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.
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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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 the National Endowment for the Arts American Masterpiece Grant.
- Recent artists-in-residence have included Alberto Del Saz, Susan Hadley, Sara Hook, Charlotte Boyer-Christensen, Risa Steinbergand Joanie Smith.
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