Dance is for Everyone!
No previous dance experience required!
Dance at NLC
This program is designed to meet the needs of all ages, whether planning a career in dance or simply enrichment and pleasure of moving to music. Classes emphasize posture, placement, dance qualities and techniques. Many levels are offered to provide the appropriate challenge for each student, depending on his/her development level, desire or previous experience.Each fall semester students are given the opportunity to perform in the Annual Faculty choreographed Dance Concert, held in our own Performance Hall on North Lake's campus. In Spring, students enroll in choreography and concepts, along with their technique classes and are given the opportunity to choreograph/co-produce, and costume their own pieces. In addition, off campus performance opportunities are offered for the more advanced dance students.
For the Advanced Student
The Dance program at North Lake College is professionally oriented and all students accepted into the advanced program should expect the level of training and discipline which reflects this emphasis. Students are expected to be in good physical health, intelligent, talented, dedicated, and willing to work long hours in rehearsals to achieve success. Continuing professional development is recommended for advanced students, since the College curriculum and performance programs are designed to develop the student's highest potential.The Department strives to maintain a balance between an active production program and rigorous classroom work. The faculty includes professionals who encourage the development of new works and presentations of these pieces for community concerts. The Department consists of faculty committed to excellence and artistic freedom. Each faculty member creates an environment of innovation and collaboration, along with traditional technique, to nurture and simulate students. This multi-style concentration can develop versatile dancers for the current demands of ever-changing careers in the performing arts.
A Word from the Dance Coordinator
The philosophy of the Dance Program is to provide the highest standard of dance education within a broad-based liberal arts curriculum.The vision is to promote academic excellence and artistic development in dance education in its broadest sense by redefining the role of dance as it functions in diverse communities.
The educational mission is to achieve excellence in scholarship, service and artistic endeavors.