This Directory will help you research and compare Dance Schools and
Programs.
Dance is the poetry that the body speaks without words. It is as
universal an art form as is music and is as universal in its ability to
appeal. But while the poetry and grace of the dance performer are real,
the seeming effortlessness of the dancer is an illusion. What seems
easy and effortless is the result of great training and discipline.
Dancers must be in the best of physical condition. They must be able to
create and learn complex series of movement and they must be able to
impart into their movements ideas and emotional qualities. It is this
infusion that gives dance the power it has over both performers and
viewers. Individuals who choose a career in dance will find it
challenging not only for the competition they will discover for the
available work, but also for the demands the art will make to their
inner resources. Yet meeting those challenges are part of the
exhilaration and satisfaction that makes a career as a dance performer
so rewarding.
Program Specialty Descriptions
Ballet
Ballet is the theatrical presentation of a narrative reliant on graceful, methodical and expressive body movements, usually enhanced by costumes and makeup.
Ballroom Dance
Ballroom dancing usually involves a large group in a large hall or auditorium. Ballroom dances have included the jitterbug, waltz, swing and tango.
Dance Health
Dance physicians are focused on the care, diagnosis and treatment of the functions, organs and systems involved in dancing and their related conditions.
Dance History
The study of the history of dance and all its many forms and the mutually inspiring relationship it has had with human cultures.
Dance Technology
Dance technology explores the interactions between humans and machines.
Dance Therapy
Movement, or dance therapy uses movement as a process of treating individuals with psychological, social and physical problems.
Disabled Dancing
People with disabilities can also enjoy physical expression through activities such as wheelchair dancing.
Disco Dancing
Disco is a popular dance accentuated by heavy bass lines and repetitive rhythms.
Folk Dancing
Folk dancing is usually associated with national or local heritage.
Irish Step Dance
Traditional Irish Step Dancing is a dance that employs rigorous footwork and limited arm movement.
Jazz Dance
Jazz dance is simply a dance to jazz music, mostly big band and swing, but also may include popular music, rock, blues and show music.
Modern Dance
Dance music is quite subjective and relies heavily on the interpretation of the dancer. Modern is a very personal expression that is mainly motivated by a way of feeling and thinking.
Swing Dance
Swing music encompasses a wide variety of dances and seems to defy an agreeable and pure definition. These dances include the Lindy Hop, Shag, Jitterbug, Bop and Jive.
Tap
Tap is a step dance that involves body movements coupled with audible foot tapping through the use of shoes with hardened souls or installed taps.
List of Schools which offer one or more of the above Specialites.
Alabama
• Birmingham-Southern College, Department of Fine and Performing Arts - Birmingham, AL | 205.226.4686 | Email
• Huntingdon College, Division of Fine & Performing Arts - Montgomery, AL | 334.833.4497 | Email
• Spring Hill College, Fine and Performing Arts Department - Mobile, AL | 334.380.3030 | Email
• Starpower - Rainbow City, AL | 256.442.1110 | Email
Alaska
• University of Alaska Anchorage, Theatre and Dance Department - Anchorage, AK | 907.786.1800 | Email
Arizona
• Arizona Ballet School - Phoenix, AZ | 602.381.0188 | Email
• Arizona State University Dept. of Kinesiology - Tempe, AZ | 480.965.3591 | Email
• Ballet Etudes - Mesa, AZ | 480.497.4646 | Email
• University of Arizona Dance Division Graduate Program - Tucson, AZ | 520.621.4698 | Email
California
• Anisa's School of Dance - Sherman Oaks, CA | 818.908.8008 | Email
• California Institute of the Arts - Valencia, CA | 661.255.1050 | Email
• City Ballet School - San Francisco, CA | 415.626.8878 | Email
• Claddagh Dance Company - Ventura, CA | 805)644.3927 | Email
• Dance Mission Theatre - San Francisco, CA | 415.826.4441 | Email
• Flamenco Classes - Long Beach, CA | 562 981 8502 | Email
• Golden West College, Creative Arts Division - Huntington Beach, CA | 714.892.7711, ext.58772 | Email
• Huntington Academy of Dance - Huntington Beach, CA | 714.847.6657 | Email
• Long Beach Ballet Arts Center - Long Beach, CA | 562.426.4112 | Email
• McBride School of Irish Dancing - Oakland, CA | 510.530.6240 | Email
• Pamela Hayes Classical Ballet - Sacramento, CA | 916.453.1125 | Email
• Pride of Erin CTili Dancers - San Diego, CA | 619.237.7347 | Email
• Rose Academy of Irish Dance - San Diego, CA | 858)538.6400 | Email
• San Francisco Ballet - San Francisco, CA | 415)861.5600 | Email
• University of San Francisco, Fine and Performing Arts Department - San Francisco, CA | 415.422.5979 | Email
Colorado
• Cherry Creek Dance - Denver, CO | 303.399.8087 | Email
• Colorado College - Drama and Dance Department - Colorado Springs, CO | 719.389.6637 | Email
• University of Colorado Department of Theatre & Dance - Boulder, CO | 303.492.7355 | Email
Connecticut
• University of Hartford, The Hartt School - West Hartford, CT | 860.768.4100 | Email
Delaware
• Mid-Atlantic Ballet, Inc. - Newark, DE | 302.266.6362 | Email
District of Columbia
• American University, Department of Dance - Washington, DC | 202.885.3420 | Email
• American University, Department of Performing Arts - Washington, DC | 202.885.3430 | Email
• Georgetown University - Washington, DC | 202.687.3838 | Email
• Washington School of Ballet - Washington, DC | 202.362.3606 | Email
Florida
• Dance Alive - Gainesville, FL | 353.371.2986 | Email
• Fred Astaire Dance Studios, Inc. - Boca Raton, FL | 561.218.3237 | Email
• Miami City Ballet - Miami Beach, FL | 305)929.7000 x1500 | Email
• New World School of The Arts Theatre Department - Miami, FL | 305.237.3541 | Email
• The Harid Conservatory - Boca Raton, FL | 561.997.2677 | Email
• University of Tampa, Department of Theatre, Dance and Speech - Tampa, FL | 813.253.3333 X6243 | Email
Georgia
• Atlanta Ballet - Atlanta, GA | 404.873.5811 | Email
• Valdosta State University, Department of Kinesiology & Physical Education - Valdosta, GA | 229.333.7161 | Email
Hawaii
• University of Hawaii at Hilo, Music, Drama & Dance Program - Hilo, HI | 808.974.7352 | Email
Illinois
• American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education, The - Champaign, IL | 800.747.4457 | Email
• Bryant Ballet - Chicago, IL | 312.461.0030 | Email
• Cary-Grove Performing Arts Centre - Cary, IL | 847.639.3800 | Email
• Chicago School of Ballet, The - Chicago, IL | 312.251.8838 | Email
• Columbia College Chicago, Dance Department - Chicago, IL | 312.344.8300 | Email
• Hyde Park School of Ballett - Chicago, IL | 773.493.8498 | Email
• Kasper Dance Studio - Chicago, IL | 773.545.0222 | Email
• Northern Illinois University, School of Theatre and Dance - DeKalb, IL | 815.753.1334 | Email
Indiana
• Indiana University Department of Kinesiology - Bloomington, IN | 812.855.5523 | Email
• Indiana University Northwest, Department of Performing Arts - Gary, IN | 219.980.6810 | Email
• Vincennes University, Theatrical Dance - Vincennes, IN | 812.888.5872 | Email
Kentucky
• Northern Kentucky University, Department of Theatre and Dance - Highland Heights, KY | 859.572.5560 | Email
• Western Kentucky University, Department of Theatre and Dance - Bowling Green, KY | 270.745.5845 | Email
Maine
• University of Maine, Dance Program - Orono, ME | 207.581.1110 | Email
Maryland
• Towson University, Dance Department - Towson, MD | 410.704.2760 | Email
Massachusetts
• Amherst College, Department of Theatre and Dance - Amherst, MA | 413.542.2411 | Email
• Boston Conservatory - Boston, MA | 617.536.6340 | Email
Michigan
• Alma College, Dance Department - Alma, MI | 800.321.ALMA | Email
• Wayne State University, Maggie Allesee Department of Dance - Detroit, MI | 313.577.4273 | Email
Minnesota
• Ballet Arts Minnesota - Minneapolis, MN | 612.340.1071 | Email
• Minnesota State University Department of Theatre and Dance - Mankato, MN | 507.389.1712 | Email
Mississippi
• University of Southern Mississippi, Department of Theater and Dance - Hattiesburg, MS | 601.266.4994 | Email
Missouri
• Lindenwood University, Fine and Performing Arts Division - St Charles, MO | 636.949.4906 | Email
• Southwest Missouri State, Theatre and Dance Department - Springfield, MO | 417.836.4400 | Email
Montana
• University of Montana, Department of Dance and Theatre - Missoula, MT | 406.243.6266 | Email
Nebraska
• Creighton University, Department of Fine & Performing Arts - Omaha, NE | 402.280.2509 | Email
Nevada
• Academy of Gymnastics and Dance - Henderson, NV | 702.795.3332 | Email
• Nevada Festival Ballet - Reno, NV | 775.785.7922 | Email
New Hampshire
• Franklin Pierce College, Dance Program - Rindge, NH | 603.899.4000 | Email
New Jersey
• American Repertory Ballet/Arb's Princeton Ballet School - New Brunswick, NJ | 732.249.1254 | Email
• Rider University, Dance Department - Lawrenceville, NJ | 800.257.9026 | Email
• Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, Mason Gross School of The Arts - New Brunswick, NJ | 732.932.7711 | Email
• Shore Ballet School - Island Heights, NJ | 732.270.1110 | Email
New York
• Albany Berkshire Ballet, The - Albany, NY | 518.426.0660 | Email
• Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation - New York, NY | 212.767.0590 | Email
• Briansky Saratoga Ballett Center - New York, NY | 212.799.0341 | Email
• Broadway Dance Center - New York, NY | 212.582.9304 | Email
• Hofstra University, Drama and Dance - Hempstead, NY | 516.463.6700 | Email
• Juilliard School, The - New York, NY | 212.799.5000 | Email
• Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance, The - New York, NY | 212.521.3611 | Email
• Marymount Manhattan College, Division of Fine and Performing Arts - New York, NY | 212.517.0430 | Email
• National Dance Institute - New York, NY | 212.226.0083 | Email
• New York University Graduate Dance Program - New York, NY | 212.998.5400 | Email
• New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, Performance Studies - New York, NY | 212.998.1900 | Email
• Performance Plus - Rochester, NY | 716.621.3680 | Email
• Peridance Center International Dance School - New York, NY | 212.505.0886 | Email
• State University of New York, Fredonia, Department of Theatre and Dance - Fredonia, NY | 716.673.3596 | Email
• SUNY College at Brockport, Department of Dance Graduate Program - Brockport, NY | 585.395.5302 | Email
• Teachers College, Columbia University Dance and Dance Education - New York, NY | 212.678.3328 | Email
North Carolina
• University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Graduate Programs in Dance - Greensboro, NC | 336.334.5570 | Email
Ohio
• Bowling Green State University Kinesiology Division - Bowling Green, OH | 419.372.7234 | Email
• Dancing Wheels Studios - Cleveland, OH | 216.432.0306 | Email
• Ohio State University, Department of Dance - Columbus, OH | 614.292.7977 | Email
• Tina Marie School of Dance, The - Cincinnati, OH | 513.521.TINA | Email
• Wittenberg University, Theater, Music and Dance - Springfield, OH | 937.327.6231 | Email
Pennsylvania
• Greater York Center For Dance Education - York, PA | 717.755.MOVE | Email
• Noh Training Project - Bloomsburg, PA | 570.387.8270 | Email
• Point Park College, Conservatory of Performing Arts - Pittsburgh, PA | 412.392.3450 | Email
• Swarthmore College, Dance Program - Swarthmore, PA | 610.328.8227 | Email
Texas
• Brookhaven College Dance Department - Farmers Branch, TX | 972.860.4897 | Email
• Del Mar College, The Department of Kinesiology - Corpus Christi, TX | 800.652.3357 | Email
• Department of Kinesiology and Health Science - Nacogdoches, TX | 800.731.2902 | Email
• Institute of the Dance Arts - Houston, TX | 713.667.3416 | Email
• Lamar University, Music, Theatre & Dance - Beaumont, TX | 409.880.8144 | Email
• Midwestern State University, Program in Kinesiology - Wichita Falls, TX | 940.397.4232 | Email
• Southern Methodist University, Division of Dance - Dallas, TX | 214.768.2718 | Email
• University of Texas at Austin, Department of Theatre and Dance - Austin, TX | 512.471.5793 | Email
• Vertical Kick Dance Co. - Pasadena, TX | 713.534.8182 | Email
Virginia
• Radford University, Dance Department - Radford, VA | 540.831.5162 | Email
• Virginia Intermont College, Visual and Performing Arts - Bristol, VA | 540.669.6101 | Email
Washington
• Creative Dance Center - Seattle, WA | 206.363.7281 | Email
• Pacific Northwest Ballet - Seattle, WA | 206.441.9411 | Email
Wisconsin
• Kanopy School For Contemporary Dance and Choreography - Madison, WI | 608.255.2211 | Email
• University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, Theatre/Dance Department - Whitewater, WI | 262.472.1566 | Email
• University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, Department of Theatre and Dance - Stevens Point, WI | 715.394.8391 | Email
Wyoming
• Casper College, Theatre and Dance Department - Casper, WY | 307.268.2606 | Email
• University of Wyoming, Department of Theatre & Dance - Laramie, WY | 307.766.2198 | Email
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