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1903 University Avenue
Huntsville,Texas 77341
936.294.1875
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Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance

Master of Fine Arts in Dance

Minor in Dance


The Department of Dance at Sam Houston State University delivers a dynamic, challenging experience that integrates creativity, performance, and scholarly pursuits designed to prepare each student for a 21st century career in dance. With exceptional facilities and a highly dedicated dance faculty that bring the expertise of their professional performing careers and choreographic portfolios to the classroom and studio, SHSU Dance is committed to guiding the next generation of dance artists towards excellence. The Bachelor in Fine Arts in Dance program provides intensive study in modern, ballet, and jazz techniques; multiple performance opportunities; exciting guest artists and choreographers; opportunities for choreographic exploration including the integration of media into the creative process; as well as a solid academic grounding in coursework ranging from Dance History to Criticism and Analysis to Dance & Technology. The Master of Fine Arts program in the Department of Dance at Sam Houston State University is a dynamic, challenging education that integrates creativity, performance, and scholarly pursuits. In addition to an intensive studio experience with substantive choreographic and performance opportunities, the MFA program offers exposure to pedagogical, theoretical, and research orientations to dance as an art form. Courses in composition, dance theory, dance technology, and pedagogy broaden the scope of study.

Faculty Info:

Andy Noble, Dionne Sparkman Noble, Joshua Manculich, Donald C Shorter, Adele Nickel, Betty Harless Nicolay, Rasika Borse, Colette Kerwick.



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Past Student Productions

SHOW THEATER
The Swan
(4/5/22 - 4/9/22)
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Indecent
(11/18/21 - 11/20/21)
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Men on Boats
(10/28/21 - 10/30/21)
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Jump
(9/21/21 - 9/25/21)
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All in the Timing, Six One-Act Plays
(9/21/21 - 9/25/21)
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Constellations
(4/13/21 - 4/17/21)
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Red
(3/23/21 - 3/27/21)
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The Pavilion
(3/24/21 - 3/27/21)
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House Arrest: A Search for American Character In and Around the White House, Past and Present
(11/18/20 - 11/21/20)
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Let Me Down Easy
(11/4/20 - 11/7/20)
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Almost, Maine
(3/18/20 - 3/21/20)
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Sweat
(2/19/20 - 2/22/20)
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Pride and Prejudice
(11/20/19 - 11/23/19)
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Dying City
(11/6/19 - 11/9/19)
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Bright Half Life
(11/5/19 - 11/9/19)
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Everybody
(10/23/19 - 10/26/19)
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JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT
(9/6/19 - 9/22/19)
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Footloose
(4/24/19 - 5/27/19)
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The Mountaintop
(4/2/19 - 4/6/19)
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Eleemosynary
(4/3/19 - 4/6/19)
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Our Lady of 121st Street
(2/20/19 - 2/23/19)
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Smokey Joe's Cafe - The Songs of Leiber and Stoller
(7/4/18 - 7/7/18)
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Oklahoma!
(11/15/17 - 11/18/17)
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Once Upon a Mattress
(4/25/12 - 5/5/12)
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