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When you choose Dance at Illinois, you’ll have an experience beyond the conservatory. It’s the best of both worlds—a small, highly selective program within a large, world-class learning environment.
54 UNDERGRADUATE
STUDENTS
GRADUATE STUDENTS
FACULTY MEMBERS 4:1 STUDENT TO FACULTY RATIO
Assistant Professor Endalyn Taylor’s In the Fullness Thereof
CURRICULUM
Our rigorous program allows you to become the dancer you dream you can be.
EXPERIENCE...
• An extraordinary group of resident performers, choreographers, scholars, and educators, plus numerous guest artists.
• Exposure to a multitude of dance styles and forms, including modern, ballet, African, jazz, hip hop, improvisation, tap and more.
• Dozens of opportunities to perform annually.
• A progressive program that The New York Times calls “a hotbed of choreographic innovation.”
• Collaboration opportunities with artists in theatre, engineering, visual arts, music, architecture, and other disciplines on campus.
therapoda choreographed by Charli Brissey (MFA ’18)
Our
award-winning faculty guide the program and enrich your experience.
TERE O’CONNOR has created over 45 works for his company as well as numerous commissioned works for other dance companies, including the Lyon Opera Ballet and the White Oak Dance Project, as well as solo works for Mikhail Baryshnikov and Jean Butler. A Doris Duke Performing Artist Award winner and an inductee into the American Academic of Arts and Sciences, O’Connor is in residence at the University of Illinois every spring semester.
Teaching Assistant Professor ROXANE
D’ORLEANS JUSTE is a native of Montréal and of Haitian origin. She won a Bessie Award in the performer category for Outstanding Sustained Achievement. Roxane was a longtime member of the historic Jose Limón Dance Company (1983–2016). An active master teacher, she stages and directs José Limón’s dances for companies and ensembles worldwide. She also directs the Limón teachers’ program in the United States, Europe, and Montréal.
FACILITIES
Our custom-designed dance studios are laboratories of discovery with soaring ceilings, sprung floors, and an abundance of natural light. And then there’s the world-class environment of Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. The center’s theatres range from intimate to casual to grand, so there are a variety of artful spaces where you can hit the floor.
Abigail Elliott (BFA ’17)