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Shenandoah’s dance programs provide the academic and professional preparation demanded by a wide variety of careers. The Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees are designed for you — the highly-motivated, pre-professional dancer who is seeking a career as a concert performer, choreographer or dance educator. The Bachelor of Arts program is designed for dancers who are interested in a broad general education while continuing their dance studies.

You will be immersed in the art from the moment you arrive on campus. The intimate conservatory approach at Shenandoah provides a focused environment for study, while the supportive atmosphere encourages your individual growth and creativity.

Graduates from Shenandoah work on Broadway, in regional theatres, on national and international tours, and on cruise ships.

Dance at Shenandoah

All degree programs present the opportunity to develop creative and production skills while enriching philosophical and theoretical perspectives in close, mentoring relationships with the dance faculty.

Shenandoah Conservatory students dance a wide repertoire of artistic styles and techniques. They perform in original choreography created by faculty and internationally recognized guest artists. New works choreographed by students are performed both on campus and in a wide variety of touring opportunities, including professional showcases in Washington, D.C., and New York City.

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Dance Faculty

Caring and Accomplished

Shenandoah Conservatory’s dance faculty are dedicated to cultivating the individual artist within each student. They emphasize technical excellence and stylistically diverse performance artistry while nurturing intelligent physical practice and imaginative creativity. Deeply committed to collaborative work, our faculty engage dance majors in creative projects with the Theatre and Music divisions on a frequent basis. Our faculty present choreography at prestigious showcases in New York City and at professional engagements in other major cultural centers in the United States and abroad. They are actively performing, choreographing and teaching around the world with recent guest artist engagements in Taiwan, Columbia, Germany, Spain, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Italy, France and England... and they take our students with them!

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We're an All-Steinway School

Great music stirs the heart and inspires the soul, and Steinway pianos are celebrated as the instruments used by renowned artists to cultivate their talent and produce great music. Similarly, uncompromising excellence in performing arts education sparks the imagination and inspires the future.

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