Dance

Hometown: Charlotte, NC BA in Dance Education with an Advanced Dance Studies Certificate 2026 How did you first get interested in dance?I have always been interested in the arts, and have been involved in one or the other. I began dancing around 7, but decided to pursue dance as a profession at age 13. I […]

Hometown: China Grove, NC BA in Dance with a concentration in Performance, Choreography, and Theory, an English minor, and a Certificate in Advanced Dance Studies 2025 How did you first get interested in dance? I have been dancing for 18 years. As soon as I began dancing, I knew I wanted to continue it as a […]

Movement Migration, the dance company founded by Associate Professor of Dance Kim Jones, has been awarded two grants from the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. The two grants, more than $20,000 combined, support both project-based work and company operations. “The grants announced today are a big […]

Growing up in the Raleigh suburb of Rolesville, North Carolina, Alabi Orisadele “danced in the mirror for fun,” but his physical focus was the year-round rigor of track and field and cross-country. So when he arrived at UNC Charlotte his freshman year, he chose Exercise Science for his academic home and the MOVE Dance Alliance […]

Several faculty and alumni in the College of Arts + Architecture have been recognized in the 2023 “Best in the Nest” Awards presented by Charlotte independent weekly newspaper Queen City Nerve. Covering a wide range of categories, the annual awards include both Critics’ and Readers’ Picks. In the “City Life” Category, professors Heather Freeman and […]

Seven current College of Arts + Architecture faculty members are among the recent recipients of grants from the local Arts & Science Council (ASC). Professor of Voice and Opera workshop Brian Arreola, Professor of Dance E.E. Balcos, Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Audrey Baran, Associate Professor of Clarinet Jessica Lindsey, Assistant Professor of Trumpet Eric […]

On a recent sunny afternoon, a cool breeze blew through the trees, picking up fall leaves and making them dance through the air. As leaves swirled, students in stunningly colorful outfits sang and clapped, encircling a magnificent oak tree in a vibrant ring of music and movement. UNC Charlotte dance and music students had traveled […]

Assistant Professor of Dance Ashley Tate recently presented her work, ​​”When A Black Man Walks,” at the 3rd Annual Baltimore Black Choreographers Festival in Baltimore, Maryland. Held October 13-15, the festival was a weekend of performances, panels, and workshops designed to highlight Black choreographers. The Black Choreographers Festival also “represents the Baltimore community through unique […]

Hometown: Raleigh, NC BA in Dance Education 2025 How did you first get interested in dance?I first became inspired to become an educator by my middle school dance teacher at Moore Square Middle School, Nicole Duncan. She was a UNC Charlotte alumni also from Raleigh.  What kind of career do you hope to have?I hope […]

On Saturday, October 7, six UNC Charlotte dancers performed ​​An Homage To Dutch Art In A Global Age at the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) in Raleigh. Choreographed by dance professor Delia Neil, this piece was commissioned by the NCMA to accompany the exhibition, Dutch Art in a Global Age: Masterpieces from the Museum […]