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Discover Your Potential College Dance Program:
This page is a resource for high school dancers, educators, and families seeking information about college and university dance programs.
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If you would like to participate in the IHSDF College Audition and Fair on Saturday, October 25, 2025, at New Trier High School, please email college@ihsdancefestival.com.
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Degrees Offered: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Arts, African and Diaspora Dance Forms - Undergraduate Microcredential, Dance Somatics Certificate, Dance Performance Minor
Audition Dates: In-person Auditions are on the following days from approximately 8am - 1pm: - Friday, December 5, 2025 (Scholarship priority audition)
- Saturday, February 14, 2026
- Friday, March 6, 2026
About:
The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance prepares you to perform and create original dance choreography for theatrical productions. You’ll complete rigorous technical and creative curriculum in traditional and contemporary dance forms, as well as coursework in body/mind practices, pedagogy, culture, theory and history. Our integrated program prepares you to become critical thinkers, leaders and expressive dance artists.
Special workshops and residencies are also scheduled throughout the academic year to provide opportunities for you to train with well-known guest artists and choreographers. Included in these residencies are performances and technique and repertory classes. Recent guest artists have included D. Sabela Grimes, Melanie George, Kia Smith, Parijat Desai, Alfonso Cervera, Aysha Upchurch, Joe Goode and David Roussève
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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Degrees Offered: Dance Major or Minor (undergrad) BA, BS
Location: Edwardsville, IL
Audition Dates:
-Saturday Nov 8 2025
-Saturday Feb 28 2026
-or email Linhawk@siue.edu to schedule an audition Mon-Thurs
About:
At SIUE, the dance specialization cultivates artistry, creativity and critical thinking in a supportive learning environment. Using a liberal arts approach, students are provided with professional development skills that lead to lifelong careers within the field of dance. Students also complete the necessary coursework to pursue a graduate degree. Our program is known for its small class sizes, individual artistic freedom and emphasis on injury prevention. Along with courses in dance techniques, students can explore courses in:
Choreography
Dance pedagogy
Dance science
Dance history
Dance management
For more information please visit:
https://www.siue.edu/academics/undergraduate/degrees-and-programs/theater-dance/dance/
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