Ryane Currie

Ryane Currie is currently earning her Bachelor's Degree in Dance at Dean College, where she has been awarded a yearly dance scholarship. She has had the opportunity to continue to study within the genre's she grew up to know such as ballet, pointe, jazz, modern, and tap, as well as study dance related academics such as pedagogy, kineisiology, and dance composition.

Since Ryane's freshman year, she has been a part of Dean College's "Company," where she has had the chance to perform in an annual concert with a select group of dancers, and Dean's best choreographers. With that, Ryane has had the opportunity to work with choreograpers such as Gregory King, Jeremy Ruth-Howes, Julie White, Bryan Steel, Robbie Mulrey, and Ricardo Foster. Alongside what her college has to offer, Ryane has furthered her education in programs with Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company (2011), Paul Taylor Dance Company (2012), and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (2013).

Ryane has had the great privelage of taking part in a handful of experiences offered to her through Dean College's dance department. Some of these include performing at the American College Dance Festival the past three years with Gregory King's "Strange Invisible Perfume," (2011), Jessica Pretty's "The Wo(men) Who Danced," (2012), Lynne Schabeti's "Raven Like a Writing Desk," (2014), and Jeremy Ruthe Howe's "From The Ashes," (2014). Gregory King's "Strange Invisible Perfume," was selected to perform in the 2011 national gala in Washington D.C. at the Kennedy Center the following summer, as well as the Joyce Theater in 2014 for New York City Dance Alliance's "Destiny Rising." This year, Ryane will also be participating in William Evan's "Colony," which will be performed at the Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater for the American Dance Guild Festival.

Ryane is also proud of her academic successes at Dean such as the Joan Phelps Palladino Dance Award her sophomore year in recognition of her passion for dance, as well as her academic achievements. Lastly, Ryane is proud to have completed an independent study with Joan Phelps Palladino where she wrote "A Guide to Professional Dance Intensives," directed towards students who are looking to expand their dance educaton at programs all over the U.S.