Student Opportunities
As a dancer or choreographer, a myriad of performance groups, scholarships and other opportunities await you at Alma.
Dance Department Performance
This course involves students that perform three major concerts each year as well as lecture-demonstrations and smaller shows. Students earn college credit for participation in the company.
The Kiltie Dancers
This lively co-ed dance group brings Alma’s Scottish heritage to life and offers instruction in Highland dance at beginner and advanced levels.
Guest Performers and Choreographers
Recently Alma students have had the opportunity to work with dance artists-in-residence from:
- Grand Rapids Ballet
- Courtney Lyon- Ballet Quad Cities
- Simone Boos- Surfscape Contemporary Dance Theatre
- Jordan McIntosh- Nevada Ballet Theatre
- Nikolai Morschakov- Russian Ballet Academy of Michigan
- ArtLab J
Spring Term
Alma’s Spring Term Dance Theatre Course offers trips to New York and London where students attend major theatrical and dance productions such as London’s West End, New York City Ballet and the Royal Ballet.