Faculty Profile
Sarah Skaggs
Associate Professor of Dance; Director of Dance (2008)
Contact Information
Montgomery House
717-245-1771
Bio
Sarah Skaggs, artistic director of Sarah Skaggs Dance, is an internationally renowned choreographer from New York City. She has received numerous fellowships -- from The National Endowment for the Arts, The Jerome, Harkenss, Greenwall, and Rockefeller foundations. Her work focuses on the relationship between the body and spirituality as impacted by social and political crises. Recently, she completed a multi-year cycle of choreographic works dealing with the body and disaster, particularly with respect to September 11th. At Dickinson she teaches Dance History, Modern Technique, Somatics, and Choreography.
Education
- B.A., Sweet Briar College, 1979
- M.F.A., Hollins University, 2007
2026-2027 Academic Year
Fall 2026
THDA 203 Acting I
An introduction to the principles and theories of acting combined with practical exercises and scene performance. This course fulfills the Arts distribution requirement.
THDA 495 Senior Project
Permission of Instructor Required.
Spring 2027
THDA 495 Senior Project
Permission of Instructor Required.