Wesleyan University Dance Department

Wesleyan University Dance Department The Dance Department at Wesleyan is a contemporary program with a global perspective.

The curriculum, faculty research, and pedagogy all center on the relationships between theory and practice, embodied learning, and the potential dance making has to be a The curriculum, faculty research and pedagogy all center on the relationships between theory and practice, embodied learning, and the potential dance making has to be a catalyst for social change. Within that rigorous context, stu

dents encounter a diversity of approaches to making, practicing and analyzing dance in an intimate learning atmosphere. The program embraces classical forms from Ballet, Bharata Natyam, Javanese, and Ghanaian, to experimental practices that fuse tradition and experimentation into new, contemporary forms.

02/19/2013

The Spring 2013 Program is just getting started! Be on the lookout for these exciting upcoming events:

14th Annual DanceMasters Weekend - March 9

"Threshold Sites: The Ultimate Meal": Spring Faculty Dance Concert, Directed by Nicole Stanton - March 29

Friday Artist Studio Showing: Moncell Durden - April 5

Spring Senior Thesis Dance Concert - April 4,5,6

A Talk: An Element and Its Speaker, with Pedro Alejandro - April 11

Javanese Dance Concert: Celebrating 4 decades of Javanese Dance at Wesleyan - May 2

Spring Dance Concert - May 3,4

Worlds of Dance Concert - May 5

West African Drumming and Dance Concert - May 10

The Narcoleptic CountessWritten, choreographed, and directed by Patricia BeamanDancers: Claire Feldman-Reich (’12), Lena...
02/19/2013

The Narcoleptic Countess

Written, choreographed, and directed by Patricia Beaman

Dancers: Claire Feldman-Reich (’12), Lena Solow (’12), Nora Kohl (’12), Antonio Reis (’12), James Gardner (’13), Jacob Hiss (’13), Irene Bright-Dumm (’11), Hannah Tanabe (’11), Cecilia Lynn-Jacobs (’11), Meredith Rogers (’11), Andrew Ribner (’14), Nikolas Owens (’12), Christina Burkot (’11), James Gardella (’12), Christian Morehouse (’11), Naadu Bentsi-Enchill (’12), Laura Anderson (’11), Louis Lazar (’13), Elena Anello (’11), Elizabeth Ashley, Sandy Durosier (’13), Kelsey Siegel (’13), Daphna Spivack (’13), Maho Ishiguro, Elizabeth Waugh (’13)

Choreography by Professor Patricia Beaman

QuicksandA post-modern interpretation of the Navarasa (nine archetypal emotions) – love, disgust, compassion, valour, hu...
02/19/2013

Quicksand

A post-modern interpretation of the Navarasa (nine archetypal emotions) – love, disgust, compassion, valour, humour, fear, wonder, anger, and peace.

Choreography/Concept: Hari Krishnan
Dancers: Paul Charbonneau, Gerry King, Jelani Ade-Lam, Sze-Yang Ade-Lam, Benjamin Landsberg, Roney Lewis, Hiroshi Miyamoto, Matthew Montgomery and Matthew Owen

Choreography by Professor Hari Krishnan

Welcome 2 AmericaChoreographed by Professor Clyde Evans
05/25/2011

Welcome 2 America

Choreographed by Professor Clyde Evans

Fall 2010 Faculty Dance Concert: Choreography by Professor Urip Sri Maeny, Professor Katja Kolcio, Professor Clyde Evans, Professor Iddi Saaka

05/25/2011
Movement on ViewChoreographed by: Greta Hartenstein and dancersPerformed by: Matt Carney, Bo Jung, Bulaong Ramiz, Phoebe...
05/25/2011

Movement on View

Choreographed by: Greta Hartenstein and dancers
Performed by: Matt Carney, Bo Jung, Bulaong Ramiz, Phoebe Stonebraker
Music: The Books
Lighting Designer: Jake Hunt

Choreography by Greta Hartenstein, Allison Hurd, Sophie Sotsky, Devon Hopkins, Sarah Ashkin, and Khalif Diouf

05/25/2011

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