Dance Facilities

Studio Spaces

The Brenau University Department of Dance features studios on both our historic Gainesville campus as well as the Brenau East Campus, where we offer courses in ballet, modern, jazz, tap, West African and additional styles of dance.

Brenau East

1001 Chestnut St. Gainesville, 30501

Brenau East houses two large studio spaces and a fully equipped Pilates studio for the Brenau University Department of Dance. The studios are 40’X60′ and 34’x60′, providing ample space for dance classes and rehearsals.

A dance class inside Brenau East Campus

The Brenau East campus also features a fully equipped Pilates studio with a Cadillac Convertible (into Reformer), a Total Workout System (Tower & convertible Reformer), a Ladder Barrel, High/Low Combo Chair, Wunda Chair, an Instep Barrel System and Ped-o-Pul.  All high-quality Peak Pilates apparatus.

Schrader Athletic Center 

721 Spring Street Gainesville, GA 30501

The Brenau University fitness center has four dance studios that are used for classes and rehearsals by the Brenau University Department of Dance and the Gainesville Ballet Company. The fitness center also has an athletic training room with an athletic trainer available to dance majors.

A dance class in the Brenau Fitness Center

Performance Spaces

Pearce Auditorium

Pearce Auditorium is a 700-seat, 19th century opera house.

In addition to its wide usage by local groups and many Brenau University events, Pearce Auditorium had been the site of many famous speakers. Helen Keller, Will Durant, Ted Shawn, Ruth St. Dennis, Martin Luther King Sr., Letitia Baldridge, Robert Peters, Williams Warwick, Dan Rather, Jane Fonda, and Maria Von Trapp spoke or performed in Pearce.

The annual “Evening of Dance” student concert and Gainesville Ballet Company productions featuring Brenau University dancers frequently take place on this stage.

Hosch Theatre

Opened in 2002, the Hosch Theatre is the largest performance space in the John S. Burd Center for the Performing Arts. Named after its donor, Mary Helen Roop Hosch, the theater offers seating for an audience of approximately 350.

Walters Theatre on the Square

The Brenau Downtown Center is an event facility operated by Brenau University as part of the Downtown Gainesville Campus on the edge of Gainesville’s bustling downtown square. The venue features the Charles D. Walters Theatre on the Square, a 300-seat performing arts theatre, which completes the facility with its elegant setting for plays, pageants, and dance performances.