Take the First Step Toward Your Career as a Performer, Choreographer and Educator
At Webster University’s Department of Dance, our esteemed faculty are student-focused to ensure high-quality learning experiences that transform students for individual excellence. The Webster Dance curriculum combines rigorous and versatile technical training with extensive opportunities for creative exploration to prepare students for 21st-century careers in dance as performers, choreographers, educators and scholars. In addition to our BFA and BA programs, our students have many on-campus performance opportunities throughout the academic year.
Explore below to learn more about our department that promotes, challenges, engages and embraces the uniqueness and wholeness of our developing artists.
Schedule an Audition
Webster University's Department of Dance is always looking for talented and curious students to join our program. Schedule an audition and make the first step to join us on stage.
| BFA Choreographic Concert | Oct. 3-5 |
| Creations Concert: A Fall Showcase of Student Works | Nov. 22-23 |
| New Works Concert | Jan. 30-Feb. 1 |
| Creations Concert: A Spring Showcase of Student Works | Feb. 28-March 1 |
| Webster University Dance Ensemble | April 18-20 |
BFA Choreographic Concert
The concert showcases the original choreography of senior BFA Dance candidates. The performance takes place in Stage III, the lower level of Webster Hall, 470 E. Lockwood Ave.
Creations Concert: A Fall Showcase of Student Works
Original choreography by Webster University students is presented in the Large Dance Studio of the Jean and Wells Hobler Center for Dance, Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, 130 Edgar Road.
New Works Concert
Featuring original choreography by Webster Dance faculty and alumni. The performance takes place in Stage III, the lower level of Webster Hall, 470 E. Lockwood Ave.
Creations Concert: A Spring Showcase of Student Works
Original choreography by Webster University students is presented in the Large Dance Studio of the Jean and Wells Hobler Center for Dance, Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, 130 Edgar Road.
Webster University Dance Ensemble
The annual Webster University Dance Ensemble Concert features a variety of works performed by our students in a wide range of styles from Contemporary to Ballet to Aerial. The Webster University Dance Ensemble Concert is presented in the Loretto-Hilton Center’s Virginia Browning Mainstage Theatre, 130 Edgar Road.
“I left [Webster] not only a well-rounded and virtuous dancer, but an educated one. Professors and faculty have helped me bring ALL of my ideas to fruition. I am forever grateful and proud to be a part of the Webster family.”
Prince Lyons
BFA in Dance, ’17
Success As an Alum
Prince Lyons is currently dancing in Madonna's World Tour, has previously performed with Rambert II (London) and Visceral Dance Chicago, and received an Emerging Artist Award from the Arts and Education Council of St. Louis in 2023.
Upcoming in 2024
Summer Intensive
July 22-26, 2024, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Intermediate and advanced high school-aged dancers. Registration opens Jan. 15, 2024.
Junior Summer Intensive
July 29-Aug. 1, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Middle school-aged dancers. Registration opens Jan. 15, 2024.
Partnerships and Internship Opportunities
Our Dance students benefit from close partnerships between Webster's Department of Dance and local dance companies and arts organizations. Students often pursue internships and part-time employment with a host of these companies and many alumni work professionally with them upon graduation.
Highlights from the Department of Dance in the Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts
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Department of Dance Performs at American College Dance Association’s Regional Conference
April 2, 2024
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Webster University Dance Ensemble Presents Spring 2024 Concert
April 1, 2024
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The Department of Dance Presents 'Exhale,' a Bachelor of Fine Arts Choreographic Concert
October 27, 2022