Dance deepens one’s knowledge and expression of human experience.
We believe in the creative and intellectual potential of each person.
Dance can change the world.
The Dance Department at Wesleyan is a contemporary program with a global perspective. The curriculum centers on the creative act—imagining, making and doing. Our program is interdisciplinary, embodied, collaborative, physically and intellectually rigorous, and fosters personal and social transformation.
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Look & Listen
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After Dance @ Wesleyan
Learn about what our alumni are doing with their Dance degree from Wesleyan.
Oct 1
Navaratri Festival: Film Screening and Conversation with Director Zoe Sherinian
08:00 pm
$location
A free screening of the ethnomusicological documentary "Sakthi Vibrations" followed by a virtual conversation with Director Zoe Sherinian and Chair of the Dance Department Hari Krishnan. Moderated by ethnomusicology doctoral student Bianca Iannitti as part of the 44th annual Navaratri Festival at Wesleyan University. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Oct 2
A Conversation with Ananya Chatterjea and Hari Krishnan: Rethinking Navaratri
07:00 pm
$location
Professor and Chair of the Dance Department Hari Krishnan will speak with Ananya Chatterjea, Artistic Director of Ananya Dance Theatre in this free virtual talk, part of the 44th annual Navaratri Festival at Wesleyan. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.