Dance Education

Program Overview

This master’s program will prepare you to teach Dance to students of diverse backgrounds, abilities, and interests in elementary, middle school and high school settings. In addition to the rich courses about pedagogy, you will take classes with New York City-based choreographers and participate in international performance opportunities and internships at various venues.

Coursework and Clinical Experiences

Courses are offered in the afternoon and evening. Some courses may be available in an online or hybrid format. Select courses have required hours of classroom experience (fieldwork) in a New York City public school. Students also participate in supervised teaching (student teaching and/or practicum) as the culmination of their course of study. Student teaching and/or practicum requires five full days per week for at least one semester.

Credits

• For those with at least 34 credits in Dance but do not hold NYS certification in Dance: 49
• For those with initial NYS certification in Dance: 30
• For those with at least 34 credits in Dance and have initial NYS certification in a subject area other than Dance: 30

Certification

Dance PreK to 12

Eligibility and Admission Requirements

For applicants who do not hold NYS certification in Dance but have at least 34 credits in Dance

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution with a GPA of at least 3.0
• A minimum of 34 credits in dance with a GPA of at least 3.0 in dance
• General education core in the liberal arts and sciences including coursework in artistic expression, communication, information retrieval, concepts in history and social sciences, humanities, a world language other than English, scientific and mathematical processes, and written analysis and expression (Waived for Fall 2025 applicants)
• Supplemental Material: submit a Curriculum Vitae (CV) with a link that includes up to three clips of their creative work – between 5 and 15 minutes in total.
  • Please include a brief written synopsis of the video, describing the context of the piece and how to identify you if there is more than one performer. Upload the video(s) to YouTube or Vimeo as a public, private, or unlisted video, and add the link(s) to your CV. Visit the Dance Application page for more information.
• Two letters of recommendation
• A statement of purpose
• An audition and interview
• An official Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score report (Waived for Fall 2025 applicants)

For applicants who hold NYS initial certification in Dance

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution with a GPA of at least 3.0
• A minimum of 34 credits in dance with a GPA of at least 3.0 in dance
• NYS certification in Dance Education
• Supplemental Material: submit a Curriculum Vitae (CV) with a link that includes up to three clips of their creative work – between 5 and 15 minutes in total.
  • Please include a brief written synopsis of the video, describing the context of the piece and how to identify you if there is more than one performer. Upload the video(s) to YouTube or Vimeo as a public, private, or unlisted video, and add the link(s) to your CV. Visit the Dance Application page for more information.
• Two letters of recommendation
• A statement of purpose
• An audition and interview
• An official Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score report (Waived for Fall 2025 applicants).

For applicants who NYS certification in a subject area other than Dance Education

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution with a GPA of at least 3.0
• A minimum of 34 credits in dance with a GPA of at least 3.0 in dance
• NYS certification in a subject area other than Dance Education
  
• Supplemental Material: submit a Curriculum Vitae (CV) with a link that includes up to three clips of their creative work – between 5 and 15 minutes in total.
  • Please include a brief written synopsis of the video, describing the context of the piece and how to identify you if there is more than one performer. Upload the video(s) to YouTube or Vimeo as a public, private, or unlisted video, and add the link(s) to your CV. Visit the Dance Application page for more information.
• Two letters of recommendation
• A statement of purpose
• An audition and interview
• An official Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score report (Waived for Fall 2025 applicants).

To Apply

Applications are due March 15th for a Fall semester start.

To start your application, visit the Hunter College Online Application.

When applying to this program under Program of Study, select School of Education – Other Programs and Dance Education.

Application Deadlines

Fall Start

• March 15
• April 15 (Extended Deadline)

Visit How to Apply for information about deadline extensions.

Related Programs

If you have a master’s degree in Dance, you can consider applying for our Dance Education Advanced Certificate program.

Contact an Admissions Advisor

edadmissions@hunter.cuny.edu

Program Leader

Ana Nery Fragoso

Program website