We have not yet had the opportunity to interview the Oberlin College & Conservatory Dance Program, if you are associated with the Oberlin College & Conservatory Dance Program please have someone from the program email us at Brittany@BDancewear.com to set up an interview (only takes a few minutes and it’s free).
In the meantime here is some quick insights about this Oberlin College & Conservatory Dance Program from their website.
The Oberlin College Dance Department functions within the liberal arts tradition. Though many of the students become successful dancers and choreographers, the emphasis in the department is on encouraging students to create, perform, and think about movement in a manner that is consonant with their experience in the other fine and liberal arts. They organize their dance curriculum around four areas of study, allowing students to pursue dance from different perspectives: creation and performance, critical inquiry, physical techniques, and somatic studies. Majors take courses in each of the four categories to challenge and expand their perceptions of what it is to engage in the study of dance. Students develop a personalized course of study through the process of articulating their own goals and identifying courses that allow them to achieve the highest degree of proficiency in their chosen area. From their first semester at Oberlin, students have many opportunities to create work and to perform. These are not limited to dance majors or minors; all auditions – from placement classes to get into upper level technique classes, to auditions for performances – are open to all students. First year students who have had experience in dance can step into the upper level courses. Students for whom dance is a new venture can choose from a variety of introductory courses requiring no prior experience.
