Mount Holyoke College Department of Dance

Mount Holyoke College — South Hadley, MA

50 College Street
South Hadley, Massachusetts 01075
413.538.2310
admission@mtholyoke.edu

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Degrees offered

Bachelor of Arts in Dance - Choreography and Performance
Bachelor of Arts in Dance - Science, Somatics and Arts Therapies
Bachelor of Arts in Dance - History, Theory, and Criticism
Minor in Dance

About the program

The Mount Holyoke dance department is renowned for its extensive studio offerings in Hip-Hop and Street Dance styles, modern dance, choreography and repertory, as well as its rotating offerings in West African dance, ballet, Horton technique and improvisation. In the dance department, technique is supported by theory and cultural context through courses in Anatomy, Rhythmic Analysis, Dance and Culture and Dance History. This range of courses is further augmented by more than one hundred theory and studio courses offered annually through the Five College Dance Department.

Acceptance rate

Reported acceptance rate (source/year not provided by school): Mount Holyoke College is highly selective, with an overall acceptance rate of 38%

Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate's Opera LOKSI' SHAALI' to be Presented By Mount Holyoke College

by Chloe Rabinowitz, February 18, 2025

Chickasaw American composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate's new opera Loksi' Shaali' (Shell Shaker), conducted by Tianhui Ng will have its East Coast Premiere at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA.

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