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Be as creative as you can with your degree. First, think about the type of skills you have learned during your undergraduate years. For example, if you have taken different courses on public speaking, you can tutor college students and adults or get involved with nonprofit work and offer workshops for actors. You can get involved with marketing/advertisement jobs or if you have strong verbal communication skills become a web writer. You just need to know that most of the undergraduate students don't end up doing what they studied - its really about exploring your interests and skills and matching them with the demands of the professional world.

There are a few things to consider when pursuing ballet programs. First, you should focus on the instructor quality. Ask to observe a class and see how the students perform and the instructor conducts class. Second, gauge the program’s intensity, class offerings. Review the course catalog and determine if the program offers enough depth for your aspirations. Find out if there are performance opportunities, quality facilities and of course ask where the alumni are now. Good programs will require an audition. You should contact the department to determine how to schedule an audition and what their expectations are for your performance piece. Lastly, be sure that the program offers support services such as trainers, physicians, nutritionists, etc. They are critical components of a strong dance program.

The main difference is that a conservatory is going to REQUIRE an audition, whereas college dance departments might only require submission of video--though might also ask you to audition. For the colleges, is also depends on whether you're being admitted to the program or to the school in general. Some colleges that have conservatories within them allow students to be admitted to the college and then audition when they enroll, but this varies.

A panoramic view versus microscopic vision In a college dance department you will receive a full education in dance while meeting the core requirements of your college or university. Most students will take a significant number of classes in departments other than dance and may be required to take English, math, history, or science. In contrast, most conservatory dance programs allow students to focus almost exclusively on dance with few outside requirements. College and universities seek to provide students and education in a broad range of topics with a focus on one major; conservatories seek to immerse students in a much narrower field of study.

Conservatory Dance Companies are danced focused. It is intensive preparation into the field of dance. College dance departments are one part of a students education, and provide a well rounded education as well as concentrations in dance

Butler University, Indiana University and Arizona

In the Southeast Savannah College of Art and Design

As I am not an authority on dance, I would encourage you to check out the following website, I understand they offer the best information on the study of ballet in the US. http://dancers.invisionzone.com/index.php?

i've found that colleges with the best dance programs also have great ballet departments , but it also depends on whether you're looking for performing arts focused school, or a great overall school with a good dance program me - i've listed a mix of specialized and general below cornell, barnard, julliard, nyu/tisch, mercyhurst, southern methodist university, texas christian university, u south florida, butler u, u arizona

The strongest ballot departments include art literature and history, fine arts and design degrees, media arts & animation, and arts administration. Art literature and history majors can land you a career in teaching, at an art museum, or as an art consultant. A degree in fine arts and design can assist you in your goal of film and theater roles. With media art and animation degrees one can have a fun career as a film and video editor, character animation, motion graphics, or visual effects artist. Art administration elaborates art within a community. A degree in art administration is needed for educating in colleges. Obtaining a degree in art will open many doors for a promising future.

The most simple way to generalize the differences between a dance conservatory program (Bachelor of Fine Arts) and a dance major within a liberal arts college (Bachelor of Arts) is the amount of time you will spend in dance classes. Typically, with any conservatory program, 2/3 of your classes will be in the arts while only the remaining 1/3 will be general education; as a major within a liberal arts program, that ratio is reversed. Conservatory programs tend to be more competitive and rigorous, while taking an arts major leaves you more time to dabble in other academic areas and develop other skills.

It depends on the type of ballet, however, to name a few, an aspiring student may consider the following schools: Butler University, Indiana University, University of Arizona, University of Utah, University of South Florida, and University of Oklahoma.

While conservatories focus primarily on dance, colleges offer a blending of dance and academics. Students hoping to experience "college life" may be wise to consider a college program over a conservatory. More serious dancers or those wishing to postpone their academic pursuits may wish to enter a conservatory.