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Head of the Department and Graduate Program Director: Patricia K.
Knowles
Assistant Graduate Program Director: Renée Wadleigh
907 1Ú2 West Nevada Avenue
Urbana, IL 6180l
(217) 333-1010
Fax: (217) 333-3000
E-mail: dance@uiuc.edu
Graduate Degree Program
The Department of Dance offers a graduate program leading to the master
of fine arts degree.
Admission
Prerequisites for admission are (1) an undergraduate degree in dance
comparable to that granted by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
or equivalent experience (students who are deficient in undergraduate
coursework may be admitted, but will be expected to make up any deficiencies)
and (2) demonstrated advanced technical skill and choreographic ability
(candidates must pass a qualifying audition to confirm advanced technical
proficiency and to demonstrate facility in choreography). International
students must have a minimum paper-based Test of English as a Foreign
Language (TOEFL) score of 550 (213 on the computer-based test). The
Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is not required. Admission during
the spring semester is not recommended, because of course sequence
requirements.
Graduate Teaching Experience
Although teaching is not a general Graduate College requirement, experience
in teaching is considered an important part of the graduate experience
in this program. All M.F.A. candidates teach in some capacity during
their program of study.
Master of Fine Arts
The Master of Fine Arts in Dance program is a practice-oriented terminal
degree program for students in performance and choreography. Degree
requirements are 60 gh and a minimum two-year (four-semester) residence.
Coursework taken to complete undergraduate deficiencies will increase
the residence requirements to five or six semesters. A culminating
creative project (DANC 599, 8 gh) must be approved and accepted
by the graduate faculty. In the areas of technique, choreography,
performance, production, independent research, theory, seminar, and
the culminating project, 48 gh are required. The remaining 12 gh
of electives may be taken in dance or in related areas of interest.
The ability of the candidates to pursue graduate study will be assessed
at the midterm of the second semester in residence, at which time
a decision will be made regarding continuation in the program. For
returning professionals, some degree of curricular flexibility is
permitted depending on previous experience or current interests and
goals.
Financial Aid
Four forms of financial aid are offered by the Department of Dance:
resident and nonresident tuition scholarships; 25 to 33% time graduate
teaching assistantships that include tuition waivers; fellowships
in the amount of $8,000 for students from underrepresented populations
(Black, Hispanic, Native American); and the Creative and Performing
Arts Fellowship from the Graduate College, awarded to a graduate student
who demonstrates outstanding choreographic and/or performance talent,
which includes a $6,000 stipend and a tuition waiver. A limited number
of other Graduate College fellowships are also available for talented
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