In the face of today’s racial crisis, many Americans are now reckoning with their own complicity in the oppression of marginalized groups, and asking, “What can I do?” For college dance programs, which help mold the minds of the next generation of dance artists, this is an especially important question. For decades, most departments have […]
You may know what it means to earn a silver, gold, or platinum award for your performance—but probably not an A, B, or C grade. Often, dancers don’t encounter the idea of grading in dance until they enter collegiate dance programs. When you’re evaluating an inherently subjective art form, what distinguishes an A student from […]
So you’ve decided not to pursue a traditional professional dance path, but you still want to keep dancing after college. After all, dance is much more than just a hobby—you can’t imagine your life without it. Here’s how to find the right postgrad dance opportunity for you. Start Social Dancing Social dance is the noncompetitive […]
Looking through a college course catalog is like surfing Netflix—you can get totally overwhelmed by options. Should you watch “Love is Blind” or “You”? Should you take “Acting for Dancers” or “Intro to Improvisation”? Never fear, Dance Spirit is here (to help you with the latter dilemma, anyways). We asked the experts for tips to […]
Who among us hasn’t daydreamed about finishing college a semester or two ahead of the class? But as tempting as it may be to get started on your dance career ASAP, this isn’t a decision to take lightly. So DS had a dance department chair and an alumna who finished ahead of schedule lay out […]
“When a biology major asked if I was illiterate because I studied dance, I realized just how much of a joke my field of study is to some people.” That’s how Camryn Eakes, a junior dance major, opens her incredibly powerful open letter asking fellow Chapman University students to (as the title puts it) “Recognize […]
Hey guys! Anyone headed to University of California, Los Angeles, this fall? How about Sarah Lawrence College? Both schools are adding amazing choreographic talent to their dance department: Sarah Lawrence welcomes prolific downtown choreographer John Jasperse as the new director of dance, while Kyle Abraham will join UCLA as a faculty member. Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion dancers […]
Juilliard dancers in Nacho Duato’s Gnawa (photo by Nan Melville) If you’re planning to dance in college, chances are you’ve been pondering life after high school for quite some time—and that’s a good thing. “It’s never too early to start thinking about college,” says Alison Green, an advisor at Minnesota’s Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing […]