Faculty Facts
The class where you are most likely to find yourself doing a diving roll
Professor Hall
The number of undergraduate degree options available to the dance department
3: (BA in dance, BFA in choreography, BFA in performance)
The artist who composed the music for multiple famous ballets, including The Nutcracker and Swan Lake
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Echappé
Escaped
The dance techniques offered in the dance department
Ballet, Modern, Jazz, and Hip Hop
Professor who got their undergrad and Grad degrees at UCI #zotzotzot
Molly Lynch
The percentage of classes you can miss per quarter
10%
The first dancer to dance a full-length ballet en pointe
Marie Taglioni (in 1832)
Croisé
Crossed
The professor who is the Undergraduate Advisor
Professor Charlotte Griffin
The professor who danced for Mary J. Bilge
Ariyan Johnson
The people you can contact if you need assistance with scheduling and classes
Academic Arts Advising: Amy Kim, Jeniffer Wong, Marth Martinez + Peer Academic Advisors
The founder of Modern Dance
Isadora Duncan
Port de bras
Carriage of the arms
Community Student Advising Committee
The professor who was a collegiate swimmer
Dr. Kelli Sharp
The number of official shows that the dance department has during the year
Three: New Slate, Dance Visions, Physical Graffiti
The animal that uses dance as a method of communication
Bees
Allongé
Elongated
The number of units of Drama 101 you should have done by the end of your first year
4
The professor who is a DJ!!
DJ Cy (Cyrian Reed)
The CSAC Co-Chairs
Maddie Lee and Jaynica Dacuycuy
Legendary modern dancer and choreographer who, fun fact: created UCI’s Etude Ensemble
Donald McKayle
Balancé
Rocking step
Date of New Slate Auditions
September 30th