WIU University Dance Company

University Dance Theatre is a concert dance company that is also affiliated with the dance minor offered at Western Illinois University. The Dance Minor consists of beginning, intermediate and advanced levels of ballet, modern, jazz, and tap. In addition, courses are available in Pilates Exercise, kinesiology, anatomy, dance history, beginning and advanced levels of composition, improvisation, mov

ement and music analysis, teaching methods, injury care and prevention, performance and dance concert production. Each year, the WIU Dance Program sponsors several resident guest artists and master classes featuring renowned choreographers and performers. These artists visit the WIU campus for one or two weeks to teach classes and create choreography for the nationally recognized University Dance Theatre (UDT). UDT produces three dance concerts per year with choreography from students and faculty. Students have the opportunity to:
-Perform
-Choreograph
-Work with Nationally recognized guest artists
-Travel to regional and national dance festivals
-Teach through WIU preparatory dance school

Auditions are the first week of classes in the fall and spring. Contact Candace Winters-March, 309-298-2116 or [email protected] or Heidi Clemmens, 209-298-1707 or [email protected].