Dance

A new documentary about the history of jazz dance features Associate Professor of Dance Karen Hubbard among its contributors. Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance has garnered awards and positive reviews since its premiere in July, including Best Musical Documentary in the Rhode Island International Film Festival and Best of Festival (Feature) in the Dance […]

An article by Assistant Professor of Dance Kaustavi Sarkar appears in the current issue of Dance Education in Practice, a journal for dance educators that publishes four times a year. In the article, “Indian Classical Dance Education in Diaspora,” Sarkar reflects on her experiences teaching Odissi in the United States within both South Asian diasporic […]

Audrey Baran, visiting assistant professor of dance and an alumna of UNC Charlotte (B.A. Dance, 2003), has published an article in the Journal of Dance Education. The article, “Sneaking Meditation,” offers practical and experiential methods of incorporating meditative practices into a contemporary or modern dance course while maintaining the energetic rigor that university dance students […]

NYC-Based Dance Artist

Jim Henson Academy of Visual and Performing Arts Coordinator at Northwestern High School, Hyattsville, MD

Professional Dancer with Adolfo Indacochea & Latin Soul Dancers, Dance Instructor at Empire Mambo Dance Studio, New York City

UNC Charlotte Dance faculty and students participated in the 2020 North Carolina Dance Education Organization (NCDEO) conference, Technology, Assessment, & Artistry in Dance, held Saturday, February 22, at Northwest School of the Arts in Charlotte. The event also attracted alumni of the dance program, many of them now dance educators in North Carolina public schools. […]

More than 30 dance students were treated to a rigorous but thrilling masterclass by Hope Boykin on Wednesday, February 26. Boykin, a native of Durham, North Carolina, is a longtime member of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. The revered modern dance company, founded by Alvin Ailey more than 60 years ago, performed two programs in […]

Freelance Dance Artist, LA

The Department of Dance has been awarded a 2020-2021 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) “Art Works” grant. The $10,000 grant will support the project “Indian Dance and American Communities: Expanding Forms and Audiences.” Dr. Kaustavi Sarkar, assistant professor of dance, is the principal investigator. With the grant, the dance department will commission two dance […]