# Neuroscience & Dance Partnership ## Neuroscience & Dance Partnership ![dancer on stage](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_21_9__1920x825/public/2026-07/2026%20Harvard%20Arts%20Festival-1373.jpeg?h=18a13b6d&itok=fvcxaeMg) ## expand\_more Harvard students are eligible to receive scholarships to the [Advanced Studies Program in Dance & Neuroscience ](https://www.evamartz.com/advance-studies-program-dance-neuroscience/)online as part of a partnership with the European Institute of Movement Science. This interdisciplinary online program explores the intersection of dance, neuroscience, creativity, technology, and therapeutic movement applications, and offers participants advanced insights into neurocognitive approaches to movement creation, choreographic innovation, movement analysis technologies, and embodied artistic practice. As part of a special collaboration opportunity with the Office for the Arts (OFA) Dance Program, dance students at Harvard are eligible for dedicated scholarship access. For further information, please contact: [**europeanmovementprograms@gmail.com**](mailto:europeanmovementprograms@gmail.com) Virtual lab studies with choreographer and neuroscientist Eva Sanchez Martz may also be offered through the OFA Dance Program throughout the year. **Information Session Highlights** **Program Vision Video featuring Professor Beatriz Calvo-Merino (City, University of London)** --- ## Program Contact Please reach out with any questions about the OFA Dance Program. [### Elizabeth Epsen ](/people/elizabeth-epsen) Associate Director for College Dance, OFA Dance Program Elizabeth Epsen (she/her) is the Associate Director for College Dance for the OFA Dance Program where she oversees all co-curricular dance in the OFA including artistic and pedagogic curation of programming; administration; communications; undergraduate... ![Black and white headshot of Elizabeth Epsen looking directly into the camera.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-08/052326_ProxiesHeadshots_OliviaMoonPhotography-20.jpg?h=e47c3a49&itok=llRUHOp_) ### Learn more about OFA Dance Explore all of the OFA Dance Program's course offerings, special projects, and more. [ OFA Dance Program arrow\_circle\_right ](/dance) ![Women in pink outfits dancing](/sites/g/files/omnuum13031/files/styles/hwp_1_1__480x480/public/2026-03/4b74272b6cb872a84257a158f580b99debc53dc0%20%281%29.png?h=ba0e32a7&itok=8Ua0hSfx)