Housed within the Department of Music and Performing Arts, Dance Performance Project is the department’s professional contemporary dance company dedicated to artistic expression, choreography, and performance. Dance Performance Project showcases creative and entertaining dance projects within all levels of dance training and from all styles of dance and InterARTS™ for Southeastern Louisiana University, the community, and beyond. Dance Performance Project members are currently enrolled Southeastern Louisiana University students who are General Studies-Dance Concentration majors, Dance Minors, or students passionately pursuing their love of dance at any level of experience. Dance Performance Project presents 1-2 MAINSTAGE productions each semester, Fall and Spring.
Membership is open to any student currently enrolled in dance courses at Southeastern Louisiana University at all levels of experience. Auditions are held in the Fall and Spring semesters, and all students interested in performing must attend an audition. If selected at auditions, the student must enroll in two 1-hour courses: Dance Performance Project and a Dance Technique class during the semester in which the student will be a company member.All company members must maintain a 2.5 GPA.
Dance Performance Project-Improv and Dance Performance Project-Worship
Dance Performance Project-Improv is our resident dance company devoted to movement improvisation as a performing art form and Dance Performance Project-Worship is our resident dance company devoted to faith and healing arts as a performing art form. Auditions are not required but dance students are required to attend our general dancer auditions for placement. Each company will perform once a year in our MAINSTAGE. Company members must register for DNC 300 for 1 credit hour.
Keith “Skip” Costa
Artistic Director/Faculty Advisor for all Dance Performance Projects
[email protected]
