The Performing Artist Series features lecture-demonstrations, workshops, and performances by internationally and nationally acclaimed artists and educators who share their passion for the arts with the University and the surrounding community. The focus of the series is to encourage discussion, stimulate the imagination, provide bridges between artistic and other disciplines, and to foster a learning environment composed of students, faculty, staff and community.
 Multiple times each semester guest artists are invited by the Program to conduct workshops and/or master classes. The guest artists represent an extensive range of dance disciplines, providing a culturally-rich and thought-provoking experience for those who participate. The workshops and master classes are open to all dance students. The Program offers a diverse set of classes that are carefully woven together to provide the students with diverse models of experiential learning and ways of thinking. The classes simultaneously emphasize sharing, cooperation, and self-reliance. Students are encouraged to be open and respect their immediate experience as a significant aspect of the educational process.