DEGREES

BFA in Dance

Minor in Dance

ACADEMIC INFORMATION

Number of Majors: 65

Number of Minors: 6

Number of Graduate Students: 0

Number of Participating Non-Majors: 65

Number of additional faculty: 7

Number of Faculty (Full-Time): 3

Size of Student Body: 8,000

Fall Semester Deadline: Rolling admissions

Offers a Dance Team

Offers Online Courses

Offers Credit for Life Experience

Offers Study Abroad

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Cost of room & board: $13,000

Undergraduate Tuition (Resident): $32,000

Undergraduate Tuition (Out of State): $32,000

Graduate Tuition (Resident): n/a

Graduate Tuition (Out of State): n/a

Percentage of students receiving financial Aid: n/a

Scholarships:

Need-based Scholarships awarded

Merit-based Scholarships awarded

AUDITION INFORMATION

Auditions required for placement

Audition Dates: Weekdays by appt; see website

AREAS OF EMPHASIS

Ballet/Pointework

Choreography

Modern/Contemporary

Performance

SPOTLIGHT DETAILS

Undergraduate Spotlight Details:
Adelphi University offers professional training by internationally renowned faculty. Faculty members include department chair Orion Duckstein, Paul Taylor Dance Company; Frank Augustyn, National Ballet of Canada; Adelheid Strelick of Theater Ulm; and Ballet Frankfurt’s William Forsythe. Other faculty members have performed with American Ballet Theatre, Pennsylvania Ballet, Complexions, Alvin Ailey, Martha Graham, David Parsons, and more. The technically challenging program includes performance opportunities with faculty and guests from the professional dance world. Past guest choreographers include Jirí Kylián, Lar Lubovitch, Paul Taylor and residency with Paul Taylor 2, Rasta Thomas, Aszure Barton, Earl Mosley, Manuel Vignoulle, David Parsons, Pascal Rioult, Takehiro Ueyama, Winston Brown, and Maurice Brandon Curry. Graduates have gone on to perform with Graham 2, Boston Dance Theater, Parsons Dance, Rioult Dance NY, Dances Patrelle, Inter-Steps on Broadway, Amy Marshall Dance Company, Feld Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, Elisa Monte, Mazzini Dance Collective, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Alison Cook Beatty Dance, Fosse Project, Nikolais-Louis Dance, Garth Fagan Dance, Joyce Trisler Dance, Cirque du Soleil’s Broadway production Paramour, and An American in Paris tour. Students have worked with New York City dance companies during their senior-year internships, including Parsons Dance, Rioult Dance NY, Gibney Dance, Gallim Dance, Paul Taylor Dance Company, and Martha Graham Dance Company. Classes in ballet, pointe, pas de deux, contemporary partnering, choreography, improvisation, fundamentals of Graham, theory and composition, dance history, music theory, anatomy, and Pilates are held in new facilities. The Department of Dance holds auditions on the Adelphi Garden City Campus during the fall and spring semesters by appointment only. Talent scholarships are available. Visit dance.adelphi.edu for off-site auditions and more information. Please call 516.877.4250 to be placed on the audition list. If you cannot attend the live audition, videos are accepted.