Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Dance University of Calgary

Dance enables you to fully experience yourself and your place in the world by heightening your senses, sharpening your perceptions, honing your physical capacity, and drawing attention to issues of representation and identity. In this program, you will transform your knowledge of dance by engaging with dance history, pedagogy, choreography, critical theory, dance for the camera, dance science, improvisation, dance production, and various dance techniques. During the course of your studies you will gain creative thinking skills, research and analytical capabilities, written and verbal communication skills, as well as a rigorous practical and theoretical training in dance.

You can earn both a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and a Bachelor of Kinesiology in just five years through our combined degree program.

Courses you'll take:

Modern and Contemporary Dance History, Dance Aesthetics, Criticism and Analysis, Safe Dance Practice and Complementary, Dance Psychology, Elementary Contemporary Dance |

Career opportunities

As a Dance graduate, you will be prepared for career opportunities in such areas as dance performance, choreography, dance teaching, dance administration, and dance science. An Arts degree can also be used as a stepping-stone to graduate studies or other professional degrees in such areas as law, medicine, education, architecture, journalism, arts administration, business, or environmental design.