At Salve Regina University, our bachelor's degree in dance offers a transformative education through the study of dance in a liberal arts environment. With a focus on jazz studies, our program acknowledges and honors jazz as a historically Black American art form best understood through awareness of one's own identity and culture. Community is at the heart of Salve Regina's dance program, with an environment that encourages and supports individuality, personal creativity, dynamic exchanges of energy, risk-taking and resilience - all enduring values within the jazz aesthetic.

Nurture Your Strengths and Interests at Salve Regina

Both the bachelor's degree and the minor in dance require that students work closely with faculty to design an educational experience relative to their own strengths and interests. Across the curriculum, students engage in critical dialogue, physical practice and creative production as they study dance history, theory, technique, performance, composition and pedagogy.

Students develop their artistic voices in studio courses across a range of dance styles, including jazz, contemporary, tap, hip hop and ballet, and specifically investigate jazz and jazz-adjacent styles in performance on concert dance stages. Courses highlight the intersectional nature of dance to inspire connections across disciplines, allowing each student to carve out an individualized career pathway for future success.

In alignment with the mission of Salve Regina, we strive to offer an education that is inclusive, culturally relevant and antiracist. Our students develop into empathetic, self-aware artists empowered to impact their communities in ways that promote equity and justice.