We have not yet had the opportunity to interview the University of California, Irvine Dance Program, if you are associated with the University of California, Irvine Dance Program please have someone from the program email us at Brittany@BDancewear.com to set up an interview (only takes a few minutes and it’s free).
In the meantime here is some quick insights about this University of California, Irvine Dance Program from their website.
Students in the University of California, Irvine’s Dance Department discover that performance opportunities, creative projects and theoretical studies complement and reinforce each other. This is a supportive educational environment for students to create, perform, analyze and study dance from historical, philosophical and scientific perspectives. Today, the life of the UCI Dance Department reflects the research and preservation of dance history, the exploration of choreography in the present, and the cutting edge technology of the future. With fourteen full-time and a number of part-time faculty, the Department of Dance at the University of California, Irvine is one of the most comprehensive university dance programs in the United States. The department has a strong technical base, offering multiple levels of ballet, modern/contemporary, jazz, tap, and Spanish Dance. Social Dance, Pilates, pointe, and a changing array of additional dance forms are also offered each year. The graduate program offers courses in choreography, teaching, dance and video, dance and technology, lighting for dance, music, critical issues, dance history, Laban Movement Analysis, research methods, dance science, and other topics. Graduate students may also choose from a large selection of upper-level undergraduate dance courses, including repertory, improvisation, partnering, dance management, performance, and more. Studio, theory, history, and technology courses support and reinforce each other.
