Dance Education

The dance program is dedicated to giving students the opportunity to develop their individual skills and strengths to prepare them to enter a professional, graduate or educational field. Students have the opportunity to study modern dance, ballet, character, tap and jazz. Additionally, dance education majors graduate with an understanding of the state of Utah and national dance standards and acquire a working knowledge of teaching skills to ably communicate the art of dance to students.

POINTS of DISTINCTION

Institutional member of National Dance Educators Organization and accredited by the National Association of Schools of Dance and the Teachers Education Accreditation Council.
SUU-produced choreography is consistently chosen for American College Dance Festival Gala Concert.
Recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius Grant.
Recent guest artists include: Michael Anderson, Charlotte Boye-Christensen, Peter Chu, Alberto Del Saz, Lane Gifford, Susan Hadley, Changsheng Mei, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, Joanie Smith, Bin Wang, Haiyang Wang, Yan Wang, and Yuanje Wu.

POSSIBLE CAREERS

In addition to preparing dancers for placement in the nation’s top performing arts graduate schools, SUU’s dance education program prepares students to become licensed secondary education dance teachers; offer private studio instruction; and serve as dance educational specialists.

AVAILABLE RESOURCES

Our campus is home to three state-of-the-art dance studios and two concert performance halls for our dancers’ use. We also house a library of Congress on Research in Dance and the Journal of Dance Education/RDE Database.

STUDENT INVOLVEMENT

Participation as a performer in the annual Faculty Dance Concert and as student choreographer/performer in the annual Student Dance Concert
Orchesis Modern Dance Club
Opportunities for international exchange and study abroad experiences

CONTACT INFORMATION

Department Name: Dance Performance
Department Contact: Kay Andersen
Email Address: andersen_k@suu.edu
Department Phone: 435-865-8503
Department Fax: 435-865-8568

Alumni Spotlight

Name: Courtney Miller

Graduated: Class of 2007

Current job:
High school dance educator
Desert Hills High School
Saint George, Utah

"SUU efficiently guided me in my journey to be where I love to be today, teaching my passion for the art of dance to middle and high school aged students. SUU gave me the contacts and the recommendations I would need to be hired into the education world. I would never be where I am today, teaching dance full time at Desert Hills High School, without the guidance from SUU’s dance and education departments."

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