The Dance Program at the Boston Arts Academy is a rigorous and comprehensive program of study. The curriculum is designed to provide professional training in dance that prepares students for further studies at post-secondary institutions or a career in dance.
In addition to technique and dance styles, students study choreography, dance history, healthful living, dance production and technologies. The curriculum helps the students develop discipline, technical skills and expression,as well as challenges their creativity and critical thinking.
The technical training for dance majors is focused primarily on classical ballet and modern dance. Students are placed at the level best suited to their physical, mental and technical development, rather than grouped by grade. While jazz and tap are part of our core curriculum, other world dances are introduced in special modules within the Orientation courses.
The dance curriculum is further enriched with numerous master classes each year, thanks to our partnership with cultural institutions such as Bank of America Celebrity Series and World Music CrashArt. Our students have had great opportunities to study with luminous master teachers like Bill T. Jones, ballet master of Kirov Ballet, and members of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. For the last three years, we were able to bring nationally renowned choreographers Seán Curran, Marlies Yearby, Ronald K Brown, Pedro Ruiz and Nathan Trice to BAA for a two-week residency and set new works on our dancers. This was possible through generous grants from The Boston Foundation and SURDNA Foundation.
To help our students excel, the Dance Department also offers Honors Ballet twice a week, as well as a variety of electives. BAA also helps our students attend nationally competitive summer programs through a limited amount of study grants. With the recommendation of the Dance Department as well as the students’ own advocacy, many students experienced excellent summer programs that helped them accelerate in their development as dancers. |
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