Partnerships

The Division of Dance reaches beyond the campus through collaborations with professional and local dance organizations:

TITAS, the foremost presenter of cutting-edge, international and world-class dance and music artists in the Dallas/Fort Worth area for the past 26 years. Recent guest artists include The Joffrey Ballet, Doug Varone, Stephen Petronio Company and more.

Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts consistently produces a stellar list of graduates, including Grammy winners R&B vocalist Erykah Badu, jazz singer Norah Jones, jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove, members of the gospel group God’s Property and Brave Combo. Other notable alums include dancer Jay Franke, Philadelphia Orchestra cellist John Koen, Broadway's "Porgy and Bess" musical actor Cedric Neal, visual artists Christian Schumann and Chris Arnold, drummer Aaron Comess, and Edie Brickell of the New Bohemians.