ChooseWhy Choose This Program?
Why Study Dance at Goucher?
Goucher tailors each dance course its dance major and minor to support many career ambitions, including dance therapist or teacher, a performer or choreographer, a dance critic, a director, or with additional schooling, a physical therapist or athletic trainor. With the guidance of faculty mentorship, Goucher students develop independence and the self-initiative to pursue their passions by building their own path of study.
LearnWhat Will You Learn?
What Will You Learn?
Goucher students explore a variety of genres in our dance courses, including Ballet, Pointe, Modern, and Africanist techniques. Through Goucher's dance curriculum, students learn to observe, analyze, document, synthesize, and integrate both theoretical and applied knowledge to become leaders in the multifaceted world of dance. Our guest-artist-in-residence program features five distinguished artists each year who augment an esteemed dance faculty of scholars and working artists. Learn More
DoWhat Will You Do?
What Can You Do With A Degree in Dance?
The dance major prepares students for jobs or careers as a dance therapist, performer or choreography, company manager, educator and more. Goucher graduates are working in dance companies across the nation.
Course Curriculum
Faculty
Program Contact
Linda Garofalo
Department Chair, Assistant Professor of Practice Department
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Full-Time & Half-Time Faculty
Elizabeth Ahearn
Professor of Dance
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Adjetey Klufio
Assistant Professor of Dance
Amanda Woodson
Professor of Integrative Arts Studies
Instructional Staff
Todd Mion
Professor Emeritus or Emerita or Emeriti
Chrystelle Bond
Professor Emerita of Dance
Study Abroad
By studying abroad, choosing three-week intensive courses led by Goucher faculty or semester programs suited to their academic plans, Goucher students gain a global perspective that enhances their course of study. Visit the Office of Global Education website for more information.
Goucher offers several three-week intensive study abroad courses with an emphasis in dance over either the winter or summer break to places such as Ghana and Scotland. Students may also decide to spend an entire semester abroad. Many students have spent a semester in London at University of Roehampton, or Arezzo, Italy, at the Accademia dell'Arte program. Others have spent a semester in Ghana.
Opportunities & Internships
Internships
Internships help students explore possibilities, apply classroom learning, and gain experience. Explore internships and credit options.
Student Employment
Student employment connects students to both on and off-campus opportunities. The Career Education Office provides resources and support to students with or without Federal Work Study to find jobs, submit applications, and learn more about the job search process. Students have access to Handshake — a website for job postings, events, resumes/cover letters, and career management.
Major & Career Exploration
Exploring career options, choosing a major, and making career decisions is a multi-step process in which all students are encouraged to engage early and often. Goucher students have a variety of resources available through the Majors and Career page to assist them in this process.
Job Search
A Goucher education prepares students for today’s job market and beyond. Students can explore job opportunities and access job search resources through the CEO Job Search page.
Graduate & Professional School
Students access resources for searching and applying to graduate and professional school through the CEO Graduate and Professional School page, through faculty and staff members, or utilizing their own resources, network and tools.
Academic Partnerships
Goucher College has partnered with other institutions to provide students with expanded academic and post-graduate opportunities. Partnerships include dual-degree programs and accelerated graduate pathways with the following colleges: Columbia University, Johns Hopkins University, Loyola, Middlebury, Notre Dame of Maryland University, University of Maryland Baltimore.
I am a Global Changemaker
Victoria Awkward ’18
Founder and Director of VLA Dance
“I have to point to my mentors and all the teachers within the program who really informed my technique. [They] showed me other paths to being a dancer, like being a choreographer, which is mainly what I do now.”