It’s will. Not a wish. SCHOOL OF DANCE THINK OF IT You, with so much AS A PERFECT passion and talent HIGH SCHOOL UNDERGRADUATE PARTNERING. and UNCSA’s School of Dance, ready to guide you to your full potential. CONCENTRATIONS As one of the world’s premier dance Classical Ballet schools, we prepare talented young Contemporary Dance dancers for careers in top companies and productions around the world. SPECIFIC TRAINING With unique training in ballet Ballet Technique and contemporary dance, a world-class teaching faculty, and Pointe myriad opportunities for performance, this Partnering is a perfect partnering that will transform your aspirations Variations into a successful professional career. Contemporary Technique Repertory Classes Men’s Class Composition and Improvisation Theatrical Concepts Music Perspectives Pedagogy Business Perspectives Costuming For Dancers UNCSA is the exclusive educational affiliate of American Ballet Theatre. “Academics and art work together here. My liberal arts classes have taught me how to work better, smarter, and apply myself in dance.” – Eamon Mitchell, Student, Ballet A CONSERVATORY COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATING THE EXPERIENCE TRAINING WHOLE ARTIST Ours is a rigorous Here, you’ll focus in Our comprehensive conservatory approach, the fundamentals liberal arts college where you will immerse of classical ballet or curriculum and high daily in the discipline contemporary dance, school academic of dance. Your training but you’ll cross-train. program provide a will include classroom Both concentrations broad education, instruction, studio emphasize the producing well- classes, specialized strong fundamentals rounded artists workshops with particular to each, who think critically, visiting artists and while looking to the creatively and countless performance other for versatility and collaboratively. opportunities. Your inspiration. Unlike other training will be programs, your classes professional-level. will be enhanced by live musical accompaniment. A CAMPUS A COMMUNITY ARTISTIC CULTURE UNLIKE OF ARTISTS COLLABORATION ANY IN THE COUNTRY The University of As a dancer, working North Carolina in an interdisciplinary School of the Arts environment of actors, is composed of five filmmakers, musicians conservatories – Dance, and designers, you’ll Design & Production, learn to effectively Drama, Filmmaking, collaborate as a and Music. As a result, professional – a unique you’ll find artistic and valuable skill you’ll passion and inspiration carry into your all around you. You will dance career. AMERICAN BALLET learn by doing. And THEATRE PARTNER every day, your fellow artists will help bring out your very best. UNCSA’s School of Dance is the exclusive educational affiliate of American Ballet Theatre (ABT). UNCSA ballet faculty are trained in the ABT curriculum, and ABT faculty visit campus to conduct classes for UNCSA students. ABT’s Studio Company is periodically in-residence. MODELING A YOU WILL WORLD-CLASS UNCSA DANCE PROFESSIONAL PERFORM. OFTEN. FACILITIES COSTUME SHOP COMPANY No other dance Our exceptional The School of Dance school can match the facilities include maintains a skilled, mainstage performance ten air-conditioned full-time staff to opportunities you’ll find dance studios with construct exquisite at UNCSA. With five sprung floors and costumes for our major productions each several outstanding productions, ensuring year, you’ll perform a performance spaces, a professional caliber. diverse, world-class including the 1,380-seat Our shop has earned repertory – from Stevens Center and the a national reputation standards of classical more intimate 188-seat and our costumes are ballet to the cutting- Agnes de Mille Theatre. often requested by and edge in contemporary rented to professional dance. dance companies. FLAWLESS IS OUR DEAN TOP FACULTY TRUE MENTORSHIP EARNED Our conservatory’s Our faculty is Classes at the Dean is Susan Jaffe, comprised of conservatory are a principal dancer with accomplished small and individualized. American Ballet Theatre artists who have Each day, you’ll work for 22 years. Declared led distinguished one-on-one with expert by The New York professional careers instructors, who are Times as “America’s with companies not only highly skilled, Quintessential American including American but accessible and Ballerina,” Jaffe has Ballet Theatre, Bolshoi genuinely committed danced on the world’s Ballet, and Trisha to your professional greatest stages – from Brown Company, success. the Mariinsky Theatre among many others. in St. Petersburg to Bringing a range of London’s Royal Opera styles and experience, House – and with these professionals some of the most provide the highest– important dancers of level training, as well our time, from Mikhail as rich perspective Baryshnikov to former on the ballet and Dean of Dance contemporary Ethan Stiefel. dance worlds. “At an early age I was very aware of UNCSA’s reputation. It seemed that every instructor and connection I made in the dance world, especially those whose talent I admired and respected, were alums!” – Tareake Ramos, Student, Contemporary Dance GRAND SUCCESS “This past year we had Misty Copeland, Gillian Murphy, School of Dance graduates and James Whiteside come to campus and actually can be found in companies and on stages across the perform in class alongside of us. I was right next to nation and around the world. James Whiteside…crazy!” Skilled and passionate, versatile and confi dent, our graduates leave UNCSA ready to succeed in the – Sarah Bukowski, Student, Ballet professional world of dance. They also frequently come back to campus to teach and mentor current students. Alumni include: CAMILLE A. BROWN VISITING ARTISTS Camille A. Brown and Dancers, Princess Grace Awardee Notable guest artists from the world of dance often KYLE DAVIS visit our campus to teach Soloist, Pacifi c Northwest Ballet and perform with our 2008 Prix de Lausanne winner students. A sampling of recent guest artists includes: MARK DENDY Mark Dendy Dance ALEX BRADY Twyla Tharp stager assistant BLAINE HOVEN Soloist, ABT MISTY COPELAND Principal Dancer, ABT KATE JEWITT Stager of Shen Wei works TRISH LENT CLAIRE KRETZSCHMAR Cunningham Trust Corps de ballet, New York City Ballet KATE LYDON Director of ABT Studio Company JUEL LANE Choreographer NATALIA MAKAROVA Legendary ballerina EMERY LECRONE Choreographer MAURIZIO NARDI Martha Graham MEGAN LECRONE Soloist, New York City Ballet HELEN PICKETT Resident Choreographer, Atlanta Ballet TREY MCINTYRE Choreographer ETHAN STIEFEL GILLIAN MURPHY Former principal dancer, ABT Principal dancer, ABT DOUG VARONE JOSEPH PHILLIPS New York-based choreographer Corps de ballet, ABT JAMES WHITESIDE MATT DEL ROSARIO Principal Dancer, ABT Dancer, Pilobolus DWANA SMALLWOOD Principal dancer, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater ABOUT UNCSA STUDENTS 263 High school 907 Undergraduate 133 Graduate WINSTON-SALEM: AFFORDABLE GREAT RETURNS FACULTY A FOCUS ON QUALITY 141 Full-time THE ARTS Money Magazine 76 Visiting/adjunct UNCSA offers a wealth reported that recent + Numerous guest artists Known as the City of of opportunities at an UNCSA graduates Arts and Innovation, unmatched value. As earn approximately RATIO Winston-Salem is one of the 17 campuses 22 percent more than 9 to 1 Student to faculty a flourishing arts of the University of their counterparts at community – and the North Carolina, our other schools with FACILITIES ideal conservatory tuition is a fraction a similar focus on 11 Performance and location. Free from of that of private the arts. screening venues the high cost of living arts schools. and stresses of a large metropolitan center, PERFORMANCES our artists are able to 300+ Public performances focus and immerse in and screenings annually their art. In a city like New York, you may see a lot of work. At UNCSA, we’re creating it. VISIT UNCSA APPLY & AUDITION To appreciate the UNCSA School of Audition Locations: UNCSA conservatory Dance provides On campus, experience and high school and Winston-Salem, N.C. our unique artist undergraduate and in cities community, you need programs in both throughout the U.S. to see them firsthand. Classical Ballet and Get started by visiting Contemporary Dance. Learn more about our website: uncsa.edu. In addition to your audition schedules Then schedule your online application, you and the application visit to campus. will need to audition. process at: uncsa.edu/apply or call: (336) 770-3290. Apply | Audition | Visit uncsa.edu.