Spring 2026 Course Search

Morning Dance: Beginning-level Dance Technique — DAN2365.01

Instructor: Mina Nishimura
Days & Time: M 8:00AM-9:50AM
Credits: 1

This beginning-level dance course requires no previous dance training and welcomes absolute beginners who would like to start a day with physical practice and body attunement. Students are introduced to some basic principles of dancing by learning various movement patterns, choreographed sequences and by engaging in improvisational and compositional movement practice.

Visual Arts Lecture Series — VA2999.01

Instructor: Vanessa Lyon
Days & Time: Tu 7:00PM-8:50PM
Credits: 1

Each term, Bennington Visual Arts offers a program of 4-5 lectures by visiting arts professionals: artists, curators, historians and critics, selected to showcase the diversity of contemporary art practices. Designed to enhance a broader and deeper knowledge of various disciplines and issues in the Visual Arts and to stimulate campus dialogue around topical issues in contemporary art and culture, these thematically curated presentations offer students the opportunity to engage with art by emerging and internationally-known artists from underrepresented backgrounds.

Introduction to Viola — MIN2214.01

Instructor: Ariel Rudiakov
Days & Time:
Credits: 1

This course is designed for students with no prior string instrument experience. Admission is on a first come, first served basis. Classes will be one on one, individual lessons.

Daily practice  of 10 to 15 minutes is expected, in order for students to become familiar and comfortable with the basic mechanics of playing viola.

Experience with reading music, playing piano, singing or any instrument prior to taking this course is helpful.

 

Portfolio 2 — DAN5422B.01, section 1

Instructor: Emily Wexler
Days & Time:
Credits: 6

The term will be spent focusing on a teaching statement, evidence of teaching history, with a focus on intersectional Life writing. The continuation of the collection of documentation of professional activity, a full CV, an artist statement, and any other applicable statements will be added to the materials to create the fullness of the Portfolio book. An artist’s talk will conclude the portfolio process during the summer term.

Portfolio 2 — DAN5422B.02, section 2

Instructor: Emily Wexler
Days & Time:
Credits: 6

The term will be spent focusing on a teaching statement, evidence of teaching history, with a focus on intersectional Life writing. The continuation of the collection of documentation of professional activity, a full CV, an artist statement, and any other applicable statements will be added to the materials to create the fullness of the Portfolio book. An artist’s talk will conclude the portfolio process during the summer term.

Sage City Symphony — MPF4100.01

Instructor: Nicholas Brooke
Days & Time: Su 2:45PM-5:30PM
Credits: 1

Sage City Symphony is a community orchestra that invites student participation. The Symphony is noted for their policy of commissioning new works by major composers as well as playing the classics. There are always openings in the string sections and occasionally by audition for solo winds and percussion. There will be 1-2 concerts each term.

Please note: this class meets on Sundays, from 2:45-5:30pm.

Graduate Research in Dance — DAN5305.01

Instructor: Dana Reitz
Days & Time: FR 11:00AM-1:00PM
Credits: 6

This course is designed to assist graduate students with the research and development of their new work. The weekly format is determined with the students. In class, they show works-in-progress, try out ideas with their colleagues, and discuss issues involved in their creative processes. Though the class meets only once a week, students are expected to spend considerable time each week in active, ongoing creative research; their independent projects will be presented to the public, either formally or informally, by the end of the term.