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Dance Is Academic

Studying dance in college is exciting. The learning is palpable. In dance courses, you develop verbal language that reinforces your body’s knowledge. When your body finally understands a concept, you can feel it and see it. When the ongoing analysis of movement efficiency finally results in an effortless moment of full-bodied motion, you know it. When your dancing is expressive, it affects the people around you; they experience kinesthetic empathy. When you discover how to express a complex idea articulately through movement, it is a rare thrill to feel understood without speaking words. When your dance studies draw you into past dance rituals and inside cultures other than your own, you embody history and cultural difference. When you have to solve a problem in dance class, your body’s intelligence is privileged; observing and copying nearby dancers is not cheating; and the lessons learned are lasting. When you feel accomplished, tired, and maybe a little frustrated in a rigorous technique class, that means you have invested in the learning experience. You want to go back for more. You want to experience dance in college as the study, practice, and expression of the mind–body connection. All this sounds great, and yet once outside the dance studio, on campus, very few of these truths appear to be known or valued.