Dance

UNC Charlotte faculty and students participated in the North Carolina Dance Education Organization (NCDEO) conference held at Northwest School of the Arts (NWSA) on Saturday, February 10, 2018. The conference welcomed dance educators and students from around the state. Faculty members EE Balcos, Rachel Barker, and Tamara Williams taught classes. Fifteen students attended classes and […]

Dance majors Makayla Church (dance education concentration) and Anna Edwards (dance performance, choreography, and theory concentration) presented research posters at the State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium on Saturday, November 4, at Campbell University. Both presented research completed at UNC Charlotte as Charlotte Research Scholars. Church’s project, mentored by Associate Professor Gretchen […]

Assistant Professor of Dance Tamara Williams has presented her research on the spiritual dances of the African Diaspora in two international conferences this fall. In October, she taught an Afro-Brazilian dance workshop and performed a solo work, “Of the Past,” at the Rex Nettleford Arts Conference at Edna Manley College in Kingston, Jamaica. The theme […]

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 […]