The Department of Dance & Theatre is part of the College of Arts and Sciences at UNT. Firmly based in Liberal Arts, the diverse curriculum offers breadth and depth in academics and performance.

Dance

• The department offers a B.A. and a B.F.A. in Dance as well as a dance minor, and no graduate degrees are offered at this time.
• There are approximately 80 dance majors with 6 full-time faculty.
• The faculty teaches from a kinesiological base, using a somatic approach to produce healthy dancers. Focus is placed on the education of the total individual and prepares students soundly for any graduate dance program.
• Admission to the dance program requires an entrance and placement audition. Dates for prospective student auditions are posted on the admissions page of our website.
• Student performance opportunities include faculty and guest-artist choreography, as well as student led projects. In addition to the department concerts, faculty members often use student performers in commissioned choreography projects.
• Recent Guest Artists include Kerry Kreiman, of Contemporary Dance/Forth, Brenna Monroe-Cook, of the Jose Limón Dance Foundation, Inc.; and Bebe Miller.
• Student dancers and choreographers participate in the ACDFA regional dance festival. The student organization, Dance UNiT, sponsors travel and choreographic projects.
• The program offers four levels of Modern and Ballet technique, two levels of Jazz and Tap technique.
• Students have unique opportunities to work on the technical and design aspects of performance in areas such as costumes, lighting and stage management.
• Scholarships are available based on merit and talent.
• The national dance honors society, Chi Tau Epsilon, has a chapter in the department.
• The choreography of the dance faculty has been presented nationally and internationally.
• Technical design faculty have won awards for their costume, lighting, and set designs for dance and theatre.
• Facilities include wood and sprung floors, large rehearsal/class studios and a 429 seat performance venue.

Theatre

• The department offers a B.A. in Theatre, a B.A. in Theatre with a Concentration in Performance, a B.A. in Theatre with a Concentration in Design/Tech, as well as a Theatre minor. A graduate degree in Theatre is currently not offered.
• There are approximately 275 theatre majors with 9 full-time faculty.
• Unique among theatre programs, qualified undergraduate students perform lead roles, direct public productions, stage-manage, and design scenery, costumes, lights, make-up and wigs.
• Student performance and design opportunities include plays and musicals directed by faculty and guest artists and numerous student-directed, student-written and class productions.
• Students are often offered performance and design opportunities as part of outside professional projects of the faculty and are able to audition for local theatre groups.
• Hands-on experience is offered for students interested in performing or directing Theatre for Young audiences.
• The active and diverse theatre faculty consists of professional actors, directors, designers, and theatre educators and scholars.
• Scholarships are available based on merit and talent.

Dance and Theatre faculty continue to work in the industry, locally, nationally and internationally. Department alumni work with professional dance and theatre companies as dancers, choreographers, actors and artistic directors. Others are educators or administrators in universities, public schools, and private and professional studios. Still others have pursued careers in areas such as dance therapy, movement analysis, the dance fitness industry, radio, television, and film.

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