Life After Graduation
After graduating from Lang, dance students have gone on to pursue advanced studies in Choreography and Performance, Performance Studies, Critical Dance Studies, and other fields that explore theories of embodiment (Gender and Sexuality Studies, Critical Race Theory, Visual Studies). In addition, Lang alumni are pursuing vibrant careers in the following fields:
- Choreography
- Performance
- Arts presenting
- Arts administration
- Arts writing
- Creative arts therapy
- Arts education
Students often attend Lang because they are interested in studying dance alongside other disciplines within the humanities and social sciences. Those students have pursued advanced studies in Writing, Psychology, Philosophy, and Social Work. They have pursued careers as teachers, environmental activists, and public health researchers.
Alumni in the News
- New York Times profile of Gillian Walsh (Class of 2011), "Taking Dance to a Still Place," 2017
- New York Times review of "Moon Fate Sin," 2017, by Gillian Walsh (class of 2011)
- New York Times review of “Scenario,” choreographed by Gillian Walsh (class of 2011)
- New York Times review of “Grinding and Equations: Two Duets at Abrons” choreographed by Gillian Walsh (class of 2011), performed by Walsh and Robert Maynard (class of 2013)
- Time Out / New York profile of Bessie Nominee Andrew Champlin (class of 2010)
- Interview profile of Jillian Hervey (class of 2011)
- Brooklyn Magazine, André D. Singleton (Class of 2011) makes "Brooklyn's 100 Most Influenial People"
New School News / #Lang30 Profiles
- Jillian Hervey (class of 2011)
- André Singlelton (class of 2011)
- André Singleton "Forces of New" profile
- Gillian Walsh (class of 2011)
Alumni Projects
Claire Johannes (class of 2013) - Choreographic residency in Summer 2017 at The Yard in Martha's Vineyard as a Boston Schonberg Fellow with Jordan Jamil Ahmed, her partner in power//PLAY.
Ernest Felton Baker (class of 2013) - Choreography and performance in Blood Memory, a film project commissioned by Kenyon Adams, artist in residence at Yale University and Director of the Arts at Grace Farms, as a response to personal experiences with racial profiling.