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SoA Announces 2016-17 Scholarships in Practice
Three architecture students have been awarded Scholarships in Practice for the 2016-17 academic year: Scott Barber: BB+M Scholarship in Practice Yagmur Ersayin: C DESIGN Scholarship in Practice Dean Crouch: CLARK NEXSEN Scholarship in Practice The “Scholarship in Practice” is a combined scholarship/internship program that has been established in partnership with local architecture firms. Rising fifth-year […]
Dance Professor Performs Historic Solo at 92nd Street Y
Assistant Professor of Dance Kim Jones performed Martha Graham’s 1935 solo, Imperial Gesture, on April 22 at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. The program of “Historic and Significant Female Solos, 1928-1954” featured four dancers performing rarely seen solos by Graham and other women choreographers. In 2012, Jones, a former member of the […]
Professor and Alum Receive MANY Award of Merit
Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Design Deb Ryan, with co-author and School of Architecture alumnus Frank Vagnone, has been awarded the Individual Achievement Award 2015 by The Museum Association of New York (MANY). The award is in recognition of producing a significant body of work of note over the last seven years: “The Awards […]
Theatre Professor to Present Nouveau Sud Project
Physical theatre expert CarlosAlexis Cruz, an assistant professor of voice and movement at UNC Charlotte and an Artist-In-Residence at McColl Center for Art + Innovation, will present his main stage production of “Nouveau Sud, Nouveau Cirque” April 29-30 at Booth Playhouse at Blumenthal Performing Arts Center (130 N. Tryon St., Charlotte). Funded by ASC’s $25,000 […]
Voice Professor Sings Romeo at Toledo Opera
Dr. Brian Arreola, associate professor of voice and director of the opera workshop program, recently sang the role of Romeo in Charles Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet, performed by Toledo Opera in Toledo, Ohio, April 6-10. “Tenor Brian Arreola created a Romeo whose persona churned from petulant adolescent to ardent lover, and finally impetuous hero,” reported […]
Six-Year Shakespeare Project Ends April 23
An ambitious six-year project to address all of Shakespeare’s plays before the 400th anniversary of his death comes to completion on April 23 with As We Like It in the Anne R. Belk Theater at Robinson Hall. Tackling six plays a year in formats ranging from lectures to full-blown theatrical productions, the “36 in 6 […]
Dance Department to Participate in National Water Dance
Students from the UNC Charlotte Department of Dance, under the direction of Professor of Dance Sybil Huskey, will participate in National Water Dance. Held this year on Saturday, April 16, National Water Dance is an annual event that builds a nation-wide “movement choir” of dancers who join together to draw attention to global water issues. […]
Free Concert Celebrates Contemporary Women Composers
The Department of Music will celebrate the music of women composers on April 21 with Set No Limits, a free concert at UNC Charlotte Center City at 7:30 pm. Developed by Assistant Professor of Clarinet Jessica Lindsey, the program presents music by eight composers, performed by Lindsey and guest artists Christian Bohnenstengel, piano, and Christy […]
Award-winning Theatre Alum Publishes New Book of Plays
A new book by UNC Charlotte alumna Caridad Svich has been published by Intellect Books Ltd., UK, and the University of Chicago Press. JARMAN (all this maddening beauty) and other plays is a collection of three poetic works for live performance, accompanied by scholarly essays. The playtexts include Jarman, a lyrical meditation on the legacy […]
Spring Dance Concert Features Work by Tony Winning Choreographer George Faison
The Department of Dance will present a Spring Concert April 14-17 in Anne R. Belk Theater in Robinson Hall. Among the works on the program is Suite Otis, choreographed by the Tony Award-winning choreographer George Faison. Faison is a former dancer with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the choreographer of more than two dozen […]