Train. Innovate. Grow. We offer an education at the forefront of contemporary professional dance, while remaining committed to classical foundations.
All students major in the Dance Performance BFA program. Concentrations by application include include dance performance, ballet, dance composition, and dance production.
Professional Training
The Conservatory of Dance in the School of the Arts at Purchase College is one of only a handful of conservatories in the world where you can learn what it means to be a dance professional. The opportunity provided to individuals committed to the full realization of themselves as artists is second to none.
Professional Connections
The Conservatory of Dance’s BFA program gives students a comprehensive entrée into the world of professional dance. Purchase alumni currently perform with many of the foremost international contemporary modern and ballet choreographers and companies.
They also teach, direct, and choreograph major productions, dance on Broadway, have founded companies across the globe, and are nurturing the next generation as professors in higher education.
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Dance News
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Damani Pompey ’12 Earns NYSCA Grant
The award funds the choreography of new work with Battery Dance Company.
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Three Alumni Named 25 to Watch
DANCE magazine’s “25 to Watch” for 2025 includes three Purchase alumni.
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BalletX to Perform Work by Choreographer Nicolo Fonte ’87
BalletX is Philadelphia’s contemporary ballet company.
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Kyle Abraham ’00 Brings New Work to the Park Avenue Armory
For the first time in nine years, he’s part of the ensemble when A.I.M. premieres the evening-length production “Dear Lord, Make Me Beautiful” on Dec 3, 2024.
