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The dance program at Cedar Crest College allows you to view the art of dance from multiple perspectives to fully understand it as a discipline of study. As a dance major at Cedar Crest College, we see you gaining the knowledge and skills necessary to explore your own unique and creative expression through workshops and performance pieces.
Dance majors are encouraged participate in two performances a year, including one choreographed by students themselves and to also participate in theater productions such as plays and musicals.
You will be instructed by a knowledgeable and experienced faculty, as well as encouraged to interact and work with your peers. This interaction challenges you to explain and articulate the meaning behind your creative pieces. It also enables you to improve as an artist, while practicing important skills, such as teamwork and critical thinking.
Cedar Crest emphasizes how dance connects with other disciplines within a liberal arts education. Given the framework for the exploration of your style, you will learn to combine your artistic expression with your other studies and interests, including those that may not directly relate to dance.
Dance at Cedar Crest offers you many creative opportunities
- Opportunities to participate in dance performances starting your first year
- Opportunities to enhance your skill and experience as a choreographer
- Opportunities to develop your own dance production with lighting and costuming ,
- Opportunities to audition each year for or the Cedar Crest Dance Company ensembles , choreographed by professional instructors
- Opportunity to create a new dance work as part of DANCE OUTREACH and teach dance workshops in local elementary schools fulfilling the Ethics requirement
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Cooperative Agreements
Cedar Crest College collaborates with several academic institutions to provide our students with innovative pathways that help them succeed in their chosen fields.
The dance major requires students to complete one off-campus experience during the school year or summer. This experience can be found under PER 350 Independent Research. Many students have completed this requirement at their home studios. There are also many opportunities within the Lehigh Valley for students as well.
Facilities and Technology
Dance students have access to two fully equipped dance studios, dance costume storage, and in their senior year a fully funded dance project, a theatrical performance space with a full light plot.
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Accreditation
Cedar Crest College is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education; 1007 North Orange Street, 4th Floor, MB #166, Wilmington, DE 19801
Faculty & Staff
Who’s teaching you is as important as the curriculum you choose.
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Kevin Gallagher
Associate Professor/Technical Director
Sarah Carlson
Associate ProfessorSarah Carlson
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