The Dance Program offers a rich array of dance experiences for the many and diverse students who choose Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges. It welcomes the newcomer as well as supports the continuing progress of trained dancers.
The program includes a range of technique courses in different styles and genres of dance, multiple performance ensembles, courses in composition and choreography, and dance studies courses that introduce students to dance as an exciting area of research and inquiry. In addition to other opportunities such as the School Performance Project and Summer Study program, the program further enhances student experiences in dance by taking advantage of the College's proximity to the lively dance and arts scene in Philadelphia, and by offering master classes and workshops with regional, national, and international artists. Learn more about the program.
Spring 2020 Auditions for Dance Ensembles! Check it out!
Dance Alumnae Out and About in the World
Dana Nichols (HC '14), a member of the celebrated company Philadanco, wrote an essay for Dance Magazine about the historic and contemporary use of blackface in ballet. Her essay was then quoted in a related article in the New York Times.
Dylan Seders Hoffman '19 performed in New York with the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene in The Sorceress, an operetta in Yiddish from 1883. After graduation she interned at the Folksbiene, assisting with auditions as a scene partner, and was asked to audition. She danced, acted and sang in the production which was singled out as a Critic's Pick in the Times. That's Dylan in the center below!
Emma Cohen (HC '17), is dancing and choreographing and making dance films. She was just selected to join the writing crew of Thinking Dance, the website that covers dance and theater in Philadelphia and beyond. You can follow her work here.
Upcoming Events
Share in the dance bounty as the Dance Program presents five different events!
(Below are images of the works in development.)
Monday, Dec. 9 | 5 p.m. | Pem | Showing of F.E.A.R., a new work for the Jazz Ensemble by Joe Gonzalez
Tuesday, Dec. 10 | 8 p.m. | Pem | Showing of Swarm, a new work for the Modern Ensemble by Bethany Formica
Thursday, Dec. 12 | 10:45 a.m. | Goodhart B | Final projects from the new Screendance course taught by Britt Fishel
Monday, Dec. 16 | 7 p.m. | Pem | Advanced Choreography projects by dance majors Jasmine Stanton and Sayori Yoshida
Tuesday, Dec. 17 | 4 p.m. | Pem | Final projects from Dance Composition course, taught by Lela Aisha Jones
Madeline Cantor
Director
mcantor@brynmawr.edu
610-526-5602