For 35 years Skidmore College has been the summer home to some of the world’s finest dance companies. Award-winning choreographers, master teachers and professional dancers have been in residence creating new works, teaching technique to pre-professional and professional dancers, and engaging the local community. 

Previous resident companies have included:  Jose Limón Dance Company, Twyla Tharp, Dan Wagoner and Dancers, Trisha Brown Dance Company, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane & Company, Mark Morris Dance Group, Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, Taylor 2/Paul Taylor, Martha Graham Dance Company, Garth Fagan Dance, Parsons Dance Company, Ballet Hispanico, Doug Varone and Dancers, Ronald K. Brown\Evidence, Gallim Dance, Take Dance, Susan Marshall & Company and Stephen Petronio Company.  

Skidmore Summer Dance Residencies have been sponsored, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts Dance Program.