Dance
Five College Dance comprises the dance departments of our member campuses, with each offering its own distinctive program while collaborating as a uniquely rich inter-campus consortium with abundant possibilities for dance students.
Boats Leaving, choreographed by Doug Varone, 2019 UMass Amherst Fall Faculty Concert. Photo by Derek Fowles.
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Mission
Five College Dance advances embodied practice as a critical mode of inquiry, expression, and civic engagement across cultural and historical contexts. We cultivate new generations of artists, scholars, and practitioners to shape the field of dance and dance studies.
Historical
Established in 1978, Five College Dance (FCD) is a creative and intellectual collaboration organized between the dance departments and programs at Amherst, Hampshire, Smith, Mount Holyoke Colleges and University of Massachusetts Amherst. A community of undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, musical accompanists, visiting scholars and artists, we create and amplify access to rich, varied artistic and academic opportunities in dance.
Our House, choreographed by Shakia Barron, 2018 Mount Holyoke Fall Faculty Concert. Photo by Charles Flachs.
Our member dance departments and programs collaborate by:
- Coordinating a shared undergraduate dance curriculum with diversely trained faculty and varied course offerings in dance technique, performance, composition and theory
- Producing at least one major repertory project most years, open to all five college students
- Providing performance opportunities on each campus for all five college students
- Opening the great majority of campuses’ events, workshops, professionalization opportunities, masterclasses, residencies, symposia, and field trips to all five college students
Reflect/Respond: A Limón Dance Legacy Concert at UMass Amherst, 2019. Photo by Derek Fowles.
Five College Dance Provides
- Production management and technical supervision for all FCD concerts, events, and auditions, as well as for any FCD contributions to the annual American College Dance Association conference.
- Annual production workshop for students producing their own shows, plus additional production-related learning opportunities
- Annual lecture by a major scholar and/or artist in the field
- Annual concert with a faculty- and guest-choreographed work submitted from each school, featuring students from all campuses
- News from the departments, FCD, and alumni
- Masterclasses from professional dance artists on the UMass Center for Fine Arts season
- Centralized communication hub (social media, listserv, website) to share with students and faculty dance-related events, professional opportunities, news, and programs from the campuses, FCD, the local community, and beyond
- Coordination and facilitation of musician accompanists for most campuses’ technique classes
- Photographing and archiving professional photos of FCD performances and events
- Collaborations with non-dance departments/units and external arts organizations
- Support for the work of individual departments, students, and faculty that benefit the consortium
Links to Campus Dance Programs
Dance Course Grid & New Classes
Please Note: If you don't see classes from all campuses currently listed, they will appear as the campuses release their course schedules for the semester. The five campuses release their schedules on different dates. Visit this page for specific dates. These course listings are meant for advising periods. During the corresponding semester, please check the college course websites for the most up to date listings.
Fall 24 Travel Packages for Dance Classes by Campus.
Spring 2024 Dance Courses: Technique - The Continuum of Black American Dance Forms - West African/Jazz/Hip Hop
Subject | Course # | Sect # | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Institution | Meeting Times |
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THDA | 122H | 01 | Beg./Int. Hip Hop | Djeffrey Jean-Philippe | Amherst College | M/W | 4:00 PM - 5:20 PM |
DANCE | 132 | 01 | Introduction to Hip Hop | Shakia Barron | Mount Holyoke College | TTH 10:30AM-11:45AM |
DANCE | 232 | 01 | Intermediate Hip Hop | Shakia Barron | Mount Holyoke College | TTH 01:45PM-03:00PM |
DANCE | 236 | 01 | Funk Styles | Shakia Barron | Mount Holyoke College | MW 01:45PM-03:00PM |
DAN | 146 | 01 | Beginner Hip Hop Dance | Niki A. Farahani | Smith College | W 1:20 PM - 2:35 PM; M 1:40 PM - 2:55 PM |
DAN | 246 | 01 | Intermediate Hip Hop | Daniel Guzman | Smith College | M W 10:50 AM - 12:05 PM |
DANCE | 131 | 01 | Jazz Dance II | Lauren Cox | UMass Amherst | TU TH 1:00PM 2:15PM |
DANCE | 191P | 01 | S- Hip Hop | Duane Holland, Jr | UMass Amherst | TU TH 2:30PM 3:45PM |
DANCE | 192A | 01 | Sem - Tap I | Duane Holland, Jr | UMass Amherst | F 4:00PM 5:15PM |
DANCE | 192A | 02 | Sem - Tap I | Duane Holland, Jr | UMass Amherst | F 4:00PM 5:15PM |
DANCE | 233 | 01 | Jazz Dance IV | Lauren Cox | UMass Amherst | TU TH 4:00PM 5:15PM |
Spring 2024 Dance Courses: Technique - Ballet
Subject | Course # | Sect # | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Institution | Meeting Times |
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THDA | 220H | 01 | Int./Adv. Ballet | Kate Martel | Amherst College | TU/TH | 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM |
DANCE | 107 | 01 | Intro to Ballet & Modern | Eleanor Goudie-Averill | Mount Holyoke College | TTH 01:45PM-03:00PM |
DANCE | 222 | 01 | Intermediate Ballet | Barbie Diewald | Mount Holyoke College | TTH 09:00AM-10:15AM |
DAN | 120 | 01 | Beginning Ballet 1 | Gabriella Jae Carmichael | Smith College | M W 10:50 AM - 12:05 PM |
DAN | 223 | 01 | Intermed Ballet 2 | Caitlin Angela Canty | Smith College | TU TH 1:10 PM - 2:35 PM |
DAN | 227 | 01 | Intermediate Pointe Technique | Kate Martel | Smith College | W 7:00 PM - 8:20 PM |
DAN | 325 | 01 | Advanced Ballet 2 | Eleanor Goudie-Averill | Smith College | M W 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM |
DAN | 327 | 01 | Advanced Pointe Technique | Kate Martel | Smith College | W 7:00 PM - 8:20 PM |
DANCE | 121 | 01 | Ballet II | Thomas Vacanti | UMass Amherst | M W F 11:15AM 12:05PM |
DANCE | 223 | 01 | Ballet IV | Thomas Vacanti | UMass Amherst | M W 2:30PM 3:45PM |
DANCE | 325 | 01 | Ballet VI | Thomas Vacanti | UMass Amherst | M W 2:30PM 4:15PM |
Spring 2024 Dance Courses: Technique - Modern/Contemporary
Subject | Course # | Sect # | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Institution | Meeting Times |
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THDA | 115H | 01 | Contmp Dance: Beg. | Jenna Riegel | Amherst College | M/W | 11:00 AM - 12:20 PM |
THDA | 219H | 01 | Contemporary Partnering | Jenna Riegel | Amherst College | TU/TH | 4:00 PM - 5:20 PM |
HACU | 0206 | 1 | Contemp Dance Tech Half Course | Gabrielle Revlock | Hampshire College | 02:30PM-03:50PM TU;02:30PM-03:50PM TH |
DANCE | 107 | 01 | Intro to Ballet & Modern | Eleanor Goudie-Averill | Mount Holyoke College | TTH 01:45PM-03:00PM |
DANCE | 216MA | 01 | Intermediate Modern | Eleanor Goudie-Averill | Mount Holyoke College | TTH 03:15PM-04:30PM |
DANCE | 318 | 01 | Advanced Modern | Chavi Bansal | Mount Holyoke College | MW 11:30AM-12:45PM |
DAN | 113bu | 01 | Contemporary:T-Butoh | Maddy Sher | Smith College | M W 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM |
DAN | 113fn | 01 | Contemporary:T-Fundamentals | Maddy Sher | Smith College | TU TH 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM |
DAN | 216 | 01 | Intermed Contemporary 2 | Frankie Baron | Smith College | M W 10:50 AM - 12:15 PM |
DAN | 318 | 01 | Adv Contemp 2 | Angie Hauser | Smith College | TU TH 10:50 AM - 12:15 PM |
DANCE | 114 | 01 | Modern Dance II | Duane Holland, Jr | UMass Amherst | TU TH 10:00AM 11:15AM |
DANCE | 216 | 01 | Modern Dance IV | Chloe London | UMass Amherst | M W 5:30PM 6:45PM |
Spring 2024 Dance Courses: Technique - Additional Technique Offerings
Subject | Course # | Sect # | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Institution | Meeting Times |
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DAN | 113bu | 01 | Contemporary:T-Butoh | Maddy Sher | Smith College | M W 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM |
DAN | 119 | 01 | Beginning Contact Improv | Niki A. Farahani | Smith College | TU TH 1:20 PM - 2:35 PM |
DAN | 133 | 01 | Dance for Every Body | Laura Pattee David,Yun Lee | Smith College | W 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM; M 3:05 PM - 4:20 PM |
DAN | 141sw | 01 | Forms:T-Swing | Caitlin Angela Canty | Smith College | TU TH 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM |
DAN | 143ka | 01 | T-Kathak | Rachna Agrawal | Smith College | TU TH 1:20 PM - 2:35 PM |
DAN | 144 | 01 | Tango I | Laura Grandi | Smith College | W 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM; M 3:05 PM - 4:20 PM |
DAN | 202 | 01 | Strength&Flex/Movemnt Interm | Frankie Baron | Smith College | M W F 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM |
DANCE | 292D | 01 | S- Acting for Dancers | Tracy Einstein | UMass Amherst | M W 11:15AM 12:05PM |
DANCE | 292D | 02 | S- Acting for Dancers | Tracy Einstein | UMass Amherst | M W 11:15AM 12:05PM |
Spring 2024 Dance Courses: Creative Studies: Choreography, Composition, and Improvisation
Subject | Course # | Sect # | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Institution | Meeting Times |
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THDA | 110 | 01 | The Creative Process | Jungeun Kim | Amherst College | TU/TH | 9:00 AM - 10:50 AM |
THDA | 111 | 01 | Language of Movement | Jenna Riegel | Amherst College | M/W | 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM |
THDA | 248 | 01 | Socially Engaged Perform | Jungeun Kim | Amherst College | TU | 2:30 PM - 5:20 PM |
THDA | 254 | 01 | Experiments Across Media | Wendy Woodson | Amherst College | TU/TH | 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM |
THDA | 355 | 01 | Solo Performance | Wendy Woodson | Amherst College | TU/TH | 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM |
HACU | 0151 | 1 | Interdisciplinary Dance Making | Lailye Weidman | Hampshire College | 01:00PM-02:20PM TU;01:00PM-02:20PM TH |
HACU | 0214 | 1 | Queer Dance | Lailye Weidman | Hampshire College | 10:30AM-11:50AM M;10:30AM-11:50AM W |
DANCE | 218 | 01 | Improv./Africanist Perspect. | Shakia Barron | Mount Holyoke College | MW 10:00AM-11:15AM |
DANCE | 252 | 01 | Intermediate Composition | Chavi Bansal | Mount Holyoke College | MW 03:15PM-04:30PM;MW 03:15PM-04:30PM |
DANCE | 272PM | 01 | Dance&Payatt Mvmt/Asian Dias. | Chavi Bansal | Mount Holyoke College | TTH 10:30AM-11:45AM;TTH 10:30AM-11:45AM |
DANCE | 390 | 01 | Senior Capstone Seminar | Barbie Diewald | Mount Holyoke College | F 01:45PM-03:00PM;F 01:45PM-03:00PM |
DAN | 151 | 01 | Elem Dance Composition | Chris Aiken | Smith College | TU TH 2:45 PM - 4:50 PM |
DAN | 216 | 01 | Intermed Contemporary 2 | Frankie Baron | Smith College | M W 10:50 AM - 12:15 PM |
DANCE | 151 | 01 | Elem Composition | Duane Holland, Jr | UMass Amherst | TU TH 11:30AM 12:45PM |
Spring 2024 Dance Courses: Scientific Aspects of Dance
Subject | Course # | Sect # | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Institution | Meeting Times |
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DANCE | 338 | 01 | Mobilizing the Hippocampus | Barbie Diewald,Marta Sabariego | Mount Holyoke College | MW 01:45PM-03:00PM;MW 01:45PM-03:00PM |
Spring 2024 Dance Courses: Music, Movement, and Rhythmic Analysis
Subject | Course # | Sect # | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Institution | Meeting Times |
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MUS | 218 | 01 | Colq: Music & the Moving Body | Maeve Sterbenz | Smith College | W 1:20 PM - 2:35 PM; M 1:40 PM - 2:55 PM |
DANCE | 192R | 01 | S-BodyPercussion & Rhythm Flow | Richard Barshay | UMass Amherst | F 12:20PM 3:30PM |
DANCE | 287 | 01 | Rhythm Analysis:Dancers Prsptv | Jesse Bay | UMass Amherst | TU TH 2:30PM 3:45PM |
Spring 2024 Dance Courses: Related Topics and Seminars
Subject | Course # | Sect # | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Institution | Meeting Times |
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THDA | 225H | 01 | The Craft of Speaking II | Ron Bashford | Amherst College | TU/TH | 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM |
DANCE | 390 | 01 | Senior Capstone Seminar | Barbie Diewald | Mount Holyoke College | F 01:45PM-03:00PM;F 01:45PM-03:00PM |
DAN | 171 | 01 | Dance History: Politicl Bodies | Lester Tomé | Smith College | M W 9:25 AM - 10:40 AM |
DAN | 377sa | 01 | T-Adv St Histry&Aesthet-Salsa | Lester Tomé | Smith College | M 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM |
DAN | 399 | 01 | Senior Seminar | Angie Hauser | Smith College | M 1:40 PM - 4:20 PM |
DANCE | 171 | 01 | Dance In The 20Th C | Ann Biddle | UMass Amherst | M W 12:20PM 2:00PM |
DANCE | 292D | 01 | S- Acting for Dancers | Tracy Einstein | UMass Amherst | M W 11:15AM 12:05PM |
DANCE | 292D | 02 | S- Acting for Dancers | Tracy Einstein | UMass Amherst | M W 11:15AM 12:05PM |
DANCE | 392A | 01 | S-Dance Education II | Ann Biddle | UMass Amherst | W F 9:05AM 11:00AM |
DANCE | 394CI | 01 | Emerging Choreographers | Molly Lynch | UMass Amherst | TU TH 11:30AM 12:45PM |
DANCE | 493D | 01 | S- NYPOP | Lauren Cox | UMass Amherst | M W 12:20PM 2:00PM |
DANCE | 495A | 01 | Sem-Senior Project | Duane Holland, Jr | UMass Amherst | F 8:00AM 11:00AM |
Spring 2024 Dance Courses: Graduate Courses
Subject | Course # | Sect # | Course Title | Instructor(s) | Institution | Meeting Times |
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DAN | 500ms | 01 | Grad Sem:T-Music&Sound | Jake Meginsky | Smith College | F 9:25 AM - 12:05 PM |
DAN | 500vc | 01 | Grad Sem:T-Video&Camera | Tori Lawrence | Smith College | TU TH 9:25 AM - 10:40 AM |
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