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In my personal experience the program is fairly evenly weighted but if I had to say what was the most prominent of the three I'd say it is an acting based program. This probably totally surprises anyone who has ever heard of Point Park because we have a repuatation of being all about dance. This is probably because the dance major program is so well known, however the mt expereince is totally different from that of a dance major. Point Park's mt dance faculty is exceptional though. I truly believe that they can teach any willing and able bodied person to hold their own in a dance call. The same goes for the acting and vocal departments. If you are willing to learn they can teach you to develop your weaknesses. The program is fairly flexible and allows students to take ownership for their education. The people who succeed at Point Park are the students who push themselvels. These are the weak dancers who opt to take an extra ballet class or the student who can't read music well who opts to take private piano lessons every week. Also, I think what makes Point Park such a strong school is that it is diverse. I have a lot of friends in other schools where so much emphasis is put on type and the program is really geared to one type of person. Point Park really focuses on the individual and helps them to develop into the performer they are capable of being without pushing an agenda or a cookie cutter type. I think that may be one of my favorite things about the school is that I always feel like I'm allowed to be myself.
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