Dance

UNC Charlotte Dance Majors Katie Harmon and Victoria Stewart received Betty Holding Dancers Fund scholarships from the Wake Forest Dance Festival. These $500 scholarships are available on a competitive basis to student performers selected for the dance festival, which took place in September. The Wake Forest Dance Festival was founded in 2017 by Masha Maddux, […]

Students in the Department of Dance will perform the 2018 Fall Dance Concert November 15-18, in the Belk Theater in Robinson Hall for the Performing Arts. The four works on the program were choreographed by UNC Charlotte dance faculty and guest artists, including choreographer Claudia Lavista of Delfos Danza Contemporánea. The program will open with […]

The North Carolina Association for Colleges and Teacher Educators (NCACTE) has named recent UNC Charlotte dance alumna Makayla Church the 2018 Student Teacher of the Year. Church received the award on October 4 at the 36th Annual North Carolina Teacher Education Forum, Celebrating Our Professional Identity: Shared Knowledge and Advocacy held in Raleigh.The award includes […]

The Department of Dance will present a Faculty Dance Concert on September 28 and 29 in the Anne R. Belk Theater in Robinson Hall. The program features five works by faculty choreographers and includes faculty and guest performers. The choreographic styles, from classical Indian dance to circus arts and physical theater to varied contemporary dance […]

Dance alumna Laura Dearman has recently joined Neville Dance Theatre in New York City after a September 1 audition. Founded in 2005 by Brenda R. Neville, the Manhattan-based company presents annual fall seasons in New York City, as well as curated and festival performances throughout the year. In November, the Neville Dance Theatre will perform […]

The Department of Dance will host Brazilian artists Dandha Da Hora and Dendê Macêdo in residency September 9-21. During their time in Charlotte, they will teach classes at UNC Charlotte, Northwest School of the Arts, and the Harvey B. Gantt Center. Born and raised in Salvador, Bahia, Dandha Da Hora has been a member of […]

At UNC Charlotte we believe that the arts are a vital part of every child’s education. In partnership with the Cato College of Education, the College of Arts + Architecture prepares future teachers in visual art, dance, music, and theatre. The Department of Dance congratulates recent dance education graduates who are starting their first teaching […]

The UNC Charlotte Department of Dance announces Fall 2018 guest artist, Claudia Lavista. Lavista will teach master classes, hold conversations with students, and create a new version of her interdisciplinary work PROW (a journey). Students will audition to work with Lavista in the first week of fall semester. The work will be performed as part […]

Julia Foster, who graduated from UNC Charlotte in May with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and a Bachelor of Arts in English, has joined PDX Contemporary Ballet in Portland, Oregon, as a company member. While at UNC Charlotte, Julia participated in the Professional Training Certificate in Dance, a two-year, 16-hour certificate program with Charlotte […]

Dance education major Makayla Church has been named the UNC Charlotte Student Teacher of the Year for the Spring 2018 semester. She becomes the UNC Charlotte nominee for North Carolina Outstanding Student Teacher of the Year, which will be announced at the annual North Carolina Association of Colleges and Teacher Educators meeting this fall in […]