Integrative Performing Arts Studies is built for students who don't want to specialize in just one area. From day one, students take core coursework in dance, music, and theatre, developing fluency and understanding across all three art forms before choosing where to go deeper.
Reimagining the Performing Arts
For curious thinkers, makers, and collaborators, Integrative Performing Arts Studies goes beyond performance—exploring music, theatre, and dance as a lens for understanding human expression, identity, and society.
Three art forms. One major.
Train across theatre, music, and dance—then make it your own.
Start with an Interdisciplinary Foundation
Learn by Doing
Practicum opportunities put students to work early and often—in rehearsal halls, on stage crews, and in audience services—turning classroom learning into real production experience.
Ideal for versatile, curious performers and creatives, Integrative Performing Arts Studies produces graduates ready to work across—and beyond—the performing arts.
Make It Your Own
Every student also completes an outside field: a minor, a second major, or an approved suite of courses beyond music, theatre, and dance. Whether that means pairing performance training with arts administration, healthcare, education, or a wide range of other areas, students graduate with both artistic range and a specialized second skill set—ready for careers that live at the intersection of the performing arts and the world.
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Angela Branneman
Associate Professor and Program Director
For admission inquiries, please contact mtd@ithaca.edu.