舞蹈部门
选择自己的道路
The mission of the 舞蹈部门 is to link critical thinking, historical perspective, and creative discovery with the distinct skills derived from physically-sound studio practice, performance, and research. Skidmore provides a rigorous four-year experience that enables students to pursue the major or minor in a way that effectively supports their personal 目标 and ambitions.
Students pursue the major through one of two tracks: 表演/Choreography or Dance 研究. Both tracks represent a combined course 的研究 that includes intensive dance technique, history/criticism, research skills, improvisation, and composition 类. Both tracks lead to a bachelor of science degree, preparing students for a career in the fields of performance, choreography, dance education, dance therapies, arts administration, dance criticism, and research.
Over 70% of students in the department are double majors and many dancers design senior thesis projects that successfully and meaningfully align their double majors, demonstrating a commitment to both artistic excellence and interdisciplinary studies in dance. 最近 graduates have earned degrees in both dance and exercise science, art history, 英语, theater, computer science, psychology, government, neuroscience, and biology (pre-med). Regardless of whether you major or minor, 类 and performances are open to everyone. The Department is rooted in the belief that dance is an inclusive art, available for 所有身体练习.
The 表演/编排跟踪 challenges students with professional and academic rigor while supporting artistic inquiry and personal potential. 舞蹈系的 curriculum offers high-level technical training from faculty with rich professional backgrounds and features an immersion into compositional practices to support a strong foundation in choreographic language and performance skills. 这门课的学生 focus on artistic development and have the flexibility to devise a schedule that is highly dance intensive while simultaneously taking advantage of Skidmore’s liberal 艺术环境.
The 舞蹈研究轨迹 allows students flexibility in their course choices while maintaining the rigor of the dance major. 这门课的学生 are asked to define their own research concentration and then are given a flexible eight credits of coursework 他们的舞蹈专业.
Students are encouraged to participate in independent studies engaging in their own research process and/or work as a research assistant on a faculty research initiative. Interdisciplinary research is strongly encouraged. This unique curricular path allows Skidmore dancers to engage in areas 的研究 that are tailored to their own personal 目标. Embracing the Skidmore mission of “创造性思维很重要”, the Dance 研究 Track grants students both the space and the tools to forge their own path within 舞蹈的纪律.
为什么火博体育?
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山姆·维兰纽瓦，17岁
瑞秋·弗朗西斯17岁
瑞秋·弗朗西斯17岁
舞蹈和心理学双学位
The professors provide not only support, but advice that actually prepares for dance outside Skidmore and dance as a career. I could not imagine developing into the artist 我没有他们.
莫妮卡·斯蒂菲，19岁
杰西·科瓦斯基，10岁
梅根·塞西莉亚·伍德，17岁
汉娜·威特，19岁
系里的生活
There are several opportunities for students to design Interdisciplinary and collaborative projects that focus on creative and scholarly engagement both on campus and beyond 火博体育社区. Additionally, funds available through Skidmore’s See Beyond program and the 舞蹈部门’s Kathy and Charlie DiSanto Award support local, national, and international student initiatives, which have included internships, artistic residencies, and research projects across a wide range of interests. 过去的 项目包括:
- Exploring the Lived Experience of Black Women Through Dance, Deeply Rooted 舞蹈剧场, 芝加哥,伊利诺斯州
- Insights on Classical Ballet Training and Postural Stability in Older Adults
- Rescuing "Quichua" Language Through the Arts: Dance and Storytelling, Ecuador
- Examining Neuromuscular Control of the Vastus Medialis Oblique and Vastus Lateralis During Foundational Dance Movements
- International Education Internship, Dance-Therapy Focus, Mente Argentina, Buenos Aires
- Comparing Injury Patterns in Liberal Arts College Female Dancers Versus Athletes: Should Dancers Adopt Periodization?
- Internships at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The AileyCamp, and Brown’s University School of Public Health
- The Compositional Ethnographic 研究 of the Hungarian-Israeli Relationship Expressed 通过性能
- Examining the Effect of Chronic Training and 表演 on Heart Rate Variability 在大学舞蹈中
The 舞蹈中心 adjoins the Sports and Recreation Center. 它由三个部分组成，
including two spacious studios; a large dance, sport, and recreation area; and the
fully equipped 舞蹈剧场 with adjoining dressing rooms.The two dance studios (50' x 50′) have Harlequin Woodspring Basketweave System sprung-wood floors covered with Harlequin Studio Vinyl Floor, large windows, ballet barres, mirrors, baby grand pianos, and sound systems.
The 舞蹈剧场 is a 183-seat auditorium with a 46′ (wide) by 22′ (deep) sprung
stage floor covered with Harlequin Studio Vinyl Floor. 这个剧院有保留剧目
dance lighting plot, controlled by a ETC Element 40-250 channel light board with 120-2.4k
调光器. The sound system is powered by an Allen & 希斯36通道混音板.
Three pairs of speakers create a balanced sound reproduction both in the house and
在舞台上.
The 舞蹈剧场 is the center for dance activities during the academic year and hosts professional dance companies throughout the year.
毕业生档案
The Skidmore 舞蹈部门 encourages individual growth and development, supporting our graduates' ability to benefit from the diverse dance opportunities available today. Our alumni are members or directors of professional companies, dance therapists, arts administrators, lighting designers, stage managers, physical therapists, writers, 舞蹈编导和老师. We are proud to have produced both a wide range of performing artists, and those who continue to have the performing arts as a part of their professional 生活.
教师 & 员工档案
The 舞蹈部门 has six full-time and six part-time dance faculty, two full-time dance musicians, and a full-time technical director of the 舞蹈剧场. 客人的艺术家 are regularly invited to choreograph works for our concerts as well as offer workshops, master 类, performances, and lectures for the campus community and general public.
