Arts

Dance

Movement belongs to everyone

Dance is for Every Body

The dance program at CSW inspires students of all skill levels to experience the intellectual, cultural, and empowering aspects of physical expression. Courses offer students a variety of technical styles, including ballet, jazz, modern, and African dance. We invite both serious dance students and beginners alike to experience the beauty and exhilaration of dance and movement.

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  • Dance Technique

    Technique classes develop essential skills such as movement patterns, rhythm awareness, strength, agility, alignment, balance, flow, and important dance vocabulary.

  • Experimental Dance

    Experimental classes explore improvisation, technology, and experimental methods as tools for creation and performance, and as a means to develop students’ creative problem-solving skills.

  • Dance Theory

    Theory courses combine movement studies and performance with research, writing, and in-class discussions. 

  • Dance Performance

    In addition to coursework, students may choose to participate in multiple, highly attended dance performances throughout the year. 

Dance Concert

The annual Dance Concert brings together student-dancers from a variety of disciplines and styles as they showcase the work they have completed in movement and performance throughout the year. Concert selections are choreographed primarily for students by students and each piece is voted into the show by fellow members of the dance community.
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Phone: (781) 642-8600
CSW—a gender-inclusive day and boarding school for grades 9-12—is a national leader in progressive education. We live out our values of inquiry-based learning, student agency, and embracing diverse perspectives in every aspect of our student experience. Young people come to CSW to learn how to learn and then put what they learn into action—essential skills they carry into their futures as doers, makers, innovators, leaders, and exceptional humans who do meaningful work in the world.