Current Student Dance Majors

Heather Coley '08 is a dance and religion double major. Heather is a beautiful performer and hopes to work in arts management after graduation. She teaches in our after school dance program for children.

Emily Brown '09 is a dance major. Last summer she interned at Joy of Motion Dance Center in Washington D.C. This summer, she plans to study at the American Dance Festival. She is a very inventive choreographer. Emily teaches choreography in our after school program for children.

Mary Susan Sinclair-Kuenning '09 is a dance and theatre double major. She is also a BFA candidate. Mary Susan has been the lead in many of the plays at Sweet Briar. She is a very powerful dancer. We all look forward to her BFA concert to see how she combines her dance and theatre training.

Nikki Pham '09 is a dance and environmental studies double major. At times, Nikki combines her love of the environment with her dances. This fall, she is doing a piece on the difficulties of plastic bags called, A Million a Minute. In our after school dance program for children, Nikki teaches Hip Hop/Jazz.

Katherine Boltz '10 is a dance major. She also has a great love for Irish dance. Katherine teaches Irish dance to kids in our after school program.

Mallory Duff '10 is a dance major. Mallory has incredible sense of time in her dances and her work is always surprising.

Jasmine Jones '10 is a dance major. Jasmine likes jazz dance. She also is interested in education and Sweet Briar's MAT.

Courtney Hurt '10 is a dance and modern language double major. Courtney is an explosive performer who wows the audience with her dare devil feats. She loves Cirque Du Soleil. She teaches creative dance in the after school program.

Aili McGill '10 is a dance and psychology double major. Aili wants to be a dance therapist. She is a quirky choreographer that keeps everyone guessing.

Taylor Newman '10 is a dance major. Taylor has beautiful balletic form in her dancing. However, she is expanding this grace into off balance work and impossible shapes. She teaches the youngest children creative dance in our after school program.

Mary Beth Thomasson '10 is a dance major. Her dances are fascinating to watch because she has a hidden inner power thatis rippling underneath the surface.

Petra Weisbrich '10 is a dance and math double major. Petra is tremendously strong and solid. She gives her pieces, and others, great stability.

In the first year class and the sophomore class there are also students interested in dance as a major. Normally students do not declare their major until the end of the sophomore year.