BFA in Classical Chinese Dance

Fei Tian’s BFA program in classical Chinese dance offers world-class pre-professional intensive and systematic training to develop professional artists of classical Chinese dance. This program is designed to equip its graduates with the knowledge, techniques, and abilities needed to perform, choreograph, or teach classical Chinese dance professionally.

Goals of the program include:

• Prepare students for successful careers in performance, choreography, and/or teaching of classical Chinese dance.
• Help students develop a genuine appreciation for the beauty and depth of classical Chinese dance.
• Nurture in students the integrity and ethicality necessary for building and sustaining a successful professional career.
• Provide students opportunities to gain real-world performance experience, in order to better prepare them for careers related to the field.

The student learning outcomes of the BFA program are:

• To be able to demonstrate professional-level techniques and performance ability in classical Chinese dance.
• To be able to apply principles of dance composition to produce creative works.
• To be able to sustain and forward classical Chinese dance using supportive theoretical knowledge.

The academic requirements for graduation are the successful completion of the degree requirements, as described in Table 1, with a minimum overall GPA of 2.0 and a minimum major GPA of 2.5.

Table 1: Summary of Degree Requirements for the BFA in Classical Chinese Dance