Overview

In keeping with the college’s focus on social justice and innovation, the department’s theory and composition classes fuse technology and womanist theory along with other social discourse.

The Dance Performance And Choreography curriculum centers on the choreographic process through the lens of Black feminist theories, contemporary dance techniques, and interdisciplinary collaborative practice.

Morehouse College students engage with an exciting roster of visiting artists who explore and push boundaries through the Spelman College Dance Artist Incubation Residency.

Department faculty includes globally recognized working artists who mentor and guide students through scholarship, artistic production, and entrepreneurial strategies.

The department cultivates freethinkers and intelligent movers interested in becoming creators, innovators, writers, historians, and scholars within the evolving field of dance.

Outcomes

After completing the major, students will be able to:

Engage in dance as a mode of inquiry, knowledge production, and critical thinking through embodied creative process, theoretical research, literature, and performance
Articulate verbally and through embodied practice historical and contemporary socio-cultural contexts of dance practice
Demonstrate high-level choreographic skills to investigate, engage in, and develop creative processes
Demonstrate the ability to self-generate professional opportunities and creative spaces, and maneuver within various concert, commercial, and social communities locally, regionally, and internationally

Programme Structure

Courses include:

African Dance Forms
Jazz Funk
Commercial Hip Hop
Improvisation
Contemporary African
Ballet

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-13 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-01 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-08-19 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-01 00:00:00

Language

English

Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Atlanta, United States

Disciplines

Dance View 403 other Bachelors in Dance in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

2.7

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Application
Application Fee
Official High School Transcript
High School Evaluation Form
Official SAT or ACT scores
TOEFL

Tuition Fees

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International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

30122 USD / year

≈ 30122 USD / year
Out-of-State

30122 USD / year

≈ 30122 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

30122 USD / year

≈ 30122 USD / year

Living costs

Atlanta

United States

945 - 1751 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Scholarships Information

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