Dance

Dance Alum/Professor Wins National Choreography Competition

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Audrey Ipapo Baran ’03, dance alum and visiting assistant professor of dance, is one of four recipients of the Joffrey Academy of Dance’s 12th annual Winning Works Choreographic Competition. The Joffrey Academy is the official school of the Chicago-based Joffrey Ballet. The winning choreographers’ world-premiere works will be showcased on the dancers of the Joffrey […]

Professor’s Dance for Camera Work Included in SECCA Exhibition

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Assistant Professor of Dance Tamara Williams is one of 25 artists whose work is included in Black@Intersection: Contemporary Black Voices in Art, a new exhibition at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) in Winston Salem. Curated by Duane Cyrus, a former dancer with the Martha Graham and Alvin Ailey dance companies and a professor […]

Christina Hudgins

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Board Certified Dance/Movement Therapist, Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counseling Associate, and dance instructor, Greensboro, NC

Dance Professor and Students to Present at Royal Academy of Dance Conference

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Associate Professor of Dance Delia Neil will present a workshop at the Royal Academy of Dance international conference on September 4. Dance students Leah Adams and Brandy Brown will serve as the workshop demonstrator in the online presentation. The Royal Academy of Dance describes the virtual conference, Mapping Dance and Dance Teaching: Past(s), Present and […]

2021 CoA+A Convocation Brings Newcomers into the Circle

The College of Arts + Architecture welcomed new members of our College family into the “circle” on Sunday, August 22, with the 2021 CoA+A Convocation ceremony and after party in the Arts Quad. Dean Brook Muller opened the evening: “I want to express my gratitude to all of you for joining us on this fine […]

Gabriela Shutt

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Youth Mobilization Manager at One Love Foundation

Katie Harmon

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Company Artist with Aerial Dance Chicago / Multimedia Dance Artists

Alumna Promoted to Principal Dancer in NYC Company

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Dance alumna Laura Dearman ’18 has been promoted to a principal dancer position with Neville Dance Theatre, a Manhattan-based contemporary ballet company founded in 2005 by Brenda R. Neville. Dearman joined Neville Dance Theatre in September 2018 as a company member. The company presents annual fall seasons in New York City, as well as curated […]

Inaugural Social Justice Scholarship Recipients Use Architecture, Dance to Advocate for Diversity and Inclusion

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Two COllege of arts + Architecture students, Abena Atiemo (pictured above right) and Melinda Erickson (left), have been named the inaugural recipients of the UNC Charlotte Alumni Association Scholarship for Social Justice. Each student will receive $1,500 to assist with their tuition and fees. This funding recognizes their dedication to the pursuit of social action […]

Dance Students Bring Mummies to Life at NC Art Museum

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On Sunday, April 25, six UNC Charlotte dance students heard a sound that has been all too rare in the past 13 months: applause from a live audience. The students – Leah Adams, Tabitha Baker, Neha Kissler, Erika Rush, Kenny Raynor and Allie Schultz – gave four performances of “An Homage to Ancient Egypt” for […]