Mission
DANCE PROGRAM: Our mission is to assist individuals in defining their own originality through dance, to develop curious minds, and to prepare students with the life skills of critical thinking and inventive problem solving. We are committed to providing a center for dance in metropolitan Houston through workshops, collaboration, performances, and through projects by the Center for Choreography.
About
The Dance Program at the University of Houston Kathrine G. McGovern College for the Arts, School of Theatre & Dance offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance, a Bachelor of Arts in Dance, a Dance Minor, and approved curriculum for Teaching Certification in Secondary Education in Dance.
Dance at the University of Houston emphasizes the following:
- An Athletic Component: To develop disciplined bodies and minds by integrating physical strength, flexibility, stamina, coordination, with retention and speed of comprehension. To develop the wide range of dynamic qualities which shape the performance skills of the dancer.
- An Intellectual Component: To encourage creative and thoughtful individuals, fostering students as innovative choreographers and teachers with the ability to clearly articulate ideas. To analyze movement within the contexts of tradition, history, art, music, and dance theory.
- A Human Interaction Component: To balance individual thinking with collective collaboration and develop individuals who can effectively work with others to realize their potential in dance and in life.
Past Events at MATCH
- March 2024: UH Goes to the MATCH
- February 2023: UH Goes to the MATCH 2023
- February 2020: UH Goes to the MATCH
- March 2019: UH Goes to the MATCH
- February 2018: UH Goes to the MATCH