Department of Dance
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2275 Bayview Avenue
Toronto, M3J 1P3
416.736.5888
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Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance
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We prepare dance professionals who are strong, innovative, articulate and thoughtful-who are engaged leaders in diverse communities.
From the beginning, the vision of the York University Dance Department has been to produce graduates who make important contributions to the field in all areas, including performance, choreography, teaching, writing, and research. To advance this mandate, the department has regularly revised and expanded its curriculum since opening its doors in September 1970. In that first-year, under the guidance of the founding Chair, Grant Strate, five faculty members welcomed the inaugural class of 32 majors. Not long after, in 1976, the department achieved another milestone when it launched Canada’s first master’s program in dance.
Faculty Info:
Carol Anderson, Anna Blewchamp, Norma Sue Fisher-Still, Mary Fogarty, Donna Krasnow, William Machwood, Mary-Elizabeth Manley, Danielle Robinson, Barbara Sellers-Young, Holy Small, Claire Wootten, Bridget Cauthery, Catherine Glaser, Helen Jones, Terril Maguire, Blake Martin, Tracey Norman, John Ottmann, Lisa Sandlos, Julia Sasso, Keiko Kitano Thomson, Darcey Callison, Susan Cash, Patrick Alcedo, Modesto Mawulolo Amegago, Jennifer Bolt, Karen Bowes-Sewell, Selma Odom, Mary Jane Warner, Freya Bjorg Olafson, Susan Lee, Jennifer Jimenez, Shawn Boulet, Tanya Berg, Nikolaos Markakis, Shawn Newman, Suzanne Lisa, Wesley McKenzie, Evadne Kelly, Syreeta Hector, Jessica Runge.
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