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 From the ChairWelcome to the Dance Department Website! I encourage you to use our site to lean about the Department’s curriculum and the many projects that bring exciting teachers, artists and scholars to teach, make new work, collaborate, perform, and write about dance. There are lots of avenues for students of all levels of experience and familiarity to expand their knowledge of Dance as an art form, as a field of research and inquiry, and as cultural work. The Dance Department at Wesleyan University is committed to the study of dance and human movement in a given cultural context. Students can expect to develop artistic and scholarly skills that reflect familiarity with multiple modes of creative expression and cultural practices. Understanding dance’s possibilities as art and as cultural work prepares students to restore vital energies, describe and interpret systems and structures, locate meanings and orient the gaze. An exciting roster of courses that span the Experimental and World Dance traditions is taught by faculty who undertake exciting research projects and collaborations with artists in multiple disciplines and international institutions, and about topics of chimerical proportions. As a result, you’ll find lots of opportunities in the Dance Department to interact with the pulse of our cultural moment. The Dance Department’s curricular architecture allows for students of varying levels of experience, (from the rank beginner to the pre-professional), create, and study together. Preparatory course clusters give expedient access to undertake upper-level work and to major. And there’s always opportunity to dance in student and faculty projects, and immerse yourself in the lively experimental culture of the faculty and students. Audition notices for credit bearing projects are posted regularly in the Dance Department bulletin board. Participation in upper-level courses is accessed through course progression, and open to all students, from all majors. This year The Dance Department welcomes Associate Professor Nicole Stanton to the Department. Professor Stanton is a seasoned dancer/choreographer/ethnographer. Her work has been showcased in prestigious venues such as the Verne Riffe Center, The Ohio Theater, and the Wexner Center for the Arts. She has undertaken original research in West Africa (Senegal) and Cuba and has recently collaborated with Jawolle Jo Zollar and Beebe Miller. Nicole has also produced a video documentary about the Wooloff People of Senegal. This year she will teach courses for majors and non-majors, and will be presenting new work at Wesleyan in the Spring. With the inauguration of this website, you’ll also be able to learn about our Dance Alumni’s whereabouts and projects. Stop by the Department in the Theater/Dance Building of the Center For the Arts for more information about our educational and cultural programs. We hope to count you among the many vibrant members of our Dance community in the near future!
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