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Associate Professor Lang Delivers Keynote Speech at Louisiana Arts Summit - Oct. 4-6 2023.

The Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, in partnership with the Louisiana Division of the Arts, is proud to host the Louisiana Arts Summit (LAS). The three-day event offers artists, arts organizations, educators, business leaders, and community members opportunities for discussion, networking, and professional development. This year’s summit takes place at the Cary Saurage Community Arts Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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Dance Performance & Choreography

Major Requirements | Minor Requirements

Spelman College Dance Department on Campus Now Dance at Spelman is a critical and creative thinking laboratory that nurtures women of the African Diaspora. Students investigate intersections of experimental creative practices, cultural discourse,
and technology. In keeping with the College’s focus on social justice and innovation, the department’s theory and composition classes fuse technology and womanist theory along with other social discourse. The curriculum centers on the choreographic process through the lens of Black feminist theories, contemporary dance techniques, and interdisciplinary collaborative practice.

Department Offerings

Dance Technique
(Fulfills Wellness Credits for non-majors and for majors - after completing 7 credits)

Contemporary Modern (three levels)
African Dance Forms
Commercial Hip Hop
Principles of Jazz
Int./Adv. Jazz
Jazz Funk
Improvisation
Ballet

Choreographic Process

Level 1 (solo works)
Level 2 (group works)
Level 3 (interdisciplinary collaboration)
Capstone Projects

Performance

Spelman Dance Theatre provides opportunities with innovative professional choreographers

Dance Theory
(Some Courses Fulfill Arts Credits*)

Dance Perspectives and Process*
Critical Writing for Dance* (also a Writing Intensive)
Dance for Camera
The Art of Teaching Dance
Dance, Community, and Social Change*
Choreographing Lives
Black Presence in American Dance*
Navigating The Business of Dance...and more!

Dance Faculty

Julie B. Johnson, Ph.D., department chair
CiCi Kelley, MFA, director of Spelman Dance Theatre
Angela Harris, lecturer
Morgan Hawkins, MFA, lecturer, co-director of Spelman Dance Theatre
Lyrric Jackson, MFA, faculty career counselor for dance
Omelika Kuumba, African dance instructor
T. Lang, MFA, associate professor
Kathleen Wessel, M.A., director of Spelman Dance Theatre

Video Highlights: Dance in Action at Spelman

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The dance department's faculty includes globally recognized working artists who mentor and guide students through scholarship, artistic production, and entrepreneurial strategies. The Department cultivates freethinkers and intelligent movers interested in becoming creators, innovators, writers, historians, and scholars within the evolving field of dance.