Student-Led Dance Groups
Student-Led Dance Groups
Join a Student-Led Dance Group or start a new one.
There are over 25 student-led dance groups on campus representing a broad range of dance styles and traditions from all over the globe. Below is a list of dance groups and groups with a dance or movement component. If you know of a dance/movement-based group on campus that is not listed here, let us know at dance@fas.harvard.edu.
To learn about and contact any of these groups, or to find out more information about becoming a recognized group, visit the Student Organizations page.
Student-Led Dance Groups receive a regular recurring reservation at Harvard Dance Center or Director's Studio and may reserve additional studio space throughout the semester. Visit the Studio Reservation page to learn more. Student-Led Dance Groups also attend the OFA Dance Program's yearly disability inclusion workshops.
For opportunities to share work in a community setting, learn about the Harvard Dance Center Residency or Informal Showings.
Student-led Dance Groups List
For a complete list and contact information, visit the Dean of Students Office's List of Student Organizations.
- Harvard Asian American Dance Troupe (AADT)
- Harvard Ballet Company
- Harvard Ballroom Dance Team
- Harvard Black Men’s Forum (BMF) Step
- Harvard College Bhangra Team
- Harvard Undergraduate Breakers
- Harvard Undergraduate Candela Latin Dance Troupe
- Harvard Chinese Dance Troupe (Graduate)
- Harvard CityStep
- Harvard Crimson Body and Pole
- Harvard Crimson Dance Team
- Harvard Undergraduate Contemporary Collective (HCC)
- Harvard Deepam
- Harvard Eleganza
- Harvard Eritrean and Ethiopian Students Association (EESA)
- Harvard Expressions Dance Company
- Harvard-Radcliffe Modern Dance Company (HRMDC)
- Harvard RAZA Ballet Folklorico
- Harvard Taekwondo "DEMO" Demonstration Team*
- Harvard TAPS
- Harvard Wushu Club
- HGSE Footloose (Graduate)
- Nusantara Kreasindo Indonesian Dance
- Omo Naija x The Wahala Boys Dance Troupe
- Passus: Harvard College Step Team
- Harvard Undergraduate Ghungroo
- UNIQUE: Harvard Undergraduate Step Team
Student-led Dance Group Leader Workshops
Student-led Dance Group Leaders regularly gather as a cohort together with Dance Center staff for advisement, knowledge-sharing, fellowship, and professional development workshops.
If you are a new incoming director of a student-led dance group, please contact Elizabeth Epsen.
Previous workshops offered:
- Disability Inclusion Workshops: OFA Dance Program regularly offers workshops on accessibility and disability inclusion practices, both in and outside the studio.
- Introduction to Campfire: An introduction to a new online, community-building platform Campfire, co-created by Dance Center alum Jenny Liu ’20, which was awarded an Innovation Grant from Harvard’s Office of Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging.
- Video Production Workshops: Broken up into two parts and led by Kathryn Abarbanel GSD’19, workshops offered students both an introduction to video editing as well as intermediate level editing using Adobe Premiere Suite.
- Diversity Peer Educators (DPE's) Workshops: Led by DPE's from the Office of Diversity Education and Support around best practices for leading and cultivating an inclusive environment for dance organizations.
- Disability Inclusion Workshop led by dancer, teacher, and global disability rights activist Kerry Thompson Ed.M.08 for a 101 on disability inclusion best practices in the arts.
- Office of Sexualt Assualt Prevention and Reponse (OSAPR) Workshop: A discussion led by OSAPR case coordinator Rose Poyau on tools and frameworks for addressing identity, gender, and sexual violence.
Program Contact
Please reach out with any questions about the OFA Dance Program.
Elizabeth Epsen
epsen@fas.harvard.edu
