Dance

The Dance Department offers artists rigorous training, freedom to experiment, and the space to create. Students develop healthy and sustainable practices necessary for working dance artists, with emphasis on technique, collaboration, choreography, and performance.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the completion of their program of study, graduates of the Dance Department at Cornish College of the Arts are able to:

Demonstrate proficiency in a breadth of physical dance practices that are grounded in creative, somatic, and anatomical understanding.
Apply knowledge of dance and performance practices within theoretical, historical, social, and cultural contexts.
Create, in solo and in collaboration, movement-based works for physical and digital spaces.
Communicate complex ideas and apply critical thinking through writing, speaking, and diverse media.
Apply understanding of professional practices in the dance field.

FACULTY & STAFF

Alia Swersky Department Chair, Assistant Professor of Dance
MFA University of Washington
BFA Cornish College of the Arts

Alethea Alexander Instructor
MFA University of Washington

Lucie Baker Instructor
MFA University of Washington
BFA Juilliard School

Etienne Cakpo Instructor

Hannah Colopy Instructor

Erricka Turner Davis Instructor
MFA University of Washington
BFA University of the Arts

Hilary Grumman Instructor
BFA California Institute of the Arts

Cameo Letham Instructor

Tonya Lockyer Instructor
MFA University of Washington
BA The University of Toronto

Nia-Amina Minor Instructor
MFA UC Irvine
BA Standford University

Hannah Simmons Instructor

Keyes Wiley Instructor
BFA Cornish College of the Arts

Programs

Dance, BFA