Sarah DiPasquale
Associate Professor and chair
Office: 228 Sports Center
Telephone: 518-580-8422
Email: sdipasqu@skidmore.edu
Sarah DiPasquale is an Associate Professor and Chair of Dance Department at Skidmore
College. She earned her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Sage Graduate School and
a B.S. in Health and Exercise Science from Syracuse University. As a dancer, she trained
at The Center for Ballet and Dance Arts (Syracuse, NY), the Boston Conservatory, and
danced professionally with the Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company.
Sarah’s performance career ended early due to injury which continues to inform the
direction of her research and teaching. Her scholarship focuses on the effects of
dance training on individuals with disabilities and at-risk youth alongside the investigation
of injury prevention and management in collegiate dancers. Sarah was named Skidmore’s
2019 Periclean Faculty Leader for her work bringing civic engagement into the academic
classroom. In 2019 she also served as a New York State Education Department reviewer
for the new Content Specialty Exam in Dance. Sarah’s work has been published in the
Journal of Dance Education, Journal of Dance Medicine and Science (forthcoming), Performance Enhancement & Health, Arts & Health, Medical Problems of the Performing
Artist, Sports, and The International Journal of Exercise Science.