Over the last five years, the Hood Museum of Art has been collaborating with the Dartmouth Sugarplum Dance Group, offering the galleries as a space for them to have periodic photoshoots. When the museum galleries are closed to visitors, Sugarplum dancers come in and find works of art that speak to them, responding with graceful moves and beautiful poses.
Taking photos at the Hood has been a special Sugarplum tradition for a long time. It is truly one of the most beautiful places on campus to showcase our dancers!
–Bryanna Entwistle ’23
To celebrate this fruitful collaboration, we are sharing a selection of these stunning images, alongside a few words from the dancers themselves.
Dancer from Dartmouth Sugarplum Dance Group poses in from of Anatsui’s Hovor in the museum’s Lathrop Gallery in 2019. Photo by Emma Langfitt ’20.
Dancer from Dartmouth Sugarplum Dance Group poses with Thorton Dial’s Soul Train (2004) in the museum’s Northeast Gallery in 2022. Photo by Naina Bhalla ’22.
The Hood Museum’s team is always so welcoming and helps us find the best places to take photos.
–Rachel Hsu ‘23
Dancer from Dartmouth Sugarplum Dance Group poses in front of Ed Ruscha’s Standard Station (1963) the museum’s Northeast Gallery in 2019. Photo by Emma Langfitt ’20.
The way the art adds movement to the photos is very special.
–Pam Pitakanoda ’23
Dancer from Dartmouth Sugarplum Dance Group reacts to Atsuko Tanaka’s Work (1966) in the museum’s Northeast Gallery in 2019. Photo by Emma Langfitt ’20.
Dancer from Dartmouth Sugarplum Dance Group is inspired by Mark Rothko’s Lilac and Orange over Ivory (1953) in Lathrop Gallery in 2019. Photo by Emma Langfitt.
Dancer from Dartmouth Sugarplum Dance Group leaps into the air in front of the museum’s vitrine window. Photo by Emma Langfitt ’20.
I like that they always change their exhibitions so that we always have a new background for our photos.
–Sara Magdalena Gomez ’25
Dancer from Dartmouth Sugarplum Dance Group reacts to the work of artist Park Dae Sung in Lathrop Gallery in 2023. Photo by Caroline Kramer ’24.
Dancer from Dartmouth Sugarplum Dance Group is inspired by Courtney M. Leonard’s site-specific installation BREACH/Logbook 20: NEBULOUS (2020) in 2022. Photo by Naina Bhalla ’22.
All the beautiful backgrounds are so special to take photos in front of.
–Sara Magdalena Gomez ’25
Dancers from Dartmouth Sugarplum Dance Group pose in front of Park Dae Sung’s Mt. Halla (2019) in Lathrop Gallery in 2023. Photo by Caroline Kramer ’24.
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