Five College Dance Department : Daphne Lowell

Daphne Lowell

Daphne Lowell, Professor of Dance and Movement Studies in the School of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies at Hampshire College, holds a B.A. in cultural anthropology from Tufts University and an M.F.A. in modern dance from the University of Utah. She studied Authentic Movement with Janet Adler and Edith Sullwold in the Mary Starks Whitehouse Institute, Psychosynthesis with Dr. Thomas Yeomans, and Body-Mind Centering with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen. Earlier in her career she performed with the Bill Evans Dance Company, and taught dance at Arizona State University, the University of Washington and Smith College.

Daphne’s Authentic Movement practice informs her teaching, choreography, writing, and Contemplative Dance solo performances. Her choreography has won awards including for the MassMoves! Best of Massachusetts series, and she has published several articles on Authentic Movement. The Contemplative Dance programs she teaches with Alton Wasson are nationally recognized www.contemplativedance.org. Since 1985 they have taught professionals of all ages at sites throughout the country.

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Daphne in her piece Silence performed in March 2005 at "Music and Motion," a 25th Anniversary event. Photo by Jon Crispin.	Daphne Lowell Daphne Lowell, Professor of Dance and Movement Studies in the School of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies at Hampshire College, holds a B.A. in cultural anthropology from Tufts University and an M.F.A. in modern dance from the University of Utah. She studied Authentic Movement with Janet Adler and Edith Sullwold in the Mary Starks Whitehouse Institute, Psychosynthesis with Dr. Thomas Yeomans, and Body-Mind Centering with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen. Earlier in her career she performed with the Bill Evans Dance Company, and taught dance at Arizona State University, the University of Washington and Smith College. Daphne’s Authentic Movement practice informs her teaching, choreography, writing, and Contemplative Dance solo performances. Her choreography has won awards including for the MassMoves! Best of Massachusetts series, and she has published several articles on Authentic Movement. The Contemplative Dance programs she teaches with Alton Wasson are nationally recognized www.contemplativedance.org. Since 1985 they have taught professionals of all ages at sites throughout the country.