The dance program offers students technique classes, choreographic opportunities, and the chance to explore new forms of dance across cultures.The variety of classes, levels, teachers, and styles gives everyone who enters the beautiful studio in the Currier Center a safe place to land and an inspiring place to move from.
Communicate Through Movement
Dance is a way to connect, express and embody a healthy and empowered lifestyle. We are dedicated to serving all students who bring our program to life with their love, passion, joy, and hard work. Whether you arrive with experience, or want to try a dance class for the very first time, you are welcomed.
Professional Partnerships
Students have unique opportunities to learn from professional dancers, guest teachers and visiting faculty from across the country. In addition to several annual trips to area theaters to see the work of professional companies and choreographers, Putney has also partnered with dance professionals such as Julie Muskat of Threads Dance Project and Tyler Gilstrap of Battleworks Dance Company.
Nimbus Dance Company
Every year we host the New Jersey based Nimbus Dance Company, whose dancers serve as teaching artists during an intensive week-long residency. Students partake in master classes, engage with the professional dancers, and participate in a signature Nimbus performance in Calder Hall.
Showcasing Student Work
Students showcase their work during the Winter and Spring Dance Concerts in Calder Hall. Project Week and Senior Exhibitions are also a time for students to explore their own independent projects, which often culminate in informal performances. The Dance Ensemble is a way for a community of committed dancers to delve deeper into the creative process of building repertory, rehearsing and then performing in local schools and venues.
Project Week: Vogue
Project Weeks are unique learning opportunities where students engage in an independent process around a topic that’s meaningful to them. Here, students created a performance that pays homage to vogue dancing and ballroom culture.
Get Moving
We offer academic dance courses, as well as dance courses through our Evening Arts program, where students are encouraged to explore their artistic and creative possibilities.
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Visual and Literary Arts
Arts are a part of everyday life at Putney. Students in visual art courses increase their awareness of the visual world, develop skills to creatively translate their ideas into visible
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