BA Dance and Performance Studies at University of California, Berkeley

Within the Dance and Performance Studies curriculum, we understand performance to be a mode of critical inquiry and research, a means of creative expression, and a vehicle for public engagement. We engage with dance on physical, intellectual, and aesthetic levels. It is our hope that dancers not only grow as performers, but also as artists, thinkers, makers, viewers, researchers, and participants.

Faculty: College of Letters & Science  |  Department: Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies  |  Duration: 4 years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Berkeley, CA, United States

What you will study

Major requirements are organised as: Lower Division (Performance Practice, Performance Studies); Upper Division (Students must complete each course for a letter grade unless offered only on a pass/no pass basis., Choreography, Performance History, Technical Theater, Production and Design); Dance Technique (One dance technique course for at least 4 semesters. Alternatively, 4 P.E. Dance courses (2 units) may satisfy 1 of the 4 required dance technique courses., Dance Technique - Term); Performance Studies (Performance Studies). Alternatively, 4 P.E.

Career pathways

Graduates enter career areas including Arts & Entertainment, Communications, Education, Government, International, Law & Public Policy, Nonprofit & Community Development.

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