The Dance Department at Mason Gross School of the Arts works to cultivate a community of high-caliber, collaborative, and multidimensional dance artists. Faculty members include working dance professionals that come from some of the most renowned dance companies in the world, as well as choreographers who continue to create acclaimed works. Students extend their artistic reach and potential in the ample studio spaces, beautiful rural campus setting and state of the art performance facilities just 45 minutes from New York City. Students pursuing the Bachelor of Arts in Dance are enrolled in the School of Arts and Sciences or the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. While an audition is not required as part of the admissions process for the School of Arts and Sciences or the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, an audition is required to declare the BA major or minor in dance. BA and minor dance auditions are held each semester in November and April for current Rutgers students.