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Making the Transition to Collegiate Dance Study

Moving from precollege dance training to a college or university dance major can be a confusing time of transition. Young dancers might possess highly disparate dance values and experiences acquired through participation in competitions, recitals, various dance forms, or standards that might seem to suggest discordant purposes for the study of dance. In addition, if the importance of student experiences and values appear minimized or unacknowledged by dance faculty, the transition could be particularly challenging. Therefore, the purpose of this article is threefold: (a) to reexamine current practices that might appear to devalue previous student experience, (b) to show how students’ previous experiences could be used to foster a new dance identity, and (c) to offer three recommendations to facilitate a smoother transition to the collegiate study of dance.