Study Dance at UTEP

UTEP Department of Theatre & Dance

Study Dance at UTEP!

The Dance Program at UTEP is an exciting environment 

where you can grow as a person and artist 

and become whoever you want to be

Welcome

Degrees in Dance

UTEP offers two dance degrees:

• Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance with 2 possible concentrations:

  • Performance

  • Dance Studies and Choreography

• Bachelor of Arts in Dance with a minor in Education and grade 7-12 Dance Teacher Certification

• Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance: http://catalog.utep.edu/undergrad/college-of-liberal-arts/theatre-dance/dance-bfa/

• Bachelor of Arts in Dance: http://catalog.utep.edu/undergrad/college-of-liberal-arts/theatre-dance/dance-ba/

UTEP also offers a minor in dance:

• Dance Minor: http://catalog.utep.edu/undergrad/college-of-liberal-arts/theatre-dance/dance-minor/ 

Scholarships

• Apply for th​e Incoming Students scholarships from the UTEP Department of Theatre and Dance: https://www.utep.edu/liberalarts/theatre-dance/resources/scholarships.html

• A​pply for the UTEP scholarships for Incoming Freshmxn: https://www.utep.edu/student-affairs/scholarships/scholarships/scholarships-for-incoming-freshmen.html

Meet the Faculty

Click on a faculty member's name to read their biography

• Kasey Brown: Ballet

• Jennifer Burton: Dance Appreciation

• Tawanda Chabikwa: Hip-Hop, Contemporary, World Dance

• Sandra Paola López Ramírez: Improvisation, Special Topics in Dance

• Melissa Melpignano: Ballet, Dance Performance, World Dance, Dance Appreciation, Special Topics in Dance, Dance Theory & Composition, Choreography, Performance Studies

• Myron Nadel: Somatics, History of Dance

• Josey Pickett: Jazz

• Neri Torres: Contemporary, Afro-Cuban theatrical and social dance forms, Special Topics in Dance, History of Dance, Dance Appreciation

Student Testimony

Kaelin L. Walker

BFA Dance Major

A look at our dance productions

UNTIL TOMORROW (New Voices in Dance Concert Nov. 2019)