We are a well-established, nationally recognized dance program that encourages the pursuit of one’s artistic voice, embodied scholarship, and pedagogical exploration. As a team of imaginarians, we use dance and the body to challenge assumptions about practices, values, technology, sustainability and personal and global positionality. Our program scaffolds entrepreneurial approaches to art-making based in personal initiative, curiosity, and versatility. We support the vital cultivation of self-awareness alongside a nuanced appreciation of one’s positionality within a global conversation. Somatic studies serves as the integrative tissue in our highly diverse and forward-thinking program.
Our department is home to three in-house theatres and a community of artists committed to transdisciplinary collaboration. Our 11-member dance faculty has expertise in film production, intermedia performance, transnational fusion, somatics, Hip-hop, reinvention of contemporary forms, technological engagement, West African Dance, Dance of the MENA regions (Middle East/North Africa), imaginative technical production, and sound composition.
Made up of about 120 undergraduate majors/minors and 15 graduate students, the department offers BA, BFA, and MFA degrees in dance as well as BA, BFA, MA and PhD degrees in theatre.
The CU campus is a Tier One Research Institution located at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, twenty-five miles from Denver. A recent SMU Data Arts study ranked Boulder in the Top 10 of the most vibrant arts communities among medium-sized cities in the country.
Admissions Department: As one of only 36 public research institutions in the Association of American Universities (AAU), the University of Colorado Boulder is all about realizing the positive impacts of new knowledge.
From offering dozens of exciting programs in a range of academic fields, to serving as one of the world’s most dynamic research and innovation hubs, to working closely through hundreds of public outreach efforts with communities across Colorado and the world, we take pride in helping our students, faculty, staff and partners turn new ideas into productive outcomes that change lives.