School of Dance

1400 Spring Garden Street
Greensboro, North Carolina 27402
336.334.5789
admissions@uncg.edu

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Degrees offered

Bachelor of Arts in Dance Studies
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance
Minor in Dance
Master of Arts in Dance
Master of Arts in Dance Education
Master of Fine Arts in Dance

About the program

Within the context of UNCG’s comprehensive liberal arts curriculum, the School of Dance offers bachelors and masters degrees that provide specialized skills for a variety of careers in the evolving field of dance. The school’s primary goal is to teach students the imaginative, critical, and technical skills essential to the creative process and to scholarly inquiry. Our comprehensive curricula foster inclusive learning and intellectual curiosity framed by an engagement with cultural diversity, community outreach, and global issues as related to dance. The school prepares undergraduate and graduate students for further study and creating successful and productive lives as artists, educators, and scholars at the state, regional, national and international levels.

Notable alumni

Christal Brown, Jan Van Dyke, Ann Law, Dr. Doug Risner, Tiffany Rhynard, Kathleen Kelley, Sue Stinson.

Acceptance rate

Reported acceptance rate (source/year not provided by school): The University of North Carolina - Greensboro (UNCG) School of Dance admissions are highly selective, requiring prospective students to participate in a selective audition process, and the School of Dance aims to keep each cohort (first year, second year, etc.) at 20-25 students.

CALARTS DANCE: EMERGENT FORMS Will Come to REDCAT in May

by Stephi Wild, April 10, 2026

REDCAT will present CALARTS DANCE: EMERGENT FORMS, showcasing choreographic works by the Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance's 2026 undergraduate class at downtown Los Angeles's Walt Disney Concert Hall complex.

Broadway Veteran Caitlin Carter Gives $1M to Launch UNCSA Ballet Scholarship

by Chloe Rabinowitz, January 8, 2026

Broadway performer Caitlin Carter will give a $1 million gift to The School of Dance at UNCSA, to establish a scholarship to provide one out-of-state high school ballet student per year with full tuition, room and board.

Wheeling Symphony Orchestra To Present PAINTED ON THE SKY Featuring APPALACHIAN SPRING October 25

by A.A. Cristi, October 17, 2025

The Wheeling Symphony Orchestra (WSO) will open its 2025–26 Masterworks season on Saturday, October 25, with Painted on the Sky, a program featuring Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring and a new collaboration with lighting and set designer Doug Fitch and Oglebay Institute’s School of Dance.

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