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Who Dances

The Department of Dance embraces human diversity in all its many facets—gender, race, class, age, sexual orientation, and ability.

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Efforts since 2007

Our community is racially diverse with 48.5% students and 27.3% faculty of color in 2021-2022. Significant strategic efforts have been made to create a more diverse DAI community, which include:

  • Increasing the diversity of our faculty through active searches and utilizing campus programs and incentives.
  • Increasing the diversity of our students by changing audition and recruiting processes.
  • Raising funds for scholarships through our No Debt for Dancers Initiative, specifically targeted for the BIPOC community.
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Underrepresented Faculty and Students at Dance at Illinois

Underrepresented Faculty and Students at Dance at Illinois

2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Tenure Faculty 27.3 25.0 25.0 27.3 16.7 16.7 16.7 10.0 10.0 10.0
All Students 48.5 36.5 33.8 35.2 32.9 25.7 24.3 25.8 31.5 27.5
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