Art, Language, and Communication
Dance

Develop your artistic expression, technical skills, and performance abilities while gaining a deep understanding of dance history, theory, and choreography, preparing you for a dynamic career in the arts.
What You Will Learn
College of Alameda's Dance Department provides an extensive curriculum in dance theory and practice that is socially and culturally inclusive, through which students can experience a wide range of dance perspectives, genres, develop their choreographic voice, and explore freedom of movement while preserving the history and integrity of the dance discipline. We embolden students with 21st century intercultural competencies and job market skills, applicable to any chosen field.
Degrees & Certificates
Dance – Certificate of Achievement
After earning a Certificate of Achievement, students will be ready to apply their skills and imagination to incorporate movement with stories, music, and costumes in various environments and venues in the larger world of performance art.
Contact Information
Drew Burgess
Department Chair
dburgess@peralta.edu