Dr. Ana Paula Höfling’s “Staging Brazil” featured in Dance Research Journal
Congratulations to Dr. Ana Paula Höfling for the achievement of her book “Staging Brazil: Choreographies of Capoeira” being reviewed and featured in the 55th Volume of the Dance Research Journal, published by Cambridge University Press. “Staging Brazil” examines Brazilian capoeira—an African diasporic “street-fighting” practice and art presented in folkloric shows for tourists, contextualizing the rise of the two main […]
The UNCG | Susan W. Stinson Book Award for Dance Education AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT
The UNC Greensboro School of Dance is delighted to announce recipients of the 2022 UNCG | Susan W. Stinson Book Award for Dance Education: Lindsay Guarino, Carlos R.A. Jones, and Wendy Oliver for the edited volume of “Rooted Jazz Dance: Africanist Aesthetics and Equity in the Twenty-First Century” (The University Press of Florida, 2022), and […]
2nd Annual Stinson Book Award Nominations Open November 5
The UNC Greensboro School of Dance is thrilled to announce the 2nd annual UNCG | Susan W. Stinson Book Award for Dance Education call for nominations. About the Award Funded by an anonymous donor to UNCG in recognition of Dr. Susan W. Stinson, a leading pioneer in the field of dance education, the annual award […]
In Memorium: Professor Emeritus John Gamble
The School of Dance is mourning the passing of our own Professor Emeritus John Gamble. John Jenkins Gamble, Jr. passed as the sun set on his 79th birthday surrounded by his closest loved ones on February 10th, 2022 at Annie Penn Hospital in Reidsville, NC. John was born February 10th, 1943 in Albany, NY, […]
Dr. Ana Paula Höfling Receives National Award
Congratulations to Associate Professor Ana Paula Höfling who was awarded the Dance Studies Association’s Oscar G. Brockett Prize for Dance Research for her book Staging Brazil: Choreographies of Capoeira (Wesleyan University Press, 2019). The award is funded by the Oscar G. Brockett Center for Theatre History and Criticism at the University of Texas Austin, and […]
Join the School of Dance Graduate Programs!
The UNC Greensboro School of Dance invites applications for our resident MFA and MA programs to begin in Fall 2022. The MFA in Choreography is a three-year, 60-hour program designed to develop and clarify students’ choreographic voices and to deepen understanding of dance-making as a personal, aesthetic, cultural, and social process. The MA in Theories & Practices is […]
Inaugural Recipient of Risner Professor of Dance Award Announced
The UNCG School of Dance is excited to announce Assistant Professor of Dance Clarice Young as the inaugural recipient of the Doug Risner Professor of Dance Award. Dr. Risner has a long relationship with UNCG Dance and he holds a BFA and MFA in Dance and Ph.D. in Educational Foundations from UNC Greensboro. His intent […]
Call for Submissions to 2nd Annual Stinson Book Award
The UNCG | Susan W. Stinson Book Award in Dance Education Announcement and Call for Submissions The UNC Greensboro School of Dance is thrilled to announce the opening of the 2nd round of nominations for the UNCG | Susan W. Stinson Book Award for Dance Education. About the Award Funded by an anonymous donor to […]
Inaugural Winner of Stinson Award Announced
The University of North Carolina Greensboro School of Dance is delighted to announce the inaugural recipient of the UNCG | Susan W. Stinson Book Award for Dance Education to Doug Risner and Karen Schupp for the edited volume Ethical Dilemmas in Dance Education: Case Studies on Humanizing Dance Pedagogy (Palgrave MacMillan, 2020). Comprised of research-based, […]
Stinson Book Award Call for Nominations
The UNC Greensboro School of Dance is thrilled to announce the creation of The UNCG | Susan W. Stinson Book Award for Dance Education. About the Award Funded by an anonymous donor to UNCG in recognition of Dr. Susan W. Stinson, a leading pioneer in the field of dance education, the annual award recognizes book-length […]