Two dancers dressed in white, on jumping up in the air towards the second one standing nearby

Ailey/Fordham BFA Program

Curriculum

Ailey/Fordham BFA students complete a curriculum that includes a carefully designed sequence of dance and liberal arts courses, encouraging students to achieve their artistic and academic potential. At The Ailey School, students take a rigorous schedule of daily classes in ballet, Horton, and Graham-based modern. In addition, students also take a variety of other dance classes and creative courses specific to the BFA in Dance program, including jazz, West African, partnering, and improvisation, among others. 

A group of students at a ballet bar in a dance studio. They have one hand on the bar and the other above their heads. The girls are in black leotards and the boys in black pants and white tee shirts.
Ailey Fordham BFA Program students conversing in a dressing room, one wearing a Fordham hoodie and the other an Alvin Ailey hoodie. Photo by Eduardo Patino, NYC.

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Review the program application requirements, audition calendar, and then start your application today.

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