Dance

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 […]

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 […]