Dance

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The Division of Dance offers professional dance training within the context of a comprehensive liberal arts education. The B.F.A. in Dance Performance is designed to develop the disciplined, versatile dance artist through a balanced study of ballet, modern, and jazz techniques, complemented and reinforced by a broad range of theoretical studies and performance opportunities.

Meet Our Faculty

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Carter Alexander

Chair of Dance and Professor of Practice

Brandi Coleman BrandiColeman

Brandi Coleman

Assistant Professor

Silas Farley Silas Farley

Silas Farley

Armstrong Artist in Residence in Ballet

Christopher M. Ham ChrisHam

Christopher M. Ham

Director of Dance Production

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Parisa Khobdeh

Assistant Professor of Practice

Leslie Peck LesliePeck

Leslie Peck

Adjunct Professor

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Alvon Reed

Artist-in-Residence in Jazz

Anne Westwick AnneWestwick

Anne Westwick

Professor of Practice

Dance Professor, Students Attend International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference

Professor of practice Michelle N. Gibson and eight B.F.A. students traveled to the 35th International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference, The Bridges We Build: From Revolution to Legacy.

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Featured Courses

The Evolution of American Musical Theatre
Mark Burrell

An examination of American musical theatre from its roots in the popular entertainment forms of the 19th century to its maturity as a codified art form in the 20th century.
Jazz Dance History : Dance History III
Brandi Coleman
Examines the origins of jazz dance from its roots in African music and dance through the present.
Dance Pedagogy
Anne Westwick
Focuses on the theory and practice of teaching methodologies in multiple dance genres. 

Student Work

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This video was intended to be a personal commercial that reflects me and my passions, visual art and dance, made as a part of the Introduction to Creativity class. Anika Crouser, Dance B.F.A '23

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Keala OConnell, Dance B.F.A. '20, Embers to Ash.

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