Dance
Dance Department to Participate in National Water Dance
Students from the UNC Charlotte Department of Dance, under the direction of Professor of Dance Sybil Huskey, will participate in National Water Dance. Held this year on Saturday, April 16, National Water Dance is an annual event that builds a nation-wide “movement choir” of dancers who join together to draw attention to global water issues. […]
Spring Dance Concert Features Work by Tony Winning Choreographer George Faison
The Department of Dance will present a Spring Concert April 14-17 in Anne R. Belk Theater in Robinson Hall. Among the works on the program is Suite Otis, choreographed by the Tony Award-winning choreographer George Faison. Faison is a former dancer with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the choreographer of more than two dozen […]
Dance Professor Featured in Multiple Programs
Assistant Professor of Dance Takiyah Nur Amin has presented multiple lectures and programs about African American dance to a variety of different audiences this semester. On February 13 Dr. Amin presented “BlackDanceMatters” at the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American arts + Culture. The lecture explored Black dance and performance traditions from a historical and […]
Mojdeh Harlan
Manager of Talent Acquisition, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Professor’s Article Published in Dance Research Journal
An article by Assistant Professor of Dance Kim Jones is the cover article of the December 2015 issue of Dance Research Journal, published three times a year by the Congress on Research in Dance. The article, “American Modernism: Reimagining Martha Graham’s Lost Imperial Gesture (1935),” chronicles the research process that Jones undertook in 2012 to […]
Patrice Commodore
Director, Order My Steps Christian Dance Studio
Madeline Jazz Harvey
Assistant Professor of Dance at Colorado State University
Hardin M. Minor
Performance Artist, Co-Founder/Artistic Director of OMIMEO Mime Theatre Education:Bachelor of Creative Arts, UNC Charlotte (1979) Hometown:Charlotte, NC Charlotte native and multidimensional performance artist Hardin Minor is a key player in the Charlotte arts scene, embodying countless characters and enlivening spaces throughout the community. In 1978, he and Eddie Williams founded OMIMEO Mime Theatre, which continues to entertain […]
Ali Duffy
A President’s Excellence in Teaching Professor of Dance and Honors, Associate Head of Dance, and Graduate Dance Director at Texas Tech University/Artistic Director of Flatlands Dance Theatre Education:Bachelor of Arts in Dance, UNC Charlotte (2001)Master of Fine Arts, Choreography, UNC Greensboro (2009)PhD, Dance, Texas Woman’s University (2017) Hometown: Home “region” Virginia/North Carolina Ali Duffy moved […]
Dance Department Presents Work About Muhammad Ali
The Department of Dance welcomes choreographer Christal Brown and a nine-member male ensemble for a one-night only performance of The Opulence of Integrity: A Movement Odyssey Exploring the Life and Legacy of Muhammad Ali on Friday, January 29. This riveting multimedia dance theater work, inspired by the public life and inner searching of boxing’s outspoken […]