Spotlight on MFA Programs: University of Washington (UPDATED 2017)

Ryan Corriston and Stephanie Liapis in Embrace        

Photo credit: Steve Korn

 

Degree offered: M.F.A. in Dance

Website: https://dance.washington.edu/master-fine-arts-program

Audition and application deadlines: The deadline is October 15 (September 15 for international students). There is no audition. You will be invited to interview if on the short list.

Average age range of the MFA students: 32 - 50

Length of time it takes to complete the program: Two years

 

Jennifer Salk's artist profile on this blog (chair of the department): http://dancingwords.typepad.com/life_as_a_modern_dancer/2014/10/artist-profile-75-jennifer-salk-seattle-wa.html

 

Alumna Pamela Geber Handman's artist profile (now a professor at the University of Utah):

http://blog.lifeasamoderndancer.com/2016/10/artist-profile-143-pamela-geber-handman-salt-lake-city-ut.html

 

The University of Washington's Department of Dance offers a Master of Fine Arts degree that prepares dance artists (who've had a minimum of eight years professional performance experience) for entry into the academic setting. This full two-year program begins in mid June and runs for two years including the interim summer months. It is an intensive, yet reflective period, during which M.F.A. candidates are supported in the development of an academic dimension to their creative work in dance. M.F.A. candidates receive a tuition waiver and earn a monthly stipend in exchange for working as a Teaching Assistant in the Dance Program.

 

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