Academics

Dana Holby—Dance

Image of Dana Holby Dana did her early training at Juilliard (where, as a freshman, she performed with Jose Limon and Anna Sokolov), the Royal Ballet School in England, the Munich Opera Ballet, and the Boston Conservatory. After five years as a professional dancer, she turned her energies to an M.F.A. at Connecticut College where she was awarded a teaching fellowship. For five years she was head of the dance department at Middlebury College, where she founded the Middlebury College Dance Company and the Festival on the Green.

Of Marlboro she says, "It is the ideal place for a dancer who also wants to work in other areas of the curriculum. For the same reason, there are wonderful opportunities for collaboration between theater, music and dance faculty and students." Interest in dance has grown tremendously at Marlboro during the past several years, Dana says: "Students have been producing extremely high-caliber concerts, featuring their own choreographic efforts, creativity, and technique skills."

Dana maintains a prolific level of creative activity, turning out a steady stream of new dance performances, both at the college and in the southern Vermont community. In addition to her work at Marlboro, Dana founded and served as artistic director and choreographer for the Coincidance dance company and supports artists’ endeavors as often as possible in the area.

B.A., Boston Conservatory of Music, 1968; M.F.A., Connecticut College, 1975; Marlboro College, 1981 –