Anne Arundel Community College’s Dance program is ranked among the top in the nation for good reason. You’ll have the opportunity to learn a variety of styles, skills and techniques from skilled artists that will prepare you for a creative career as a choreographer, performer, educator and more. You’ll also enjoy small class sizes with individualized attention and performance opportunities that would be unusual at four-year institutions. Join our community that encourages celebrates diversity and encourages creative expression!
The Performing Arts department is proud to offer the Associate of Arts (A.A.) in Dance. As an additional transfer option, AACC has the unique Transfer Studies degree. Both degrees will prepare you to transfer to a four-year institution. Whichever path you choose, we strongly encourage you to meet with an advisor to structure your AACC studies to meet your specific transfer goals.
You’ll have the opportunity to build and enhance your skills in tap, ballet, modern or jazz dance, while also learning the fundamentals of dance production, choreography and composition, music and stage design and lighting.
The Transfer Studies, A.A. allows you to explore different subjects or concentrate on a specific course plan that will best meet your in-state (and even some out-of-state) transfer goals. This option is particularly good if you are undecided in your ultimate career direction, not sure where you'd like to eventually transfer or just looking to complete general education requirements while "testing the waters" of a particular major. No matter what brings you to Transfer Studies, the result is a well-rounded associate degree preparing you for further studies and successful career.
The AACC Dance Company is the performance component of the dance program at the college. Admission is by audition only, and auditions are held the second week of classes in the fall and spring terms. If your audition is successful, you’ll enjoy dancing in festivals and significant performances at the end of fall and spring semesters, as well as participating in service-learning projects. You’ll also work with a guest choreographer once a year. For information contact Margaret Russell, dance coordinator at mkrussell@aacc.edu.
Check out the tabs below for information on where you can transfer your degree, and scholarships that can help you pay for college.
If you decide to earn your Associate of Arts degree in dance, you can transfer to complete your four-year degree. We have partnerships and transfer agreements in place with many colleges and universities so you can easily transfer when you're ready. Transfer agreements (or “articulation agreements,” as they’re officially called) are formal arrangements between institutions that allow certain credits to transfer seamlessly from one school to the other.
Paying for college should be simple! Scholarships are available to help you prepare for your career in dance:
If Dance sounds appealing, but you’d like to compare it to other offerings, see if one of these areas is a better fit.
Ian Wardenski, Ph.D.
410-777-7069
iawardenski@aacc.edu
I went to a Dance Company show and thought it was so exciting. This was when 'So You Think You Can Dance' was picking up too, so I wanted to do it. I auditioned for the company and didn’t make it, but I showed up for rehearsal every day for a year anyway. I was able to do an apprenticeship and then auditioned again and made it. I didn’t know it would become my career. I just knew I loved it.
-Tariq O'Meally, Dance Company alumnus
