Training
•Physically and intellectually rigorous curriculum emphasizing diversity of styles and ideologies
•Students design their own educational pathway through mentoring and advising
•Curriculum balances critical pedagogies with rigorous studio practice
•Studio Practice & Body Pathways — ballet, modern, hip-hop, jazz, contemporary, somatic approaches
•Thinking, Making, Doing — improvisation, choreography, rotating visiting artist faculty
•Critical Dance Processes — history, theory, Senior Seminar, Senior Thesis
•Performance Pedagogies of Dance — rehearsal and performance of new works
Performance & Productions
•Students travel to perform works by students and visiting choreographers
•Recent appearances at Jacob's Pillow and the International Association of Black in Dance (IABD)
•Collaborations with choreographers including Sidra Bell, Rena Butler, and Kyle Abraham
Facilities
•State-of-the-art studios and classrooms on a 440-acre Vermont campus
•Martha Graham Dance Company celebrated 100th anniversary at Bennington
