The Master of Fine Arts in Dance is a three-year terminal degree program that serves a select population of emerging artists pursuing a future in performance, choreography, and teaching. The program promotes the growth and development of artistic achievement balanced with scholarship, accepting only students who show artistic excellence and who demonstrate exceptional potential for future progress. The M.F.A. dissertation in Dance consists of an evening concert of original choreography and an accompanying written dissertation.
Our program is the only dance program in the United States with a fully developed curriculum in Flamenco Dance to complement our courses in ballet, modern, African, jazz, Spanish classical, Mexican folk, and Hip Hop. Each summer, the International Festival Flamenco brings Flamenco artists, teachers, and students from all over the world to UNM for workshops and performances.