About this Program

The Â鶹¹ú²úAV Dance Program engages students in a dynamic and transformative process of dance training, fostering curiosity, imagination, versatility and innovation. Through interdisciplinary learning, scholarly research and engagement with local and global communities, students experience dance on many levels helping them to think critically and live creatively as dance artists.

Program Highlights

  • With approximately 40 to 50 majors, students have many opportunities to perform and choreograph in multiple venues and concerts throughout their academic careers.

  • Students thrive in an academic and social community within a program that is supportive and encouraging of diversity and innovation.

  • Students interact with resident guest artists at least twice a year affording them the chance to experience art in the making, to network and form lasting bonds with dance professionals.

AT A GLANCE
Degree Level
Undergraduate
Degree Earned
Minor
Delivery Modes
On-Campus

Careers

Check out these ideas from Â鶹¹ú²úAV's Center for Career & Leadership Development and the . A median salary is a midpoint of what people typically earn—half of those surveyed earned above the median salary, and half earned below.

Actors

$32.89 per-hour Median Salary

Play parts in stage, television, radio, video, motion picture productions, or other settings for entertainment, information, or instruction. Interpret serious or comic role by speech, gesture, and body movement to entertain or inform audience. May dance and sing.

Dancers

$17.70 per-hour Median Salary

Perform dances. May perform on stage, for on-air broadcasting, or for video recording.

Choreographers

$52,970 Median Salary

Create new dance routines. Rehearse performance of routines. May direct and stage presentations.

Managers, All Other

$113,180 Median Salary

All managers not listed separately.

Alumni Careers

Chicago Dance Crash
Disney
Virginia Opera
Governor’s School for the Arts
Virginia Ballet Theater
TR Dance

Requirements

What are the requirements to apply for Dance at Â鶹¹ú²úAV?
Students entering the Minor program in Dance should meet the minimum university admission requirements Undergraduate Admission.

Transfer

At Â鶹¹ú²úAV, we understand that as a transfer student you have unique needs that require a wide array of campus resources. The Center for Advising Administration and Academic Partnerships aims to create a transfer inclusive culture that supports the successful...

Cost

Estimated rates for the 2024-25 academic year. Rates are subject to change. Anyone that is not a current Virginia resident will be charged non-resident rates. That includes international students.

Active Duty Military Rate
Cost Per-Credit $250
Virginia Resident
Cost Per-Credit $408
Technology Delivered Courses Outside Virginia and/or the United States
Cost Per-Credit $439
Non-Resident
Cost Per-Credit $1,109

Ways to Save

Here are a few ways for you to save on the cost of attending Â鶹¹ú²úAV. For more information visit University Student Financial Aid.

Contact

Higher Ed Teach Res Asst

1106 DIEHN CENTER
NORFOLK, 23529