DTCB, part of the Brooklyn-based dance education organization Dancewave, is designed to make the labor-intensive, challenging process of applying to college dance programs as accessible as possible to a wide range of students. The program reduces some of the obstacles that make the college admissions process so stressful—and costly—for high schoolers and their families by directly connecting students with a number of college dance programs. For Mason, preparing to start as a freshman at Chapman University this fall, Dancewave helped to make the application process more personal. “My daughter didn’t get lost there,” says Sumpter of DTCB. “She felt seen.”

Majoring in dance is the most obvious path to a career in the industry. So why choose not to? The double-major challenge. Taking on two majors is an option for students with another interest, but it isn’t for everyone. Pursuing dance on the side allows students to focus on another subject academically. Freedom. Students who […]