Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance

The Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Dance provides a physically rigorous course of study that prepares pre-professional dancers for career opportunities in commercial, theatrical and concert dance performance. Students may focus their training on areas of specialization by selecting courses across a broad range of styles including Contemporary, Commercial Jazz, Ballet, Hip-hop, Modern, Theatre Dance, Partnering, Floorwork, Tumbling, World Dance and Street Dance Fusion styles. By working with some of the industry’s most sought-after choreographers, dancers learn to blend precise technical choreography with interpretive storytelling, enhancing their ability to meet the demands of a competitive industry. Additional courses in content creation, acting, choreography, dance for camera, vocal performance and improvisation cultivate skills that broaden students’ casting and employment opportunities within the performing arts. In the final year, students are presented to industry representatives through a robust outline of courses that focus on career preparation, audition techniques and online marketing media tools. The BFA in Dance program culminates in a capstone production of solo and ensemble works for stage and screen.

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BFA Dance Program

At A Glance

Key Points

  • Offered on the Los Angeles Campus
  • Choose your Concentration for your upper semesters
  • Access to AMDA’s Mainstage Production Opportunities
  • Culminates in an Original Capstone Production

BFA Dance

Admission Requirements

To apply, you must be at least 16 years old and/or in the final two years of high school/secondary education. If you are not yet 16, we would encourage you to consider attending the AMDA High School Conservatory.

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AMDA also accepts applications from CommonApp. If you have already applied through CommonApp, you do not need to apply again through our website. Please note: application processing time can take 1–2 weeks. If you have submitted an application and not heard back, we encourage you to email admissionsteam@amda.edu.

Admission and scholarship consideration to AMDA's performance-based programs require an audition. AMDA offers a robust calendar of auditions including campus auditions, national and international auditions, live virtual auditions and video submissions. Scheduling your audition will prompt a phone call with one of our enrollment specialists to help you prepare for a successful audition.

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AMDA would like to get to know you better. Please submit your essay in response to the prompt below via your Admissions Portal*.

The essay topic for all programs is: Describe a challenging experience in your life and what you learned from it (500-word minimum).

*Essays submitted through the CommonApp will also be accepted.

Please request and submit letters of recommendation from teachers, school leaders, guidance counselors, coaches, or anyone familiar with your background and potential. Submit a minimum of one letter of recommendation. Your recommendation letter must be written in English and signed and dated. Recommendation letters should be requested through your Admissions Portal*.

*Recommendations submitted through the CommonApp will also be accepted.

Send an official transcript from your high school and (if applicable) college. Official transcripts from every educational institution that you listed in your application must be forwarded to AMDA. The minimum grade point average (GPA) required for AMDA's programs is 2.0 out of 4.0 or its equivalent in other grading systems.

The following options are available for submitting your official transcripts:

  1. If your high school or college uses the free service Parchment, please click below.

    PARCHMENT REQUEST

  2. If your high school or college does not use Parchment, please send the transcript request form to your guidance counselor/transcript office and request that they send your transcript(s) to AMDA using the address on the form.

    TRANSCRIPT REQUEST

  3. Official Transcripts submitted through CommonApp are also accepted.

IMPORTANT: Unofficial transcripts may be submitted for an expedited admissions decision. However, final official transcripts from every attended institution must be submitted prior to enrollment.