California Institute of the Arts

California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) offers unique programs at the undergraduate and graduate level within its six world-renowned Schools—Art, Critical Studies, Dance, Film/Video, Music and Theater.

Our BFA and MFA programs build high-level proficiencies in performance, technique, choreography, dance production technologies, and critical understanding of the art form—all within a global cultural context. CalArts Dance offers creative exchange and collaboration between professionally motivated students and a faculty of practicing artists.

Just  north  of  Los Angeles, CalArts  Dance  benefits  from  performance opportunities  at  REDCAT  and  other downtown spaces while generating an international network of choreographic exchange beyond  the  U.S. Dancers  pursue  rigorous  training  in  technique  (ballet, contemporary, street  dance/hip-hop, and African  dance), choreography, and  interdisciplinary  and  media-driven  collaborations. The  curriculum  includes  courses  in  critical  dance  studies, dance  on  camera, music, Pilates, and  anatomy, as  well  as  courses across campus.