Barnard/Columbia Dances

The Barnard College Department of Dance, located in a world dance capital, offers an interdisciplinary program that integrates the study of dance within a liberal arts setting of intellectual and creative exploration. Making, thinking about, and writing about art are essential parts of a liberal arts education. For this reason, the Department of Dance offers technique courses for students of all levels of expertise, while opening its other courses to majors and non-majors alike, who may also audition for its productions. The Department partners with cultural institutions in New York City to connect students with the professional world.

The major builds on studio courses, the Department’s productions at Miller Theater, New York Live Arts, and other venues, and a rich array of dance studies courses, allowing students’ creative work to develop in dialogue with critical inquiry into the history, culture, and theory of theatrical and global dance forms and performance, typically enhanced by study in other disciplines. The Department partners with cultural institutions in New York City to connect students with the professional world, and the accomplished artists and outstanding research scholars who comprise our Department faculty enrich all areas of our curriculum: dance practice, performance, and scholarship.