What career preparation does the Cornish College Dance Department provide?
A BFA in Dance from Cornish College prepares students for careers as performers, choreographers, and teachers in the dance field. Many alumni create interdisciplinary careers, combining work as dancers with related work in the field, such as: performance production for dance (light design, costuming, stage management, etc.), dance photography and film, dance writing and criticism, arts administration, teaching somatic and conditioning techniques, acting, and many other types of work. As performers, Cornish College dance alumni have worked with many of the most well-known dance companies in the United States, including: Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Trisha Brown Dance Company, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Mark Morris Dance Group, Shen Wei Dance Arts, American Ballet Theater, Ballet Hispanico, Peter Pucci and Dancers, Zoe Scofield, Lineage Dance Company, Silver Brown Dance Company, Scott/Powell Performance Group, Spectrum Dance Theater and the Pat Graney Dance Company and ot
