Dance

More than 20 students and four faculty from the UNC Charlotte Department of Dance participated in the Mid-Atlantic South Regional Conference of the American College Dance Association, held March 15-18 at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte. The Mid-Atlantic South Regional Conference represents schools from North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. Professors Rachel Barker, E. […]

UNC Charlotte Alumna Christina Hudgins (class of 2016) has been admitted to the Master of Arts in Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling program at Columbia College, Chicago. At UNC Charlotte, Christina earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in Dance and Psychology and a Professional Dance Training Certificate with Charlotte Ballet. She was a member of the Honors […]

The Department of Dance will host Brazilian master teacher, choreographer, and performer Vera Passos for a 10-day residency in April. During the residency, Passos will lead masterclasses for UNC Charlotte students, teach a dance class at Myers Park High School, and provide two public workshops at UNC Charlotte on April 5: Silvestre Dance Technique and […]

The Department of Dance will host two special residencies during the week of January 30, culminating in performances on February 3 and 4. AGA Collaborative, a three-member dance group that includes UNC Charlotte Associate Professor of Dance Gretchen Alterowitz, Alison Bory, and Amanda Hamp, will collaborate with students to create a new dance work, Anthem […]

Dr. Takiyah Nur Amin, Assistant Professor of Dance Studies at UNC Charlotte, co-edited a recently-published issue of Conversations Across the Field of Dance Studies entitled Talking Black Dance: Inside Out/Outside In.Co-edited with Duke University Professor Thomas F. DeFrantz, the issue focuses on embodied practices that constitute African diaspora dance and their histories and identities within […]

A lost dance by modern dance master Paul Taylor, reconstructed by Associate Professor of Dance Kim Jones, was recently reviewed in The New York Times by chief dance critic Alastair Macaulay. The reconstruction was the result of an 18-month process and was funded in part by a Faculty Research Grant, a gift from the Wells […]

Thirteen UNC Charlotte dance students will attend the annual North Carolina Dance Education Organization Conference on January 28, 2017, to be held at UNC Greensboro. Led by Rachel Barker and Delia Neil, students concentrating in dance education and in dance performance, choreography, and theory will attend workshops, master classes, and performances. At the culmination of […]

This winter, students in the Department of Dance have the opportunity to experience and study dance in New York City. Led by professor Rachel Tucker and mentored by Tucker and professor Kim Jones, ten UNC Charlotte Dance students traveled to New York City December 1-4. During the field trip, students took master classes with Ronald […]

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