Resources for Dancers and Choreographers

The following resources have been identified by Hampshire students, staff, faculty and alums and compiled by students at the Career Options Resource Center. This is one of several Resource Guides geared towards students in popular concentrations. It is by no means a comprehensive list.

Local Internships

 * Jacob’s Pillow
 * Becket, MA. Jacob’s Pillow is America’s first and longest running dance festival, and offers fall, winter, spring, and summer internships.
 * http://www.jacobspillow.org/home/summer-internships.asp


 * APE Northampton
 * Located in downtown Northampton, APE offers internships throughout the year.
 * http://www.apearts.org/Opportunities/


 * Mass MOCA Performing Arts Administration Internship
 * Located in North Adams. Mass MOCA is the largest center for contemporary arts in the US.
 * http://www.massmoca.org/opportunities.php

Outside Internships

 * Professionaldancer.net Internships Listing
 * http://www.professionaldancer.net/index.php?topic=internships

Scholarships, Fellowships, Grants

 * Dance Magazine’s Guide to Scholarships
 * http://www.dancemagazine.com/scholarship-guide


 * Princess Grace Foundation
 * National in scope, the Princess Grace Foundation – USA is dedicated to identifying and assisting emerging talent in theater, dance, and film by awarding grants in the form of scholarships, apprenticeships, and fellowships.
 * http://www.pgfusa.org/


 * American Harlequin Corporation Scholarship
 * Offers $3000, $2000, $1000, and $500 scholarships for dancers 21 and under.
 * http://www.harlequinfloors.com/americanenglish/index.asp?section=67&amp;page=407

Resources for Minority Students

 * National Hispanic Foundation For The Arts Scholarship Program
 * Offers grad school scholarships to Hispanic students in the arts.
 * http://www.hispanicarts.org/scholarshipmenu.htm


 * TELACU Education Foundation – Arts Awards
 * Scholarships for Latinos
 * http://www.telacu.com/english/graphic_version/scholarship_program/index.asp


 * Thorn Arts Scholarship for Migrant Workers
 * Arts scholarship for those with a history of migration to obtain work in agriculture.
 * http://www.migrant.net/migrant/sch-thorn.htm

Graduate School Programs

 * New York University – Tisch School of the Arts
 * The M.F.A. is a two-year training program designed for the student who has had prior professional training and experience. In the first year of the program, all candidates take daily technique classes, dance composition, graduate seminar, acting, graduate kinesthetics of anatomy, and music courses that continue to build the student's musical knowledge. In the second year, each student, with a faculty adviser, plans a course of study designed to define the student's area of specialization.


 * Sarah Lawrence College
 * The study of dance at Sarah Lawrence is highly personal and expansive. In small seminars and classes, and with guidance from the College's exceptional faculty, students here examine the discipline from multiple perspectives.


 * Mills College
 * Mills Dance is at the heart of the San Francisco Bay Area's large and dynamic urban dance community. Launched in 1938 as one of the first and most visionary dance programs in the country, dance at Mills uniquely trains students to be both artist-thinkers and refined practitioners competent in multiple dance idioms. The curriculum is designed to develop each dancer's technical, performance, and choreographic abilities while urging students to seek creative inspiration in the world around them.


 * California Institute of the Arts
 * The MFA Program in Dance is an intensive two year course of study intended for talented dance artists who wish to pursue professional careers as choreographers and educators. Interested and qualified graduate-level applicants to the School may apply to be considered for a supplemental concentration in Integrated Media (IM)--a course of study for interdisciplinary work with digital media. The program enjoys a national reputation as a leading conservatory-style program with an emphasis in contemporary dance styles and aesthetics.


 * Hollins/American Dance Festival
 * This innovative M.F.A. offers students an opportunity to immerse themselves for six weeks of the summer in an international, collaborative community of the American Dance Festival followed by the intimate learning atmosphere at Hollins University and abroad. Few graduate programs can provide students such a wide range of experiences, opportunities and imaginative approaches to thinking about dance, unique mentorships, and direct exposure to others in the international dance field.

Faculty and Staff Contacts

 * Daphne Lowell, Chair, FCDD
 * dlowell@hampshire.edu
 * specializes in authentic movement and contemplative dance.


 * Billbob Brown UMASS, bbrown@the-spa.com
 * specializes in dance theater.


 * Rebecca Nordstrom Hampshire College, rnordstrom@hampshire.edu
 * specializes is choreography, improvisation, and movement notation.


 * Wendy Woodson Amherst College, wwoodson@amherst.edu
 * specializes in dance, theater, and video.


 * Rodger Blum Smith College rblum@smith.edu
 * specializes in ballet, multimedia, and theater.


 * Charles Flachs Mount Holyoke College, cflachs@mtholyoke.edu
 * specializes in ballet.

On Campus

 * Audition for as many dance Div III’s and Five College Dance Department productions as possible.


 * Show your original work in Hampshire and the FCDD’s many dance concerts.


 * Join Figure 8, Hampshire's student-run belly dance collective.

General

 * APE Performance Space
 * Located in downtown Northampton, APE is committed to providing space and support for all artistic media, including dance.
 * http://www.apearts.org/