Dance

Students in the Department of Dance will perform the 2017 Fall Concert, November 16-19. The diverse program includes contemporary ballet, African-based choreography, and a work inspired by urban street dance, choreographed by guest artist Marcus White of White Werx. Associate Professor Delia Neil has choreographed two contemporary ballet works for the concert. Las Mujeres Fuertes […]

Faculty in the Department of Dance presented scholarship at the 2017 Joint Conference of the Congress on Research in Dance and the Society of Dance History Scholars (newly merged to form the Dance Studies Association). The conference was titled Transmissions and Traces: Rendering Dance and was hosted by The Ohio State University Department of Dance, […]

The Department of Dance will welcome choreographer Marcus White for an intensive residency October 14-21 at UNC Charlotte. During the residency, White will set a new work on dance students and will also offer open workshops on urban street and social dances and dance for the camera. The new work that White develops with students […]

AGA Collaborative, the trio of choreographer-performers that includes Associate Professor of Dance Gretchen Alterowitz, will perform at the SHIFT | DANCE Festival in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on October 20. AGA Collaborative will perform win. place. show., a work that they premiered at UNC Charlotte in February 2017. Running approximately 55 minutes, win. place. show. investigates […]

Dance Instructor, American Dance and Drama Studio, New York City

The Paul Taylor 2 Dance Company will perform Tracer, a 1962 work by Paul Taylor that was reconstructed by Associate Professor of Dance Kim Jones, at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City on Wednesday, September 6. Tracer is one of three works to be performed in the program “Dance Among Friends: […]

This year’s Department of Dance Faculty Concert is a rich and varied program that features diverse dance techniques, esteemed guest performers, multimedia presentation, and live music. For the performances, which take place September 15 and 16 in the Anne R. Belk Theater in Robinson Hall, the dance faculty welcome colleagues from the UNC Charlotte departments […]

UNC Charlotte dance students Makayla Church, Anna Edwards, and Tracy Heim presented research projects during the Summer Research Symposium, held on July 26 on the UNC Charlotte campus. The Charlotte Research Scholars program provides undergraduate students funding to participate in a 10-week research program. Scholars receive faculty-guided research training and participate in weekly professional development […]

AGA Collaborative, a trio of choreographer-performers that includes UNC Charlotte Associate Professor of Dance Gretchen Alterowitz with Alison Bory and Amanda Hamp, has been invited to perform the original work win. place. show. at two international conferences this summer. AGA Collaborative will perform at the Dance and Somatic Practices 2017 Conference, to be held July […]

A work by Assistant Professor of Dance Rachel Barker has been chosen for the 2017 North Carolina Dance Festival (NCDF) touring roster. Each year, the NCDF, a program coordinated by Greensboro-based Dance Project, brings professional modern and contemporary dance choreography from North Carolina artists to audiences across the state. In 2016, Associate Professor of Dance […]