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As a dance major, you will strengthen your physical skills and explore the history, theory, science, and business of your art. While primary emphasis will be placed on developing impeccable technique through the study of the many different dance forms, courses also cover choreography, anatomy, production, and dance history

Studio and theory coursework are designed to integrate practical dance experience with more formal academic study so that the student is educated as a dancer who can perform, write, and speak about the art of Dance and dancing.

This diverse and robust jazz concentration exposes students to a wide range of dance styles in preparation for today's job market while developing their individual artistic style.

All dancers study ballet, jazz, and modern dance technique to round out their dance education

Located in the heart of Las Vegas, the department of dance strives to train world-class dancers who meet the growing needs of the entertainment capital of the world.

Students in the UCI Dance Department discover that performance opportunities, creative projects and theoretical studies complement and reinforce each other. This is a supportive educational environment for students to create, perform, analyze and study dance from historical, philosophical and scientific perspectives.

The BA and BFA dance degrees include a depth and breadth of curriculum with equal emphasis on ballet, modern, jazz and tap.

The unique triple-track design affords students the opportunity to study ballet, modern and jazz with equal emphasis. Students also have the ability in their junior year, to taper their programs of study should they desire to specialize or concentrate more heavily on a particular discipline to meet specific future career goals, while still maintaining breadth in their technical foundation.

Students follow a course of study essential to the field of dance, including performance, ballet, contemporary, jazz, dance history, dance composition, dance for the camera, pedagogy, lighting design and sound and anatomy.

The program fosters versatility, creativity and technical skill through intensive training in Ballet, Modern/Contemporary Dance, and Jazz, as well as studies in Improvisation, Choreography, Repertory, Dance History, Kinesiology, Music, and Theatre.

From our origins in Gus Giordano’s family-run studio to our current incarnation as a professionally-run organization with over a half-century of worldwide performances (27 countries, 46 states, and more than 1,200 cities), our imprint on the art form of jazz dance is far-reaching and significant. 

Decidedly Jazz Danceworks was founded in 1984 to preserve, promote and evolve jazz dance.  DJD has carved a niche for itself as one of Canada’s most unique dance companies and is formally recognized as a Canadian dance institution.

Established in 2016 by Artistic Director Natasha Powell, Holla Jazz was founded as a forum for developing and presenting artists that work and improvise together, to create harmonious and transformative experiences. The company aims to reinvigorate jazz dance with its sister dances including hip hop and house, as innovative and important vehicles for expression, while showcasing freedom and one’s own identity through the spirit of jazz.

Founded in 2007 by pioneering Deaf dancer/choreographer Antoine Hunter, Urban Jazz Dance Company consists of a mix of professional Deaf and Hearing dancers. UJD's mission is to provide opportunities for Deaf and other-abled artists to contribute to the arts and larger society, increasing awareness around Deaf issues via the performing arts.

Founded in 1974, The Joel Hall Dancers (JHD) have a rich, 44 year history. Today, over 4 decades later, JHD continues to dazzle audiences in venues throughout the Chicago metropolitan area, across the country, and around the world.

Having dedicated his life to the development of what he calls Urban Jazz Dance, a method that translates life experience through dance, Joel has touched the lives of thousands of young artists.

Jazz Inc was founded in 2006 as a Boston-based, jazz dance company seeking to bridge the gap between concert and commercial dance.  Exploring musicality, jazz styles, contemporary dance, and musical theatre styles, we aim to redefine our audiences' expectations of concert jazz dance and commercial theatre.  Our dancers hail from diverse backgrounds and are highly technically trained, while infusing their own voice and personality into the choreography.  Jazz Inc actively seeks to produce work that integrates dance with other art forms, such as music, photography, film, theatre, and sculpture.  

Inaside Chicago Dance advances innovative artistry through choreography, performances, and educational programs to heighten the state of the art in the Midwest. The vision of Inaside Chicago Dance is to enrich the art form of dance by nurturing the dancer as a performer, choreographer and teacher and by making dance accessible to all ages through performances, workshops and outreach.

An annual show featuring new works and repertoire inspired by jazz and American social dance forms. Created local and national artists, and the production of new dance works by Artistic Director Erinn Liebhard.

NDEO's Jazz Special Topics Conference is co-hosted by the dance program at Salve Regina, University in Newport, Rhode Island, just after the historic Newport Jazz Festival.

Montreal Swing Riot features a full weekend of dancing in the heart of the Montreal International Jazz Festival, competitions and showcases, three nights of live music. Come share and get inspired!

Jazz Choreography Enterprises, Inc. produces two dance concerts every year. They also hold several workshops each year to educate dancers and choreographers in various jazz styles. 

2018 was the first annual Houston Jazz Dance Festival. The festival celebrates the social dance traditions of African-Americans, Africans and people of color, including Lindy Hop, Solo Jazz, Hip Hop, House, Tap and African Dance.

The Black Lindy Hoppers Fund is a program under the umbrella of the Houston Swing Dance Society. Championed by Black leadership of the Lindy Hop community, its mission is to provide assistance to established and developing dancers, musicians, researchers and community builders endeavoring to be of greater service to community members of African and African diasporic heritage.

Swingwithusnyc is a safe inclusive group dedicated to continuing the legacy and narrative of Lindy hop in Harlem and NYC

The mission of the Frankie Manning Foundation is to carry on the work and the spirit of Frankie Manning in spreading the joy of Lindy hop, danced to big band swing music, throughout the world.

The Center for Choreographic Development at the Rick Odums Dance Center welcomes the principal French and International Modern Jazz Companies and allows them develop their creation, supporting their production and their promotion.

Rhythmically Speaking is an American vernacular dance presenting organization that sees these diverse forms as socially-informed, musically-driven and versatile frameworks to explore movement that ignites and unites.

JAZZ IS… DANCE PROJECT is dedicated to the dissemination of jazz dance education, choreography, performance, and scholarship. Founded in 2012, Jazz Is… Dance Project seeks to widen the palette and visibility of jazz dance beyond the most immediate and contemporary forms and venues. Inspired by the democratic nature of jazz music, a uniquely American art form, Jazz Is… Dance Project values improvisation, stylization, and humanity in jazz dance, honoring the roots and fruits of jazz in the classroom, in the studio, and on stage.

azz Choreography Enterprises (JCE) is a nonprofit corporation formed in 2007 whose mission is to promote the creation of original jazz dance in concert form.

Coda Jazz brings together dancers, dancers, choreographers, & musicians united by the desire to engage in a collective action with the desire to make Jazz more open, more enterprising, more reactive, more caring and above all more armed to exist strongly in the French cultural landscape