The Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree focuses on an in-depth curriculum of professional dance technique, choreography and performance in preparation for a professional performing career in dance.
Please see the UNLV College of Fine Arts - Department of Dance web page at www.unlv.edu/dance for information about department programs, faculty, and facilities. Degree worksheets and 4/5 year plan for the major are available at www.unlv.edu/degree/bfa-dance.
Available Options
- Dance for the Professional Dancer
- Dance Production/Management
- Performance and Choreography
Career Possibilities
Here are a few job titles in which dance majors have applied their degrees, skills, and abilities. In general, an advanced degree is required for those occupations marked with a * on the following list.
Performance & Production
- Ballet Mistress/Master
- Company dancer
- Choreographer
- Technician
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- Dance designer: costume, lights
- Sound person
- Consultant
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Arts Administrator
- General Manager/Administrator*
- Business Manager*
- Personal Manager
- Personnel Manager: Dance Company
- Booking Agent
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- Public Relations Manager
- Press Agent
- Grants Specialist*
- Arts Council Director*
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Education
- College Professor*
- Public School Teacher*
- Dance Therapist*
- Artist-in-Residence
- Private teacher
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- Leisure and recreation instructor
- Dance Company Rehearsal Director
- Pilates/Body Conditioning Instructor
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Beyond the traditional avenues and careers, a dance degree opens the door to many of the skills that numerous Fortune 500 companies look for in their executive recruits. A degree in dance trains:
- Organization, problem solving, and memory
- Being calm under pressure
- Communication and expression
- Leadership and teamwork
- Individuality
- Balance of mind, body, and spirit
- Decision-making skills
- Confidence, positive self-image, and self-esteem
- Commitment to a practice, diligence, and commitment to a team
- Productivity and risk taking
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- Honesty/Integrity
- Motivation/Initiative
- Ability to build relationships
- Flexibility and adaptability
- An understanding of standards for success
- Self-awareness
- Understanding of space, time, and energy
- Numeracy, accounting, and structure
- How market to an audience
- Innovation and passion
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Individuals have obtained their degrees in dance and proceeded into careers in law, medicine, business, and numerous other professional areas.
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