LIVE VIRTUAL COMMUNITY DANCE CLASSES FOR ALL LEVELS
The Harvard Dance Center offers an expansive, high-quality dance education for all types of movers. Non-credit community movement classes are open to the entire Harvard community, including students, faculty, staff, and alumni as well as MIT affiliates. Our classes represent a broad range of dance styles and traditions and are taught by Boston area professional teaching artists.
Accessibility: All classes are taught specifically to be inclusive of people with a range of disabilities. If you anticipate needing any type of access service, please email dance@fas.harvard.edu in advance of your participation.
SPRING 2021: JANUARY 25-APRIL 3
In accordance with Harvard's online 2020-21 academic year, the Dance Center will continue to offer its 10-week series of one-hour live virtual classes via Zoom in the Spring 2021 semester:
Ballet Barre
Bharatanatyam
Contemporary
Conditioning
Hip Hop
Latinx/Soca Fusion
Soca Fusion
West African Dance
All classes are live and interactive, and some feature live music. Post-class recordings will be available to registered participants who are unable to attend the live classes or reside in time zones other than Eastern Standard Time.
REGISTRATION AND DROP-INS
ONLINE REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!
All Dance Center community classes are offered via a 10-week series. We encourage enrolling for the full series to experience the breadth, engagement and community that each class offers.
We will continue to offer the drop-in option as well, beginning the 3rd week of the series (as of February 8) and running through the end of the series.
All participants must register online whether they enroll in the full series or drop-in.
Note: There will be no classes held on Wellness Days: Monday, March 1; Tuesday, March 16, and Wednesday, March 31. There will also be no classes held on President's Day, Monday, February 15. Additional make-up classes will be scheduled the week of April 5-8.
COST
Harvard Undergraduate and Graduate Students
FREE!
Register once to join us for the full series or simply drop-in as your schedule permits - your access will be the same.
Harvard Community: Alumni, Faculty, Staff, and MIT Affiliates
10-week series: $70
- Multi-class discount: 25% off registering for more than one class series
- Full refund available with withdrawal by January 30.
- Half refund available with withdrawal by February 6.
Harvard’s Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) for eligible employees: $40
Drop-in, starting February 8: $10/class
OUR VIRTUAL STUDIOS: ZOOM and GOOGLE CLASSROOMS
- Registrants will access their class(es) via Google Classrooms.
- Zoom link(s) will be posted each Monday in these virtual classrooms as well as the post-class recordings for asynchronous learning.
- Class recordings will be posted the following day and remain available for up to 3 weeks.
- Please read the Dance Center's Virtual Class FAQ!
On Monday, January 25, all registrants will be sent an email with an invite to their Google Classroom, which contains a link and a specific class code for secure access. Each class has its own code. Visit the classroom(s) to access the weekly Zoom link.
Community drop-in students will receive an email with the direct Zoom link to class by no later than 4pm on the day of their selected class, or by 4pm Friday for their selected Saturday class.
SPRING 2021 CLASS SCHEDULE
BALLET BARRE
Yury Yanowsky
Tuesday, 7-8PM EST
Jean Robens Georges
Thursday, 5-6PM EST
BHARATANATYAM
Sunanda Narayanan
Tuesday, 6-7PM EST
Thursday, 6:30-7:30PM EST
CONDITIONING
Lonnie Stanton
Wednesday, 7:30-8:30PM EST
Nailah Randall-Bellinger
Saturday, 10-11AMEST
CONTEMPORARY
Lonnie Stanton
Monday, 6-7PM EST
Nailah Randall-Bellinger
Saturday, 11:15AM-12:15PM EST
HIP HOP
Tarikh Campbell
Monday, 7-8PM EST
Amirah Sackett – New Guest Teacher!
Thursday, 6-7PM EST
LATINX/SOCA FUSION
Laura Rodriguez – New Guest Teacher!
Ella Wechsler-Matthaei
Tuesday, 5-6PM EST
SOCA FUSION
Thursday, 7-8PM EST
Makeda Wallace – New Guest Teacher!
Ella Wechsler-Matthaei
WEST AFRICAN DANCE
Joh Camara
Wednesday, 6-7PM EST
Saturday, 1-2PM EST
Note: There will be no classes held on Wellness Days: Monday, March 1; Tuesday, March 16, and Wednesday, March 31. There will also be no classes held on President's Day, Monday, February 15. Additional make-up classes will be scheduled the week of April 5-8.