Dance Minor

The dance minor at UNCW was created to provide a strong technical dance base along with an opportunity to explore dance in the community, giving students an appreciation of dance as an art form with a significant cultural and social perspective. 

The Wilmington dance community is vibrant and progressive, allowing students to experience dance in many forms in both the studio and in performance, including ballet, modern, musical theatre, opera, hip hop, and global dance forms. 

The dance minor provides you with a foundation of technical practice, choreographic experience, and performance training, in preparation for a career in the dance field.  Each class will challenge you to participate on an artistic and intellectual level as you strive to reach your potential as a creative and independent artist.

Along with a solid foundation in dance through studio courses, master classes are an important part of dance training at UNCW. Guest artists have come from such nationally renowned companies as The Martha Graham Dance Company, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, Ballet Hispanico, Ronald K. Brown/Evidence Dance Company, The Chase Brock Experience, and a host of others, through Kenan Auditorium Presents and The Wilson Center.

The goal of the minor is to give you an artistic, cultural, and social view of dance while exploring teaching, independent projects, or performance opportunities within the vibrant Wilmington dance community. Performances may include The Wilmington Dance Festival, Dancealorus, or other local events.

The dance minor can only be added after a major has been declared (usually sophomore year) and is open to all majors and levels of experience.