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Bachelor of Arts in Dance - Choreography and Performance

Bachelor of Arts in Dance - Science, Somatics and Arts Therapies

Bachelor of Arts in Dance - History, Theory, and Criticism

Minor in Dance


The Mount Holyoke dance department is renowned for its extensive studio offerings in Hip-Hop and Street Dance styles, modern dance, choreography and repertory, as well as its rotating offerings in West African dance, ballet, Horton technique and improvisation. In the dance department, technique is supported by theory and cultural context through courses in Anatomy, Rhythmic Analysis, Dance and Culture and Dance History. This range of courses is further augmented by more than one hundred theory and studio courses offered annually through the Five College Dance Department.

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Past Student Productions

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In the Red and Brown Water
(11/11/21 - 11/14/21)
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Fabulation or, The Re-Education of Undine
(10/21/21 - 10/24/21)
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Indecent
(4/23/20 - 4/26/20)
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Pride and Prejudice
(10/18/19 - 10/20/19)
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When We Were Young and Unafraid
(4/10/19 - 4/14/19)
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CABARET
(3/30/17 - 4/9/17)
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CABARET (1998 VERSION)
(3/30/17 - 4/9/17)
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Once Upon a Mattress in Broadway Once Upon a Mattress
(4/6/13 - 4/7/13)
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