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Dance Scholarships

Discover scholarships available to students in the Department of Dance and apply via the Niner Scholars Portal.

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All scholarship applicants, including new and returning students, must apply for dance scholarships through Niner Scholars. All students must submit application materials, including an essay and resume. In addition, incoming students (both freshmen and transfers) will be interviewed in the spring either in person or virtually. Scholarship students are active in our department and often act as ambassadors for campus events! Students are welcome and encouraged to reapply each year, as long as they meet the proper criteria.

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Incoming Freshman/Transfer Dance Scholarship

Applicant must demonstrate financial need as determined by the Office of Financial Aid and be a new freshman or new transfer student.

Clara McKay and Charles H. Stone Scholarship in Dance

The applicant does not have to demonstrate financial need to apply​ and must be a new freshman or new transfer student.

One-Time Student Achievement Dance Scholarship (Belk Scholarship)

Students must be pursuing a B.A. in Dance and must be sophomores, juniors, or seniors.

Department of Dance Scholarships

Any dance major, new or continuing, may apply for the Dance Scholarship. These are one-time awards. Students may reapply each year.

Male ballet student in the studio jumping

“To me, receiving a scholarship intended to further myself as a dancer means everything. I am a twin, so having two kids to simultaneously put through college is not a small expense for my family. The opportunity to double major in both dance and computer science was what brought me to Charlotte. The dance department exposes me to different styles and methods of studying dance that I would not receive anywhere else.

I dream of being a professional ballet dancer as well as choreographer. The dance department’s diverse and intersectional approach, and their emphasis on the ‘why’ and theory, make me confident that their training and education will be essential to my development as an artist. I feel forever indebted to them for the opportunities I have been given and for how the scholarships I have received have supported me in these endeavors.”

Devdan Ferguson, B.A. in Dance with a concentration in Performance, Choreography and Theory and a B.S. in Computer Science, with an Undergraduate Certificate in Professional Training with Charlotte Ballet.

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Donor support provides invaluable scholarship opportunities to our students. Visit our giving site, or email Director of Development Leslie Antoniel at Leslie.Antoniel@charlotte.edu.

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Scholarship Questions?

Please contact the Associate Professor of Dance Tamara Williams to arrange an appointment time and discuss any questions about departmental scholarships.

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