Amherst College (FCD)
Department of Theater and Dance
Webster G27
Amherst, MA 01002
Department Head: Ron Bashford
Phone: 413.542.2411
Website: amherst.edu
Email: [email protected]
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BA in Theater and Dance
Number of Majors: 15
Number of Minors: n/a
Number of Graduate Students: 0
Number of Participating Non-Majors: 200
Number of additional faculty: 4
Number of Faculty (Full-Time): 3
Size of Student Body: 1,900
Fall Semester Deadline: 31-Dec
Offers a Dance Team
Offers Online Courses
Offers Credit for Life Experience
Offers Study Abroad
Cost of room & board: $18,000
Undergraduate Tuition (Resident): $66,000
Undergraduate Tuition (Out of State): n/r
Graduate Tuition (Resident): n/a
Graduate Tuition (Out of State): n/a
Percentage of students receiving financial Aid: n/r
Scholarships:
Need-based Scholarships awarded
Merit-based Scholarships awarded
Auditions required for placement
Audition Dates: n/a
Choreography
Hip Hop
Modern/Contemporary
Performance
Other: Afro-Cuban, Brazilian Street Dance Forms
Undergraduate Spotlight Details:
Amherst College offers a BA in Theater and Dance in a program that emphasizes a broad education in theater and dance with the opportunity for students to focus on their interests, such as choreography, design, playwriting, directing, or acting/dance performance. Dance courses taught at Amherst include contemporary techniques, improvisation, composition, choreography, dance history/philosophy, choreography and the camera, video and performance, and performance art. A wide range of additional dance offerings is available through the Five College Dance Department [see separate entry]. Students receive considerable individual attention in the program and are encouraged to explore and expand their personal movement vocabularies, techniques, and interests in the context of developing original choreography and performance. In addition, there is a strong emphasis on relating performance studies to other disciplines within the liberal arts tradition. Majors have the opportunity to complete an honors thesis project; in dance this is usually a fully produced concert of original choreography. The Department of Theater and Dance has six full-time faculty members, four adjunct faculty, and invites guest artists to work with students. There are numerous performing opportunities on the Amherst campus in informal studio presentations; in the Holden Theater, a black-box flexible studio that seats 200; and the Kirby Theater, a 450-seat proscenium facility. In addition, there are many other performance opportunities available on the other campuses of the Five College Community.
