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Resources for Dance Majors

General Career Information

College Grad.Com
Career information on dances and choreographers.

CSU Hayward Resources
Lists resources for Theatre Arts and Dance.

Career Overview on Performing Arts
Overview of work in the performing arts from WetFeet.

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Internships

Because internships in dance are so fluid, your best bet for finding current ones is to go to google.com, and enter “dance internships” as your search term.

Southern Arts Federation
Search for jobs and internships in the arts.

Wolf Trap Internship Program
Designed to provide meaningful hands-on training and experience in the areas of arts administration, education, and technical theater.

UC Berkeley
Cal’s list of internships in the performing arts.

Action Without Borders
Explore hundreds of nonprofit organizations, jobs, internships, volunteer positions, and more. Individuals can post a volunteer profile while organizations can post job openings, internships, and volunteer positions.

Los Angeles County Arts Commission Internships
The LA County Arts Commission offers summer internship opportunities in the arts world for students of any ethnic background who attend school or reside in LA County. Various performing, literary, and other arts organizations participate, and there is a $3500 stipend for the 10 week commitment.

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Graduate & Professional Schools

GradSchools.com
The most comprehensive source of graduate school information.

The University of New Mexico
Department of Theatre and Dance offers master's level work in Dance with concentrations in: Choreography, Dance History and Criticism, as well as an MFA degree in Choreography & Performance.

Cal State Long Beach
Dance Department offers two graduate degree programs: the Master of Fine Arts and the Master of Arts in Dance.

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Professional Associations

Dance/USA
Advances the art form of dance by addressing the needs, concerns and interests of the professional dance community.

National Performance Network
Provides support for established and emerging artists in dance, music, theater, performance art, puppetry, and spoken word. It serves as the developmental rung on the ladder for emerging contemporary performing artists because it provides rare or first-time touring opportunities.

Dance Therapy
The Resources section of the American Dance Therapy Association site has been provided to bring together a variety of information about Dance/Movement Therapy topics.

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Job Listings

Because jobs in dance are so fluid, your best bet for finding current ones is to go to google.com, and enter “dance jobs” as your search term.

DanceWire
Auditions are scary, but at least if you check out this site, you will get up-to-the-minute info on who's having them, also on competitions.

Careers in Entertainment
Includes internships, jobs, and studio job hotlines.

Dance.net
A listing of dance auditions nationwide.

Professional Auditions and Employment with Dance Companies
Dance auditions in the San Francisco Bay area.

DanceHelp.com
A compilation of dance articles, dance tips, news, forums, dance listings, and educational information for the aspiring and professional dancer.

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UCSB Resources

UCSB Library Dance Subject Homepage

Dramatic Art and Dance Departmental Web Page

Career Resource Room

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