60 credit hours

Collin’s Dance Program has a strong reputation for excellence in dance education, choreography and performance, propelling students into several prestigious university dance programs. The dance curriculum includes multiple levels of ballet, modern dance, jazz, tap, dance appreciation, improvisation, choreography, and performance classes.

The Dance Program provides a solid foundation of classes that focus on movement fundamentals, technique, performance and choreography. The curriculum provides a comprehensive approach to learning dance by integrating the aesthetics, historical, critical, cultural, and fundamental aspects of dance as an art form.

Students interested in additional dance experience may audition for Collin’s student dance company. The mission of the company is to produce contemporary dance works at the highest level of artistic excellence. The dance company attends and performs at the American College Dance Festival annually and has received the Gala Award at that festival four times. Dance auditions for the dance company are held prior to the fall semester.

For more information about the Dance Program, contact Tiffanee Arnold, chair of dance, at SCC-AA145, 972.881.5830 or tarnold@ccccd.edu.


Career Options
Dance students may select a career in a wide variety of areas. Students should bear in mind that most of these career areas require education beyond the Associate of Arts degree.  Careers available to dance students include:
     Artistic Director Choreographer
     Dance Critic
     Dance Educator
     Dance Historian
     Dance / Movement Therapist
     Dance Notator / Labanotation
     Dance Studio Owner
     Performer

Note: The second digit in a course number indicates the number of credit hours
for that course.