If you are applying to the Department of Dance as a dance major, you must complete The Common App (including the Chapman University Questions within the Common App), as well as the Creative Supplement. All BA Dance applicants are required to submit a pre-screen audition in order to be considered for admission. Please note, a Common Application submission is required before you will gain access to the Creative Supplement and associated audition materials.
Once your pre-screen audition and application have been reviewed by both the Department of Dance and Office of Admission, you may be invited to an in-person audition/interview on Chapman’s campus. A final admission decision is agreed upon by the Department of Dance and the Office of Admission based on academic and artistic preparedness. All applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible.
Should you be asked to audition in-person, you will be notified via email with a link to schedule the audition.
Any departmental scholarship is determined by the department during review of the Creative Supplement and/or audition. No additional paperwork or scholarship application is required.
Note: All incoming Dance majors begin in the BA program track, which provides an exceptional, comprehensive education in dance and technique training. For students wishing to pursue more intense dance training, the BFA track requires another audition in the spring of sophomore year.
To minor in Dance, students must submit an application once they are a current Chapman student.