Dance
What is the dance program?
The Dance program at Palo Alto College offers small class sizes, multiple performance opportunities, and low or no-cost tuition for Alamo Promise students.
Our facilities include a dance studio, a black box performance space, and a state-of-the-art 400-seat proscenium theatre. Our faculty actively choreograph nationally and locally.
Students have the opportunity to perform in a fall and spring dance recital in addition to our Spring Music.
Our program will prepare you to transfer to a 4-year institution with all the basics needed to prepare you for a degree in Dance.
Dance Program HighlightsDance courses cover basic and foundational elements needed to pursue a degree or professional career in dance. Students can earn an Associate of Arts Degree with an emphasis in dance. The skills learned will carry students into any four-year dance program, for instance, Texas State University, Texas A&M University College Station, University of Texas at Austin, and University of Texas of the Rio Grande Valley. Dance courses offered: |
Dance Career Highlights and Employment PositionsGraduates from the Dance program may find employment with dance companies, university dance departments, professional performing arts organizations, dance studios, public schools, talent agencies, and community centers. Dance majors may become bodywork practitioners, dance movement therapists, movement analysts, physical therapists, athletic trainers, dance historians, and many other occupations. |
ContactInformation |
Nicolás E. Castañon Location: Phone: |
Bo Pang, Adjunct Faculty Location: Phone: |