Dance Department

The Dance Minor integrates the study of dance into Davidson’s robust and rigorous academic curriculum with careful attention to envisioning dance as a part of the study of the liberal arts. In Dance classes, students approach dance as another lens through which to consider and understand the world around them. To that end, each class includes some element of theory and practice, charging students to understand dance as both a physical “way of knowing” and a culturally, historically, and socially-situated meaning-making practice.

The Dance Minor, then, aims to provide students with a range of experiences in Dance Studies, and multiple ways of considering the ideas offered in its study—from cultural analysis to physical practice to creative exploration. Courses are available for students of all levels and ranges of previous experience.