Professors: Lynn Garafola, Sandra Genter (emeritus), Janet Soares (emeritus)
Professor of Professional Practice: Mary Cochran (Chair and Artistic Director)
Associate Professors of Professional Practice: Donlin Foreman
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice: Colleen Thomas
Assistant Professor: Paul Scolieri
Senior Associate: Katie Glasner (Assistant Chair)
Adjunct Professors: Uttara Coorlawala, Allegra Kent
Adjunct Associate Professor: Mindy Aloff
Lecturers: Cynthia Anderson, Mary Lisa Burns, Maguette Camara, Mary Carpenter, Tessa Chandler, Jennifer Emerson, Liza Gennaro, Angela Gittens, Chisa Hidaka, Katiti King, Robert LaFosse, Jodi Melnick, Jeff Moen, Margaret Morrison, David Parker, Sabrina Pillars, Risa Steinberg, Kathryn Sullivan, Caitlin Trainor, Karla Wolfangle
Artists in Residence: Rodger Belman, Brian Brooks, Juliana May, Lisa de Ribere,Vicky Shick, Kota Yamizaki, Bill Young
Associates: Gloria Marina, Nathalie Jonas
Technical Director and Lighting Designer: Tricia Toliver
Musician Coordinator: Gilles Obermayer, Ken Pierson
On Leave: Gilles Obermayer (2009-2010)
For a complete list of
faculty on leave see:
http://www.barnard.edu/provost/facleavelist.html
The Barnard College Department of Dance, located in a world dance capital, offers an interdisciplinary program that integrates the study of dance within a liberal arts setting of intellectual and creative exploration. The major builds upon studio courses, the Department's productions at Miller Theater, Dance Theater Workshop and other venues, as well as a rich array of dance studies courses, allowing students' creative work to develop in dialogue with critical inquiry into the history, culture, theory and forms of western and non-western performance, typically enhanced by study in other disciplines. Students work with accomplished artists whose work enriches contemporary American dance; they also study with outstanding research scholars. Making, thinking about, and writing about art are an essential part of the liberal arts education. For this reason the Department of Dance offers technique courses for students of all levels of expertise, while opening its other courses to majors and non-majors alike, who may also audition for its productions. The Department partners with cultural institutions in New York City to connect students with the professional world.
The Department of Dance is fully accredited and in good standing with the National Association of Schools of Dance.
Majors must fulfill an 11 course requirement to include BC 3591 Senior Seminar for Dance,one course in dance history (BC 2565 or BC 2566), one in movement science (BC 2501or BC 2561 or BC 2562), one in dance composition (BC 2563 or BC 2564 or BC 3565), and one with a significant writing component (such as BC 2570, BC 3570, BC 3574, BC 3576, BC 3577 or BC 3980). Majors normally take two technique courses per semester: a minimum of eight points of dance technique courses are required. Under the supervision of the dance faculty, seniors are expected to present a final thesis to demonstrate their acquired skill and knowledge of dance. Research papers should be 25-30 pages in length. For the performance requirement, a student can present in one of the following two categories: (1) in repertory and (2) in her own choreography. Students may elect to fulfill the thesis requirement by taking either BC 3592 or BC 3593 as part of the 11 course requirement. The remaining courses for the major may be selected from the following:
DNCE BC 2501 Biomechanics for the Dancer: Theory and Practice
DNCE BC 2555 Ensemble Dance Repertory: Modern
DNCE BC 2556 Ensemble Dance Repertory: Ballet
DNCE BC 2557 Evolution of Classic Spanish Dance
DNCE BC 2558 Tap Ensemble
DNCE BC 2561 Applied Anatomy for Human Movement
DNCE BC 2562 Movement Analysis
DNCE BC 2563 Dance Composition: Form / Dance Composition: Form, dance/theater
DNCE BC 2564 Dance Composition: Content
DNCE BC 2565 World Dance History
DNCE BC 2566 Western Theatrical Dance from the Renaissances to the 1960s
DNCE BC 2567 Music for Dance
DNCE BC 2570 Dance in New York City
DNCE BC 2575 Choreography for the American Musical
DNCE BC 2580 Tap as an American Art Form
DNCE BC 3000 From the Page to the Dance Stage
DNCE BC 3099 Independent Study
DNCE BC 3200 Dance in Film
DNCE BC 3565 Group Forms: Advanced Dance Composition
DNCE BC 3567 Dance in Asia
DNCE BC 3570 Latin American and Caribbean Dance: Identities in Motion
DNCE BC 3571 Solo Repertory: Performance Styles
DNCE BC 3572 Dance Production
DNCE BC 3574 Seminar on Contemporary Choreographers and Their Works
DNCE BC 3575 George Balanchine and the Reinvention of Modern Ballet
DNCE BC 3576 Dance Criticism
DNCE BC 3577 Performing the Political
DNCE BC 3578 Traditions of African-American Dance
DNCE BC 3583 Gender and Historical Memory
DNCE BC 3590 Rehearsal and Performance in Dance (for 3 points)
DNCE BC 3591 Senior Seminar in Dance
DNCE BC 3592 Senior Project: Research for Dance x, y
DNCE BC 3593 Senior Project: Repertory for Dance x, y
DNCE BC 3980 Performing the Political (as seminar)
DNCE BC 3982 Diaghilev's Ballet Russes and Its World
Note: If planning to study abroad, a Dance History course must be completed prior to Junior year. A minimum of six points of dance technique courses above and beyond the two technique courses taken to fulfill the Physical Education requirement. Students are also encouraged to elect courses outside the department in pursuit of the historical and cultural context of dance.
Six courses constitute a minor in Dance. Normally, three history/criticism and three credit-bearing (there-point) performance/choreography courses are taken.