Performance and Movement ,BA
Actor, Dancer, Hip Hop, Musicals, Performance, acting, dance, theater, theatre
Expand your skills as a performer and creative artist. Join a diverse community that encourages you to explore multiple ways of performing through coursework in both dance and theatre.
The BA program in performance and movement is an inclusive, transdisciplinary degree program that encourages students to develop collaborative approaches to learning and professional industry skills in the performing arts.
The bachelor's degree program enables students to create a flexible degree program that engages their areas of interest. This degree program offers three focus areas:
- Dance and theatre: This focus area is designed for dancers who seek experience working with theatrical performance and acting, actors and performers who seek to balance text and voice work with movement exploration, and writers and directors who want to explore a wide range of approaches to live performance.
- Social and partnership dance: This dance focus area seeks to prepare future Afro-Latin social and ballroom dance leaders with pedagogical, performance and community-building strategies to help meet the need for local and national community engagement in social dance as a means to create social transformation and change.
- Hip Hop arts: The Hip Hop focus area spans various forms of Hip Hop artistry and expression through in-studio courses and hands-on application. It also connects students with scholars and practitioners to embrace the community of Hip Hop culture: dance, music, visual and voice.
- College/school:
Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
- Location: Tempe
- Second language requirement: No
- First required math course: MAT 142 - College Mathematics Any math course that meets the MATH designation.
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Math intensity:
General
General university admission requirements:
All students are required to meet general university admission requirements.
First-year | Transfer | International | Readmission
An ASU student who would like to change majors to one offered by the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.50 (scale is 4.00 = "A").
Students should visit the Change of Major form for information about how to change a major to this program.
ASU is committed to helping students thrive by offering tools that allow personalization of the transfer path to ASU. Students may use MyPath2ASU® to outline a list of recommended courses to take prior to transfer.
ASU has transfer partnerships in Arizona and across the country to create a simplified transfer experience for students. These pathway programs include exclusive benefits, tools and resources, and they help students save time and money in their college journey.
Program learning outcomes identify what a student will learn or be able to do upon completion of their program. This program has the following program outcomes:
- Students graduating with a BA in performance and movement will be able to apply creative processes in their art-making that reflect contemporary understandings of dance and theatre practices.
- Graduates will be able to execute the stages of long-range creative projects.
- Students graduating from the BA in performance and movement will be able to implement culturally sensitive, ethical and socially grounded teaching, facilitation, and community-building practices.
With more than 300 Global Education program opportunities available to them, performance and movement students are able to tailor their experience to their unique interests and skill sets. Whether in a foreign country, in the U.S. or online, students build communication skills, learn to adapt and persevere, and are exposed to research and internships across the world, increasing their professional network.
The bachelor's degree in performance and movement provides an excellent broad-based foundation for work in the arts or entertainment professions and readies students for further training at graduate schools or conservatories. The program's liberal arts emphasis, combined with a focus on physical presence, prepares graduates for a variety of occupations in both performance and nonperformance fields. Opportunities may include work with:
- arts entrepreneurship
- professional performing
- studio ownership and management
- themed entertainment
Example job titles and salaries listed below are not necessarily entry level, and students should take into consideration how years of experience and geographical location may affect pay scales. Some jobs also may require advanced degrees, certifications or state-specific licensure.
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3.2%
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Not available
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3.2%
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$77,280
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5.0%
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$50,990
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5.3%
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Not available
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13.7%
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$45,380
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3.3%
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$72,650
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19.1%
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$100,300
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1.0%
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$62,360
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0.8%
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$61,810
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ASU programs that may lead to professional licensure or certification are intended to prepare students for potential licensure or certification in Arizona. Completion of an ASU program may not meet educational requirements for licensure or certification in another state. For more information, students should visit the ASU professional licensure webpage.
School of Music, Dance and Theatre
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mdtadmissions@asu.edu
480-965-4206
3 year programs
These programs allow students to fast-track their studies after admission and earn a bachelor's degree in three years or fewer while participating in the same high-quality educational experience of a 4-year option. Students should talk to their academic advisor to get started.
Accelerated master's
These programs allow students to accelerate their studies to earn a bachelor's plus a master's degree in as few as five years (for some programs).
Each program has requirements students must meet to be eligible for consideration. Acceptance to the graduate program requires a separate application. Students typically receive approval to pursue the accelerated master’s during the junior year of their bachelor's degree program. Interested students can learn about eligibility requirements and how to apply.
