From three-time Obie Award-winner and Guggenheim Fellow Ain Gordon and acclaimed percussionist Josh Quillen comes Radicals in Miniature, an intimate requiem for friends found and lost during Gordon’s coming of age in the radical, queer, creative New York of the early 1980s and Quillen’s youth in small town Ohio in the late 90s. In a series of monologues honoring these…

Join us for the 13th Annual Steady Steppin' Forward Competition! Come see step teams from all around the Northeast battle it out for a chance at Steady Steppin' glory. Hosted by Sankofa Step Team, the competition is a celebration of step in all of forms, and with a special guest performance, you definitely don't want to miss out on this.…

Kusika and Zambezi Marimba Band members hail from many places and cultures. Our spring performances feature work informed by these origins as well as traditional and contemporary folklore from Mali, Ghana, Zimbabwe and the Americas. Today’s events become tomorrow’s folklore. We raise the following questions: What is celebrated? What do we forget to remember? “Realize that you are involved in a…

Kusika and Zambezi Marimba Band members hail from many places and cultures. Our spring performances feature work informed by these origins as well as traditional and contemporary folklore from Mali, Ghana, Zimbabwe and the Americas. Today’s events become tomorrow’s folklore. We raise the following questions: What is celebrated? What do we forget to remember? “Realize that you are involved in a…

Sankofa, the Williams College Step Team, continues to expand on the legacy of Step, a percussive dance form, through exploration of the body as an instrument. Fresh ideas are brought to the stage every year. This year the spring concert will be shared with Levitt Fellow Shakia Johnson. Shakia has worked with Sankofa and other dancers this semester to create…

One of the foremost dance companies in the world, New York City Ballet hosts a roster of spectacular dancers and an unparalleled repertory. The Company was founded in 1948 by George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein and quickly became world-renowned for its athletic and contemporary style. Jerome Robbins joined NYCB the following year and, with Balanchine, helped to build the astounding…

A Greek classic finds a new life in the hands of Anne Bogart and the renowned SITI Company. In a “spellbinding modern update” by Aaron Poochigian, The Bacchae reorients the tragedy of King Pentheus and Dionysus as a vividly contemporary showdown between patriarchy and gender anarchy (Los Angeles Times). SITI Company is an ensemble-based theater company whose three ongoing components…

Pachedu is the Dance Department’s annual fall concert featuring CoDa, Kusika, Sankofa and The Zambezi Marimba Band. The word Pachedu means “among ourselves” in the language of Zimbabwe’s Shona people and is our opportunity to share repertoire, new dance and music in development for ensemble spring performances. Each ensemble is unique and “among ourselves” offers audiences an experience in the…

"Daring, inventive movements " – Philadelphia Inquirer The ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance’s CenterSeries is excited to present one of the country's leading modern dance companies. Celebrating its 50th anniversary, PHILADANCO!, founded by Joan Myers Brown, has since its inception been committed to the preservation of African-American dance traditions and opening of professional doors to Black dancers. This season the…

H.T. Chen & Dancers return to the Berkshires. The NYC-based company is noted for its contemporary works addressing Chinese American history and culture. The program will include a brief excerpt from a commissioned work by the Berkshire Community Cultural Committee titled Hidden Voices based on the North Adams shoe factory strike of 1870. This event is free. A purple or yellow…

This program includes demonstrations of the company's unique methods of invention, from initial movement generation to the end result. Excerpts from several works by Kyle Abraham, and a section of Big Rings, choreographed by company member Keerati jinakunwiphat, will be shown. Led by choreographer and MacArthur Fellow Kyle Abraham, A.I.M by Kyle Abraham is a contemporary dance company whose work…

CoDa Artistic Directors: Erica Dankmeyer and Janine Parker Kusika Artistic Directors: Sandra L. Burton and Tendai Muparutsa Sankofa Presidents: Veronica Berger '22 and Sydney Pope '23 Sankofa Drill Sergeants: Magdalena Blaise '22 and Balint Szollosi '23 The Zambezi Marimba Band Artistic Director: Tendai Muparutsa Pachedu is the annual fall concert featuring the Department's ensembles. Pachedu means “among ourselves” in the…

CoDa Artistic Directors: Erica Dankmeyer and Janine Parker Kusika Artistic Directors: Sandra L. Burton and Tendai Muparutsa Sankofa Presidents: Veronica Berger '22 and Sydney Pope '23 Sankofa Drill Sergeants: Magdalena Blaise '22 and Balint Szollosi '23 The Zambezi Marimba Band Artistic Director: Tendai Muparutsa Pachedu is the annual fall concert featuring the Department's ensembles. Pachedu means “among ourselves” in the…

Taught by James Belk Master Dunham Technique Percussionist James Belk will instruct participants in the drum rhythms composed for the Dunham Technique class experience and the choreography developed by Katherine Dunham. The knowledge of Dunham Technique rhythms is specialized and few percussionists are trained in the rhythms. Therefore, the Dance Department is excited to offer this opportunity to the Williams…

Taught by James Belk Master Dunham Technique Percussionist James Belk will instruct participants in the drum rhythms composed for the Dunham Technique class experience and the choreography developed by Katherine Dunham. The knowledge of Dunham Technique rhythms is specialized and few percussionists are trained in the rhythms. Therefore, the Dance Department is excited to offer this opportunity to the Williams…

Join us for an evening of dance! Sankofa's 25th Anniversary and performances by Alex Bernstein '23, Isabel Carmona '24, Caroline Morrissey '25, Ethan Richmond '24, Lucy Walker '23, and Ashley Xu '22. Sankofa’s 25th anniversary celebrates the history, community, and legacy that this team has fostered. Sankofa was originally founded in 1997 by five Black women: Dahra Jackson '00, Maxine…

Join us for an evening of dance! Sankofa's 25th Anniversary and performances by Alex Bernstein '23, Isabel Carmona '24, Caroline Morrissey '25, Ethan Richmond '24, Lucy Walker '23, and Ashley Xu '22. Sankofa’s 25th anniversary celebrates the history, community, and legacy that this team has fostered. Sankofa was originally founded in 1997 by five Black women: Dahra Jackson '00, Maxine…

Sadly, COVID has forced us to cancel this performance. The company members who tested positive are not on campus. We wish them a speedy recovery and will reschedule this performance as soon as possible. Thank you for your support.   Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group   With POWER, choreographer and "kinesthetic anthropologist" Reggie Wilson conjures the secret histories of 1800s…