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Photo credits: Con Petire by Francesca Baron photo by Derek Fowles, RUBBERBANDance workshop photo by nikki lee, Funk is Dad by Lauren Cox photo by Paul Bloomfield.

Upcoming Events

20 or so people auditioning for Five College Dance faculty repertory projects, intently copying the steps.

See You in September!

Check the auditions page for upcoming dance projects auditioning on September 12, coming at the end of August!

Cartoon of Yellow & Pink dancers on city buildings courtesy Dance/NYC

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Announcements

From Before (1978) by Garth Fagan photo by John Schlia. Several dancers in bright colored unitards raise their arms in a circle bent to the side.

Special Announcement! Fall 26 FCD Repertory Project

Find out all about "From Before" and Garth Fagan Dance on the FCD Repertory webpage with a video of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performing the work as well as a short documentary of the work featuring Garth Fagan's company. Neri Torres at Amherst College will be the rehearsal director. 

A white presenting woman with shoulder length hair in a white top looks archly at the camera, photo by Spencer Weidie

Dance Magazine's 25 to Watch List

Julia Antinozzi '18

Congratulations to Julia for making Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch List." See our Five College Dance Spotlight on Julia here. From the article: 

"Antinozzi graduated from Smith College in 2018 with a dance degree and an astronomy minor, and has been choreographing for her own dancers since 2022...Taken altogether, her works [The Suite and Third Variation both from 2024] illustrate a probing of her fascination with classical ballet filtered through a contemporary—and uniquely Antinozzi—lens, daring viewers to take a closer look."

Magazine article with photo of dancers on top half.

Five College Dance featured in Dance Magazine

Five College Dance was featured in Dance Magazine this fall in an article by Stav Ziv. The piece includes information about the FCD program, this year's guest artist repertory project, an excerpt of Lucinda Childs's Dance, and interviews with faculty and students. Download a PDF of the article to read below. 

Featured Courses

Multitask Dance

Fall 26

DANCE 192D Improv & Movement Exploration with Lauren Cox, MW 4:00 - 5:15PM, UMass

THDA 126H Afro-Cuban Dance with Neri Torres, MW 1:05 - 2:20PM, Amherst College

DAN 171 Dance History: Political Bodies with Neri Torres, TTh 9:25 - 10:40AM, Smith College