Dance

Dance can help you reach your educational goals

Our Dance studio, showing the natural light and wood beamed ceiling

Our Studio

Located in Building 5, the dance studios at Lane provide an open, light-filled space for you to grow and learn as a dancer. With a stunning half room enclosure of windows, the main dance studio allows you to take in the incredible natural surroundings of Lane’s main campus while moving through the space. Not interested in wearing your dance gear around campus all day? You won’t have to! While enrolled in dance classes, you’ll have access to full-service locker room facilities before and after your class.

What you’ll earn

Our dance courses are designed to develop you physically, creatively, and academically. We offer beginner-friendly instruction that provides a welcoming space to grow your movement skills and build a strong physical foundation. Geared toward the transfer student, our curriculum explores fundamental dance techniques, body awareness and anatomy, creative improvisation, and cultural history.

Transfer Interest Area

Our dance classes develop you physically, emotionally, and academically. We offer courses of all levels to help you grow and expand your technique. Geared toward both the transfer student and those seeking personal enrichment, our subjects include contemporary, ballet, somatics, and theory.

Learn more about the Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer degree

2 years full-time

$17,051 Two years

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WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

Core Dance Foundations: Gain a welcoming introduction to the essential movements of dance, focusing on rhythm, alignment, and the joy of movement.
The Science of Motion: Discover how your body works through an introduction to anatomy and kinesiology, learning how to move safely, prevent injury, and improve your physical awareness.
Creative Expression & History: Explore the world of dance through two lenses: the creative, by practicing spontaneous movement in improvisation, and the cultural, by studying the history and artistry of dance styles from around the globe.

AFTER LANE

Lane’s dance courses provide a supportive and foundational start for your future in the arts. Our dedicated faculty empower you with the technical skills, body awareness, and creative confidence needed to succeed in a variety of academic and professional settings.

The landscape of dance education is constantly evolving. To ensure your credits align with your intended destination, we recommend meeting with an academic advisor early in your studies. We'll help you build a structured academic plan that maximizes your transfer potential and prepares you for the technical demands of a four-year dance degree.

Lane’s dance classes offer various performance opportunities throughout the year. Student dance concerts, end of term showcases, and more! We teach our students to be dynamic, collaborative and professional level dancers.

LCC students performing contemporary dance on a dramatically lit stage

The Works Student Dance Concert

The Works is an annual student dance concert held in the Ragozzino Performance Hall which provides a venue for students to create and produce their work. It is the culmination of a yearlong course of study to develop choreographic and performance skills. The courses include Dance Improvisation, Dance Composition and Group Choreography. Students explore costume and lighting design to fulfill their artistic visions.

Collaborations

Collaborations dance concert contributes to the vitality of the local dance scene by sponsoring works of community and guest artists and providing performance training for the talented students dance classes. Dances are presented in a shared concert program. Performing with local dance artists is both an honor and a learning experience for Lane's students, bridging the educational and professional dance worlds.