Sarah Lawrence Dance Program
Expand your dance experience—and your perspective—in Sarah Lawrence College’s Master of Fine Arts in Dance program. The Graduate Program in Dance is based on the premise that the art of dance is an integration of body, mind, and spirit and is learned through creative, technical, and analytical practices. The goal is to present students with an inclusive curriculum that exposes them to vital aspects of the art as performers, creators, and scholars; to widen students’ definition of dance and performance; and to engage students in explorations of form and function.
Academic Program The Graduate Program in Dance combines seminars in reading, writing, and research with choreographic inquiry and daily physical practice in various genres. All students study composition, improvisation, experiential anatomy based in the work of Irene Dowd, dance history, lighting design and stagecraft, and music for dancers. Under faculty guidance, students show original work during winter and spring concerts and present final projects in the MFA concert during their last semester. Graduate students are required to maintain a daily physical practice chosen from offerings in contemporary practices, including classical ballet, yoga, and Feldenkrais, as well as improvisation and composition. Students regularly meet one-on-one with their advisers to discuss their overall objectives and progress. They are encouraged to study broadly, widen their definitions of dance/performance, and engage in explorations of form and function. Frequent guest artists and lecturers are invited to the campus, some in conjunction with the t heatre, m usic, and v isual arts programs.
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The College’s proximity to New York City provides the opportunity for students to attend world-class dance events throughout the school year. The Guest Artists Lab is an experimental laboratory that aims to expose students to a diverse set of current voices and approaches to contemporary dance making. Each guest artist will lead a module of between three and seven class sessions. These mini-workshops will introduce students to that artist and their creative process. Guests will represent emergent, as well as established, practices. Guests include: Fall 2017.
Nora Chipaumire. Beth Gill Spring 2018. Pepper Fajans. Silas Riener.
Molly Lieber and Eleanor Smith.
The Sarah Lawrence College Dance program presents students with an inclusive curriculum that exposes them to vital aspects of dance through physical, creative, and analytical practices. Students are encouraged to study broadly, widen their definitions of dance and performance, and engage in explorations of form and function.
Sarah Lawrence Dance Team
A variety of performing opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students are available in both informal and formal settings. Although projects with guest choreographers are frequent, it is the students’ own creative work that is the culmination of their dance experience at the College.