DANCE
THE DANCE CENTER Columbia is home to the Dance Center, which brings renowned choreographers and companies from around the world to Chicago each year.
DANCE
SHAPE WHAT’S NEXT IN DANCE Creative careers are made here. As a Dance major, you’ll bring your unique background into the classroom and collaborate with other students and faculty members to create new work, hone your creative vision, and explore the scholarly conversations at the core of dance. You’ll graduate with the skills and knowledge you’ll need to contribute to the evolving field of dance — and succeed in many other related fields.
AT COLUMBIA, YOU CAN: Train in West African, ballet, Hip-Hop, and modern dance. Enjoy opportunities to audition and perform—and see the world’s leading dancers and choreographers through the Dance Presenting Series. Learn to analyze and write about dance through dance studies courses. Create your own work and produce it in the Dance Center’s leading cutting-edge theater, custom built specifically for dance.
MAJORS Dance (BA | BFA)
MINORS Arts in Healthcare Dance Hip-Hop Studies
NOTABLE ALUM
VERSHAWN SANDERS-WARD ’02 Vershawn Sanders-Ward brought her company, Red Clay Dance together with Uganda’s Keiga Dance Company on stage at the Dance Center.
FACULTY SPOTLIGHT
LISA GONZALES Department Chair and Associate Professor Lisa Gonzales is an independent dance maker, improviser, and performing artist. She has performed and shown her choreography in New York’s DTW, Joyce SoHo, and WAX. She has also presented her work in Taiwan, Russia, Finland, and the Dominican Republic.
FACULTY SPOTLIGHT
DARRELL JONES Associate Professor Darrell Jones performs with many choreographers and companies, including Bebe Miller, Ronald K. Brown, Min Tanaka, and Kokuma Dance Theatre. His choreography has been presented at The Place in London, Gwangju Biennale in South Korea, and Judson Memorial Church in New York City.
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