<p>Looking for schools with solid dance departments. Any suggestions?</p>
<p>There was just a post on this, actually. </p>
<p>The top recommendations usually include NYU, Barnard, SUNY Purchase, and Marymount Manhattan all in New York City (which is basically the dance mecca of the country). Then of course Juilliard, if you can get in. </p>
<p>Elsewhere, look at maybe Elon or USC. Vassar in upstate New York.</p>
<p>The University of Michigan also has a good school of Music, Theatre and Dance.</p>
<p>Those are indeed great programs. Any other programs from schools that may be floating under the radar? Strong faculty, good technique classes - not necessarily schools that will launch a dance career, but schools that take dance seriously.</p>
<p>Not sure what you are looking for specifically but University of Utah, University of Oklahoma, and Indiana University all have very strong ballet programs if not the best.</p>
<p>I believe University of Iowa sounds like what you are looking for. I hear it is a wonderful and solid dance program but is not going to be as intense as some place like U of Indiana.</p>
<p>We are still trying to figure out what my S wants. He is currently a HS jr. so we are starting the college search and tours. I am hoping he may have the opportunity to sit-in or participate in some dance classes. This may give him a better idea of what he is looking for.</p>
<p>Skidmore, Goucher and Ct. College.</p>
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<p>I would check out Northwestern Univ Dance Program at the School of Communications. They have academic and technique courses. It is also part of the Theatre department if you are interested in that too.</p>
<p><a href="http://commweb.soc.northwestern.edu/dance/%5B/url%5D">http://commweb.soc.northwestern.edu/dance/</a></p>
<p>There is a thread on this topic over on the Parent's Forum. I"ve heard that Oklahoma City Universty's program is really strong. They have a new, state of the art dance building and one can get a degree not only in ballet, but also jazz and tap. They also offer a degree program in dance management.</p>
<p>The Boston Conservatory has great dance..with scholarships if you are really good (modern and ballet)</p>
<p>University of the Arts has an wonderful dance program. My daughter, who attends there as a musical theater major, has many friends who are dance majors and every one who I have spoken to feels the program is very strong and diverse. In addition, Philadelphia is the home of many innovative dance companies as well as more established ones and offers tremendous dance opportunities to dance students.</p>
<p>Has your son decided whether he wants to pursue a BFA, which requires a significant majority of credits to be taken in dance (pretty much precluding another major), or a BA, which usually requires the same number of credits for a major in dance as for other majors at the particular school? Another thing to consider is whether he wants to major in dance or simply have access to dance classes. In some of the strongest schools, dance classes are limited to dance majors only. (Though I imagine that exceptions would be made for male dancers.)</p>
<p>My d is planning to minor in dance, but many of her friends are pursuing dance majors, with an emphasis on ballet. Among the schools they've looked at or been accepted to: Indiana University (perhaps the most selective ballet program out there), Butler University, NYU Tisch, Fordham (Alvin Ailey program), Boston Conservatory, SUNY Purchase, Mercyhurst, Point Park, U-Mich. My d applied to schools where she could have access to what she considered challenging dance classes as a non-major: Muhlenberg, which she especially liked; Dickinson; Wake Forest; GW. As it turned out, she was accepted ED at a school without an especially strong dance dept., especially in ballet. But she's found a school off-campus where she can take advanced level classes, which is another option for your son. </p>
<p>Have you checked out Ballet Talk for Dancers, here: <a href="http://dancers.invisionzone.com/index.php%5B/url%5D">http://dancers.invisionzone.com/index.php</a> ? It's a very informative site with a board dedicated to college/university programs. I think you have to register to see several of the forums.</p>
<p>At this point, my S wants to dance, but he thinks he still wants the ability to take other classes outside of dance and MT. This will most likely eliminate some of the elite programs. However, he wants a solid program that will allow him to grow as a dancer. As we begin our college road trips we will contact dance departments and talk to them about opportunities he will have at each school. This is all very new to me, so all of your advice has been very helpful. Just getting an idea of schools with quality programs is such a bonus. I will check out the ballet website to see what they say as well.</p>
<p>Alma, Shenandoah, Randolph, Ithaca, Mercyhurst</p>
<p>Muhlenberg - excellent dance department and very strong academics in a BA program.</p>
<p>My daughter is looking at University of Utah, University of California, Irvine, and Cornish College (in Seattle)</p>
<p>frazzled1 - I went on the <a href="http://dancers.invisionzone.com/index.php%5B/url%5D">http://dancers.invisionzone.com/index.php</a> website and it was fabulous. Thanks so much for the suggestion.</p>
<p>You're welcome! I've picked up some very valuable information there that I don't think could have come from anywhere else. I've got to admit, though, that I enjoy this site far more. BT4D is the most exactingly moderated site I've ever read, with lots of rules to remember. You'll notice that posters are strongly encouraged to read threads that might answer their questions before posting them - with thousands of threads and hundreds of thousands of posts, that's one time-consuming guideline. (And, of course, only one small section of the BT4D site is reserved for college-related questions - and all of these pertain to the ballet aspect of admissions, not the academic ones.) </p>
<p>I find CC much more user-friendly. I guess I don't mind how many times I read a question about whether Harvard awards merit aid. :)</p>
<p>Sure, there are so many. Modern, ballet, what's the focus?</p>
<p>Sure, there are so many. Modern, ballet, what's the focus?</p>