If you are interested in a career in dance, the UNLV Department of Dance is among "the Best in the West" and exists in the center of fabulous Las Vegas, one of the fastest growing cultural centers in the United States. Entertainment industry employment and artistic opportunities abound in Las Vegas. Advanced-level dancers are working professionally while completing their dance degrees.

The College of Fine Arts houses the Department of Dance. Eight full-time professional dance faculty, a rotating guest artist-in-residence dance position, and 16 part-time dance specialists compose the Dance faculty. The department offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in Performance/Choreography or a Bachelor of Arts in Dance Production.

A unique feature of the program allows students to train with equal emphasis in ballet, modern and jazz dance technique, as well as other areas of dance including: ethnic, tap, ballroom, and musical theatre. A wide variety of courses in pilates, improvisation, composition, choreography, music theory, accompaniment for dance, production, history and criticism, post- modern concepts, educational methods, labanotation, theory and philosophy, kinesiology and injury prevention are required offerings for serious study of dance.

Numerous opportunities for student performances are provided with a yearly concert series. Faculty concerts, Artist-in-Residence Concert, Student Choreographer' Showcase, and the Annual Spring Concert make up this concert calendar series of seven production. In addition, the Dance Company provides a professional performance environment for student performers. Students in this company perform choreography by internationally known guest artists and dance faculty. All dance students are invited to audition for all performance companies.

Current dance facilities include three dance studios with a student experimental dance theatre and performances scheduled in two concert theaters. A new 4500 square-foot dance studio/theatre with the finest dance floor available is in the new dance wing, with eight new faculty offices, an administrative complex, a dance library, dance costume storage and production studio, and a 2,000 square-foot rehearsal studio. Dance Arts also has a electronic music studio. Live music is used to accompany ballet, modern, and jazz classes.