What is the mission of the School of Dance?
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Established over eighty years ago, and offering a professional dance major for more than fifty of those years, FSU dance continues to be a pioneer and leader among college dance programs. The School has a reputation as a center for the creation, reconstruction and production of outstanding dance repertory, ranging from traditional classical choreography to contemporary original works.
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The core mission of the School of Dance is to combine exceptional artistic training with a liberal arts education. This dual dedication to art and learning has yielded graduates who are dancers, teachers, scholars, and leaders in companies, schools, universities, and art organizations in the United States and abroad. In addition to classes for dance majors, approximately 400 students are instructed each semester through the general studies in dance classes open to our university community dancers.
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The BFA in dance at Florida State University is designed to provide an environment of the highest caliber in both practice and scholarship preparing students to enter dance as a profession. The degree emphasis is on performance and choreography as well as the theoretical aspects of dance (pedagogical, historic and aesthetic).
Does the School of Dance admit students every semester?
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This major is limited access meaning it requires a supplemental application and live audition. Because of this, the School of Dance only admit students in the Fall. The audition cycle for Fall 2020 consideration has ended so students are unable to change their major to BFA Dance at this time. If you are interested in applying internally for Fall 2021 consideration, please contact Academic Program Manager, Dr. Jeff Bray at jbray@fsu.edu
Learn more about careers in Dance, from the FSU Career Center