Dance Critic: $36,360 Studio Owner: $52,134 Dance Therapist: $52,376 Postsecondary Teacher: $79,540
Schedule an Audition
An audition is required for students interested in enrolling as a dance major in the South Carolina School of the Arts. All questions can be directed to scschoolofthearts@andersonuniversity.edu.