Scripps College
Department of Dance
Claremont, CA
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About the Program
The Scripps Dance Program focuses on the study of bodily movement as it conveys and informs individual experience and expression. The program is designed for students who love dance but also want a broader liberal-arts education than a conservatory provides. Although excellence in technical dance is encouraged and supported, the program prioritizes helping students find their personal tie to the art form rather than mastery of a particular style. Dance majors choose from two curricular tracks — choreography/performance and movement studies — or design a personal track with a dance adviser.
Degrees Offered
BA in Dance
- •Choreography/Performance
- •Movement Studies
Minor in Dance
Concentrations
Coursework
Course offerings include Modern Dance I/II, West African Dance, Latin Hustle, Jazz Dance I, Dance Composition, and Dynamics of Human Movement. Joint programming with Pomona College (5C consortium). Technique classes are non-competitive and may be repeated until student advances. Graduates pursue performance, choreography, arts admin, criticism, education, dance ethnology, film, movement therapy, somatics, physical therapy, and medicine.
Notable Faculty
- Kevin Williamson
- Suchi Branfman
- Abdiel Jacobsen
Performance Opportunities
'In the Works' fall concert produced jointly with Pomona Dance. Spring mainstage concert at Garrison Theater. 'Fast Forward' intercollegiate student-produced concert at year-end (immersive performances, gallery installations, original dances, crossdisciplinary works). Lucile Phillips Morrison Award (est. 1946) provides scholarship support for dedicated dance students.
Rankings & Alumni
Alumni Outcomes
Graduates pursue careers in performance, choreography, arts administration, criticism, education, dance ethnology, dance history, film and video, movement therapy, somatics, physical therapy, and medicine.
Scholarships & Financial Aid
Lucile Phillips Morrison Award — founded 1946 to provide scholarship support for enthusiastic Scripps dance students who find dance vital to their educational and creative growth.
Want to Learn More?
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