Dance is the newest art form to be offered at The University of Texas at Dallas. Under the instruction of Micki Saba and Michele Hanlon, it is a young and very exciting new program. It has grown from two general introductory dance courses to a number of classes ranging from Beginning Jazz to Dance History. Courses offered in the program are Beginning Modern, Continuing Modern, Movement Development, Jazz Dance, Dance Performance, and Dance History.

The program has two companies that perform both on campus and throughout the community. The UTDance Ensemble gives students registered in the performance classes an opportunity to perform both on the main stage at our annual invitational dance concert and in many community dance events. The newly developed M Project, co-directed and developed by Saba and Hanlon, is designed to bring professional dance to UTD and give students at a higher technical level a chance to work with experienced and advanced dancers.

UTD is a member of the American College Dance Festival Association and sponsored students for the first time this year to participate in their regional festival. Students were able to participate in continuous classes, see numerous concerts, and presented their own work to be adjudicated. Plans for more technique classes, performance opportunities, and program development are being designed for the future development of dance at UTD.