What are students learning besides dance in a creative dance class? Inspired by Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence work a study was devised to investigate this question in a university setting at Virginia Tech during summer 2003. Creative Dance is a core curriculum course that consists of dance-making and writing. Thirty-five students were enrolled in the six-week intensive course: 12 seniors, 12 juniors, 5 sophomores, and 6 freshmen. Sixteen different majors were represented. There were 17 females and 18 males, and racial diversity: 4 Asian, 14 Black, 16 Caucasian, and 1 Hispanic. Twenty-four students had no formal dance training and eleven had one to seven years’ experience. In this course six assignments consisted of working in small groups; the instructor assigned three of the groups. Five questions were provided for students to reflect upon what they learned from each dance-making assignment. Three of the questions concerned dance-making and creativity, sensing movement, and imagination. The other two questions, the focus of this study, asked what students learned about themselves and their classmates. After each assignment, students wrote down their reflections. These were read by the instructor but not graded, and returned to the students. At the end of the course a formal three page essay was required on what the students learned from the course that may have value in their life. The essay serves as a culmination of their informal reflections throughout the course. The analysis of the 34 essays (one student did not complete the essay) indicates that the major learning themes are those that stood out in their informal writing. The learning themes, other than those concerning elements of dance-making, are improvement in self-confidence (23 students), improvement of skills in working with others on problem solving (25 students), and getting to know individuals and appreciating diversity (18 students). Excerpts from the students’ essays will be shared to illustrate the themes that emerged. This study affirms traditional values of dance. Keyword(s): creative movement, dance education, diversity