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.
Explore Dance @ Wesleyan
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Look & Listen
Learn about faculty projects and other happenings in the dance department.
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After Dance @ Wesleyan
Learn about what our alumni are doing with their Dance degree from Wesleyan.
Sep 19
Drag Queens and Radical Faeries and Judys, Oh My!: A panel on gendery performance and queer histories in sound and dance
04:30 pm
Allbritton, Room 311
A panel discussion on gender performance and queer histories in sound and dance hosted by Wesleyans Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Oct 4
Paramodernities
07:30 pm
CFA Theater (CFA P) CFA Theater
The Connecticut premiere of choreographer Netta Yerushalmy's "Paramodernities" features a series of four dance-experiments, deconstructing landmark dances by Vaslav Nijinksky, Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, and Alvin Ailey. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Oct 12
Yashoda Thakore
04:00 pm
CFA Crowell Concert Hall (CFA B) Crowell Concert Hall
Dr. Yashoda Thakore balances the practice of the art of dance with research in her Connecticut debut during the 43rd annual Navaratri Festivalat Wesleyan. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Oct 25
Fall Faculty Dance
08:00 pm
Memorial Chapel Patricelli 92 Theater Patricelli 92 Theater
Wesleyan Dance Department faculty and guest artists collaborate to present new works. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Oct 26
Fall Faculty Dance
07:00 pm
Memorial Chapel Patricelli 92 Theater Patricelli 92 Theater
Wesleyan Dance Department faculty and guest artists collaborate to present new works. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Oct 31
Fall Senior Thesis Dance Concert
08:00 pm
Memorial Chapel Patricelli 92 Theater Patricelli 92 Theater
Senior choreographers will present a collection of new works as the culminating project of the dance major. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Nov 1
Fall Senior Thesis Dance Concert
08:00 pm
Memorial Chapel Patricelli 92 Theater Patricelli 92 Theater
Senior choreographers will present a collection of new works as the culminating project of the dance major. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Nov 2
Fall Senior Thesis Dance Concert
07:00 pm
Memorial Chapel Patricelli 92 Theater Patricelli 92 Theater
Senior choreographers will present a collection of new works as the culminating project of the dance major. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Nov 22
West African Drumming & Dance Concert
08:00 pm
CFA Crowell Concert Hall (CFA B) Crowell Concert Hall
An invigorating performance filled with the rhythms of West Africa, featuring choreographer and Dance Artist in Residence Iddi Saaka and Assistant Professor of Music John Dankwa joined by students in West African Dance classes. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Nov 24
Worlds of Dance Concert
02:00 pm
CFA Crowell Concert Hall (CFA B) Crowell Concert Hall
"Introduction to Dance" and other beginning dance students perform works of various styles, including Bharata Natyam (South Indian classical), Afro-Brazilian, and jazz. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Dec 6
Winter Dance Concert
08:00 pm
CFA Theater (CFA P) CFA Theater
Advanced student choreographers present recent works. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Dec 7
Winter Dance Concert
08:00 pm
CFA Theater (CFA P) CFA Theater
Advanced student choreographers present recent works. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Feb 14
New England Dance on Tour
07:30 pm
CFA Theater (CFA P) CFA Theater
Four regional dance artists showcase the diversity and richness of dance in New England, including Wesleyan Dean of the Arts and Humanities and Associate Professor of Dance Nicole Lynn Stanton. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.
Feb 28
Fruits Borne Out of Rust
07:30 pm
CFA Theater (CFA P) CFA Theater
Conceived and directed by Japanese visual artist Tabaimo in collaboration with choreographer Maki Morishita, the New England premiere of the whimsical, mischievous multimedia work Fruits borne out of rust features a solo female dancer and two musicians playing an original score by Yusuke Awazu and Keisuke Tanaka. For more information, please visit the Center for the Arts website or call 860-685-3355.