Connecticut College
Dance
- Where
- New London, CT
- Degrees
- BA · Minor
- Modern
- Contemporary
- Ballet
- Hip-Hop
- Tap
- west_african
- afro_cuban
About the Program
Connecticut College's Department of Dance offers a Bachelor of Arts major and a minor in Dance within a liberal arts setting in New London, CT. The program pairs a strong liberal arts education with a comprehensive, demanding dance curriculum that encourages interdisciplinary exploration. Students study modern, post-modern, West African, Afro-Caribbean, ballet, hip hop, and tap technique alongside choreography, improvisation, dance history, dance writing, and music for dance, culminating in a four-level choreography sequence whose final level is a senior Capstone project.
Degrees Offered
Bachelor of Arts in Dance
Minor in Dance
CourseworkRepresentative courses and the shape of the curriculum.
Curriculum includes movement techniques, four levels of choreography (Choreography I, Choreography II, and a senior Capstone project), improvisation, partnering, world dance, dance history, dance writing, music for dance, and dance and technology. Afro-Caribbean technique also taught; yoga offered as movement practice.
Notable Faculty
- David Dorfman
- Shani Collins
- Heidi Henderson
- Lisa Race
- Rosemarie Roberts
- Rachel Boggia
- Marya Ursin
- Shawn Hove
Performance Opportunities
At least six dance productions annually through the Dance Department and student-run clubs; senior majors produce their own concert each spring; each semester a guest artist works with students in a two-week residency teaching classes and choreographing works performed in department concerts.
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