Guy Thorne performs "Here," with music by Tan Dun and choreographed by Garth Fagan, with Garth Fagan Dance at 8:15 P.M. on Wednesday, August 24, 2016, in the Ampitheater.

Ivy Patterson, left, dances as the Lilac Fairy in "Sleeping Beauty" on March 31, 2016, in the Academy of Music Theatre.

Alessandra Ball James performs in Mark Diamond's piece "Reflections (of a Life)" at 8:15 P.M. on Friday, August 12, 2016, in the Amphitheater.

Rowan Salem, center, teaches a Ballet II class on February 24, 2016, in Scott Dance Studio.

Left to right: Stephanie Kellogg and Coleman Cain dance in THE FIREBIRD on March 31, 2016, in the Academy of Music Theatre.

Michael Mengini, left, and Rheya Shano, right, perform in a segment of a piece called "Who Cares?" in the Chautauqua Dance Student Gala at 2:30 PM on July 17, 2016, in the Amphitheater.

Alessandra Ball James, left, and Ben Ingel, right, perform in Mark Diamond's piece "Reflections (of a Life)" at 8:15 P.M. on Friday, August 12, 2016, in the Amphitheater.

Emma Claire Cook '18, left, laughs with Asia Littell '19, right, after Rowan Salem's Ballet II class on February 24, 2016, in Scott Dance Studio.

Dancers perform in "The Firebird" on March 31, 2016, in the Academy of Music Theatre.

McKenna Eckerline shows off a croisé on February 20, 2016, in the photography studio in Hillyer Hall.

Coleman Cain, center, dances as Prince Ivan in THE FIREBIRD in March 31, 2016, in the Academy of Music Theatre.

Barbie Diewald performs in the Fall Faculty Dance Concert on November 17, 2015, in Theatre 14.

Students dance in Daniel Trenner's Tango I class on February 17, 2016, in the Smith College Crew House.