News on your favorite shows, specials & more!

Emory University

Dept of Dance

Visit Web Site
TwitterCollege Twitter FacebookCollege Facebook InstagramCollege Instagram

201 Dowman Drive
Atlanta,Georgia 30322
404.727.7266
admiss@emory.edu

DEGREES OFFERED

Bachelor of Arts in Dance and Movement Studies

Minor in Dance and Movement Studies


As the oldest and largest division of Emory University, the College of Arts and Sciences has provided sound instruction to talented, highly motivated students for 175 years. The college combines the personal attention and involvement of a small liberal arts setting with the rich diversity of a major urban university. Emory College seeks students with strong academic qualifications, outstanding personal qualities, civic engagement, and demonstrated capacities for leadership and creativity. The total enrollment is 7,600 students within a university of over 14,200. The Department of Theater and Dance provides a range of opportunities for students to experience, create, and support performance. We are a community of artists who foster each student's creative, intellectual, and communicative powers within the larger context of a liberal arts education. This is a collaborative environment, a place for improvisation, critical thinking, analysis, and risk-taking. The theater and dance faculty are teachers with records of excellence and artists/scholars exploring diverse approaches to performance. The Emory Dance and Movement Studies Program invests in the traditions of modern dance, the cutting edge of movement invention, and the theory and analysis of movement research. We value individualism, innovation, and interdisciplinary approaches to learning and dance making. We develop skilled and uniquely expressive individuals who move and act with intelligence and sensitivity, think independently, and value original thought and diversity. The curriculum includes courses in improvisation, world dance forms, arts writing and criticism, performance, choreography, dance history, Laban studies, dance pedagogy, concert production, contemporary issues, principles of design, and somatic practices. Students also have the option to participate in dance internships with contemporary dance companies and a nationally recognized youth development organization, or to develop individual projects in dance influenced by their interdisciplinary study or civic engagement. Emory Dance presents a wide range of public programming each year, including Emory Dance Company concerts, site-specific performances, Women’s History Month Performance Series, Friends of Dance Lecture Series, Dance for Reel (dance for camera), Atlanta Contact Improvisation Jams, Fieldwork Showcases, guest artists, and faculty concerts.

Faculty Info:

Sally Radell, Lori Teague, Anna Leo, Julio Medina, Gregory Catellier, George Staib, Mara Mandradjieff, Emma Faulkner, Angela Harris, Tara Shepard Myers, Kristin O'Neal.



Related Articles

THE FUNNY THING ABOUT A PANIC ATTACK By Ben Kassoy to Premiere At Hollywood Fringe Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 24, 2024


Ben Kassoy's solo show THE FUNNY THING ABOUT A PANIC ATTACK will premiere at Hollywood Fringe Festival. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Atlanta Opera Presents Its Third Annual 96-Hour Opera Festival
by A.A. Cristi - April 04, 2024


Join the Atlanta Opera for its third annual 96-Hour Opera festival from June 15-17. The event features the world premiere of 'Forsyth County is Flooding (with the Joy of Lake Lanier)'.

Blessed Unrest Presents LA MUSICA DEUXIÈME By Marguerite Duras
by A.A. Cristi - March 25, 2024


Blessed Unrest, New York City's award-winning subversive physical theater ensemble for an adventurous audience, presents La Musica Deuxième, written by revolutionary, communist, and feminist Marguerite Duras.

Dance Canvas Returns To The Ferst Center With New Works and Films
by Stephi Wild - March 11, 2024


For the peek of their 16th season, Dance Canvas introduces the 7 choreographers and 5 filmmakers who make up this season's Choreographer Career Development Initiative and Dance Canvas: on Film program.

City Theatre Announces 50th Anniversary Season!
by A.A. Cristi - March 01, 2024


Discover the exciting new plays in the 2024-2025 season at City Theatre, including the 50th anniversary celebration.

GRUMPY MONKEY, THE MUSICAL World Premiere Extends at Pasadena Playhouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 15, 2024


Pasadena Playhouse is extending its world premiere of Grumpy Monkey, The Musical  through Sunday, March 10.

The Huntington Announces Cast And Creative Team Of JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN
by A.A. Cristi - January 23, 2024


The Huntington announces the cast and creative team of John Proctor is the Villain, a bold and sharply funny new play written by Kimberly Belflower and directed by Margot Bordelon. (527 Tremont St).

Video: The Atlanta Opera Season Announcement 24/25
by Joshua Wright - January 19, 2024


The Atlanta Opera Announces 45th Anniversary Season in 2024–25, Featuring Immersive “Bohème Project” & New Production of Siegfried with Greer Grimsley, Stefan Vinke, Lise Lindstrom, Lindsay Ammann & Barry Banks

Knock at the Gate Receives Major Gifts from Former NJ Governor and Philanthropic Fund
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 05, 2024


The non-profit immersive audio company Knock at the Gate has received two major gifts from former New Jersey Governor the Honorable Thomas H. Kean and the S. Dillard and Adrienne Kirby Family Philanthropic Fund.

Rhode Island Philharmonic Names Robert Spano As Principal Conductor
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 04, 2024


The Rhode Island Philharmonic has named Robert Spano as its new Principal Conductor.

Actors Studio 66 Announces SILENT SKY by Lauren Gunderson 
by A.A. Cristi - December 21, 2023


Albuquerque's Actors Studio 66 (AS66), presents Silent Sky written by Lauren Gunderson. This is the second show of AS66's '23-'24 Season.

The Atlanta Opera Reaches “Budget One” Status for Its 2024–25 Season, Becoming One of Top Ten U.S. Opera Companies
by A.A. Cristi - December 13, 2023


The Atlanta Opera's Board of Directors has announced that the company will achieve “Budget One” status in 2024–25, its 45th anniversary season.

Casting Announced for the World Premiere of GRUMPY MONKEY, THE MUSICAL
by A.A. Cristi - December 05, 2023


Pasadena Playhouse announces casting for the world premiere of Grumpy Monkey, The Musical from February 3 through March 3, commissioned by the Playhouse, and based on the book Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne and Max Lang.

Journalist Gloria Oladipo Receives The Second Annual Edward Medina Prize
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 15, 2023


New York-based critic and journalist Gloria Oladipo (she/her) received the second annual Edward Medina Prize for Excellence in Cultural Criticism Sunday from The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) at its November 2023 conference in New York.

Jeannette Bayardelle, Emily Bergl & More Join THE POST-ROE MONOLOGUES Benefit Performance
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 30, 2023


Additional cast members have been announced for the benefit performance of 'The Post-Roe Monologues' at Merkin Hall on November 6. Don't miss this powerful and timely show!



Past Student Productions

SHOW THEATER
LYSISTRATA JONES
(2/13/19 - 2/23/19)
Emory University - Ad Hoc Productions
ON A CLEAR DAY...FOREVER
(4/12/18 - 4/21/18)
Emory University
BroadwayWorld Student Center
Program Guide Show Calendar Find a Scholarship

Videos


TICKET CENTRAL

Recommended For You