School Website Length to Graduate: 4 Years Location: VT-Middlebury Students per Class: 1-10 Tuition to Graduate: $208,480 Subject: Dance

DESCRIPTION

Through the Department of Theatre and Dance, the Dance Program offers a major or joint major, leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree; a minor, or the opportunity to take courses in dance for academic credit or as an auditor. Many other opportunities to dance arise each semester in guest artists’ master classes and in faculty- and student-choreographed concerts. January Term courses also provide intensive, interdisciplinary or other options to explore or extend student interest in dance.

Central to our Dance Program is the development of the creative artist and artist/scholar through critical study and regular practice in contemporary, world dance techniques; improvisation and choreography; history, theory, and cultural studies; experiential anatomy and kinesiology; and performance.

ADVANTAGES

The Dance Company of Middlebury (DCM) is selected each year by audition, and is open to sophomores through seniors and alumni. For the 2009-2010 season, the Dance Company of Middlebury, directed by Penny Campbell, will create an evening of dances with themes and music that link US and Caribbean cultures. The company will perform on campus and tour to the Dominican Republic. First year students are encouraged to get to know the Dance Program by taking classes, auditioning for other performances, and attending as many dance concerts as they can before seeking involvement with DCM in their sophomore year.

THINGS TO CONSIDER

Our faculty of four dance professionals, two musician/composers and a lighting designer/technical director is further diversified and extended by a robust calendar of guest artists and performances. In addition, a lively group of student-run clubs and associations responds to current interests in dance/movement from aikido and ballet to yoga and zouk.

FINANCIAL AID

Middlebury makes every effort to help all candidates obtain the financial aid they need in the form of grants, loans, and work/study jobs. In the case of international students, Middlebury follows a need-aware admissions policy.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Scholarships are available.

CERTIFICATIONS

Middlebury College and its affiliated degree granting programs–the Monterey Institute of International Studies, the Bread Loaf School of English, the summer Language Schools, and the C.V. Starr-Middlebury Schools Abroad–are accredited by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education (CIHE), part of the regional accredit ting agency, the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC).

SUMMARY

You have many opportunities to dance at Middlebury. Through the Dance Program in the Department of Theatre and Dance, you can major, joint major, minor, or simply take courses in dance. Auditors are welcome on a space-available basis in all technique sections of our core courses and many more co-curricular classes are offered as well. We emphasize contemporary approaches to dance/movement techniques, composition, performance, and general dance studies.

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