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Denison’s Dance department exposes students to cutting-edge dance practices from diverse cultures and perspectives, encouraging generative art-making while shifting away from a ballet-centered model. Students explore the physical and intellectual connections of culture, communication, and individual development through movement. We emphasize embodiment as a means of knowing and responding to each other and our environment.

student dance performance

More than 10 nationally known guest choreographers and dance companies visit Denison each year to host intimate performances and work closely with students.

Spotlights

Winter 2022 cover
Denison Magazine

The ON Switch

Conversations with faculty about what it means to teach — and to trigger those amazing moments of illumination
Denison students and Sri Lankan performers dance in concert
How We Learn

Sri Lankan Odyssey

A five-year immersion in Sri Lankan culture gives Denison students a profound cross-cultural experience.
Megan Frazier
Where We Go

Dance into Life

For Megan Frazier '97, her love of movement and physiology has translated into her career as a pediatric physical therapist.
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Where We Go

Molly Shanahan '90

Alum Molly Shanahan recognized as a singular voice in Chicago
 dance
Emma Draves
Where We Go

Emma Draves '01

Draves' work navigates spaces of contemporaneity, hybridity, & globalization.
Life in Ghana 1
How We Learn

Life in Ghana

Life in Ghana was very different from life on the hill.
Hailey Bruce '16
How We Learn

A Real Professional

Hailey Bruce '16 took part in a three-week residency with the Parsons Dance Company in New York City.

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