Degrees offered: MFA and a graduate certificate in Screendance
Website: dance.utah.edu; email Graduate Studies Director Eric Handman at eric.handman@utah.edu
Audition and application deadlines: Audition required, ideally on campus, but video audition materials will also be accepted. The Modern Dance MFA auditions will be held February 2 and 23, 2018; applications are due December 1, 2017.
Average age range of the MFA students: 22 -50
Length of time it takes to complete the program: 3 years
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Professors who have been featured on Life as a Modern Dancer:
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DANCE IS A WAY OF KNOWING… of knowing one’s self in relation to one’s community and one’s place in the world.
The University of Utah MFA in Modern Dance produces dynamic contributors to an ever-changing field.
The Department is an empowering educational community that thrives through diversity, rigor and a spirit of investigation. Within this vibrant context students and faculty alike actively research performance, improvisation, choreography, theory, dance technology, as well as other academic and theoretical pursuits.
The MFA in Modern Dance is a flexible curriculum, designed to be tailored toward individual interests as well as develop a community of graduate students. MFA candidates conduct a creative and theoretical thesis research project of their own design, while accruing credits in four modules of overlapping study: Physical Practice, Creative Practice, Theoretical Practice and Pedagogical Practice. The goal of the curriculum is professional, creative and intellectual adaptability to develop the candidate’s physical, artistic, theoretical and pedagogical points of view while enhancing their collegial network.
Professor Stephen Koester notes, "What I feel is special about our MFA program is the exceptional mentorship that candidates receive and the rich, vibrant community of learning. With 6-8 candidates in each incoming class, there is a cadre of support and range of aesthetics and belief so that candidates learn from each other as well as from the faculty. However, the size of the program is small enough that each candidate receives individual attention and support, and is encouraged to develop individualized areas of interest."
Additionally, the School of Dance now has a 2-year MFA in Ballet, which is the only degree of its kind in the country. Find out more here.
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