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Minor in Dance


The Alfred University Interdisciplinary Dance Program is an innovative leader in dance studies that fosters creative research, inquiry and imagination through the art of dance and dance making. The department is open to students of all levels, regardless of experience or past training. Interdisciplinary course offerings focus on composition, dance technique, performance skills and dance’s historical and aesthetic knowledge.

Faculty Info:

D. Chase Angier (Performing Arts Division Chair & Professor of Dance), Colleen Wahl (Assistant Professor Dance Performing Arts)



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Tartuffe (Hampton, translation)
(11/6/19 - 11/9/19)
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