Tag: college dance programs

4 College Alums on How Their Dance Degrees Have Helped Them During COVID-19

In a year that couldn’t possibly get any more bonkers (we wouldn’t be surprised, though), the world needs smart, resourceful, and creative people more than ever before. And who does that description remind us of? That’s right…dancers. It may seem like jobs for dancers are scarce these days, but in reality, there are plenty of […]

Dancewave's Annual College Fair Goes Virtual

After navigating Nationals online and attending summer intensives via Zoom, many students are now diving into their first all-virtual college-application season. Enter Dancewave Through College and Beyond’s college fair, which is going digital for a two-weekend event October 16–18 and 23–25, open to dancers ages 14–18. “We’re trying to simulate an in-person college-fair experience as […]

NYCDA Wants to Jumpstart Your Dance Career—Virtually

Let’s be honest: We’re running out of ways to say that it’s been no average school year, especially for high school juniors and seniors. Despite the circumstances, however, you all have barely missed a beat, keeping your technique, training, and love for dance alive in all kinds of online spaces. And New York City Dance […]

How Dancers Can Build a Better College Class Schedule

Looking through a college course catalog is like surfing Netflix—you can get totally overwhelmed by options. Should you watch “Love is Blind” or “You”? Should you take “Acting for Dancers” or “Intro to Improvisation”? Never fear, Dance Spirit is here (to help you with the latter dilemma, anyways). We asked the experts for tips to […]

How College Dance Programs Are Celebrating the Class of 2020

With COVID-19 causing mass cancellations of commencement ceremonies, colleges around the world have had to get creative and improvise remote graduation celebrations. But no one does “creative” like the dance world. We spoke with leadership at some top college dance programs about how they’re honoring the class of 2020. Celebrating Seniors on Social In the […]

How to Choose a College Dance Program When You Can't Visit Campus

With all education happening virtually for the foreseeable future, high school seniors find themselves in a difficult position. Not only have their senior-year milestone events—prom, last recitals, graduation—been canceled or postponed, but they also have to choose which college to attend next year without making any more in-person visits. For dancers, this is especially challenging. […]