Pioneers in Pilates: School of Dance Launches Certificate Program
“And now place your hands on the pegs, extend those legs up to the ceiling, breathe, and feel your strength.” Mila Parrish walks around the studio speaking in a calm almost melodic tone, guiding her students through a Pilates flow, stopping from time to time to adjust a leg or arm to help the dancers […]
In Memoriam: Dr. Gay Cheney
Professor Emerita Gay E. Cheney passed away last Wednesday, November 29, 2023. Dr. Cheney was a UNC Greensboro dance faculty member for twenty years from 1976 to 1996. She also served as Head of the Dance Department, now the School of Dance, from 1978 to 1982. While at UNC Greensboro, Dr. Cheney taught improvisation, the creative process, […]
Commencement Profile: Maria Menendez
Maria Menendez DMA-Music Hometown: La Habana, Cuba What was it that led you to pursue a life in the arts? In Cuba I studied piano and choral conducting. Before I left my country, I was already working as a music teacher. I went to the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida where I […]
Commencement Profile: Ethan Everhart
Ethan Everhart BM-Performance: Popular Music and Technology Hometown: Lexington, NC What was it that led you to pursue a life in the arts? I went to my older sister’s band concerts when I was in elementary school, and I knew that I wanted to play an instrument when I got to middle school. My middle […]
Commencement Profile: Aubria Battle
Aubria Battle BFA-Dance, Choreography/Performance, Minor in Psychology Hometown: Wake Forest, North Carolina What was it that led you to pursue a life in the arts? I’ve been an artist for the majority of my life, so it only made sense for me to pursue an education in the fine arts. During my childhood, I was […]
GRAMMY Award-Winning Jazz Trumpeter Chris Botti at UNCG Auditorium
GRAMMY award-winning jazz trumpeter and composer Chris Botti will take the stage at UNCG Auditorium on Friday, November 3rd, for a spectacular start to the UNC Greensboro Concert and Lecture Series (UCLS). Since the release of his 2004 critically acclaimed CD, When I Fall In Love, Botti has become the largest-selling American instrumental artist. His success has […]
School of Theatre Alumnus Coming to Greensboro in “Aladdin”
The magic carpet has taken J. Andrew “Jordan” Speas (‘21 BFA Theatre) to hundreds of cities in the United States and Canada, and on October 31st it will bring him to the Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts in Greensboro, North Carolina. Speas is on the North American Tour of Disney’s Aladdin, as standby […]
Celebrate Spooky Season with CVPA
If anyone knows how to embrace a theme it’s an artist, so you can bet there are Halloween happenings at UNCG’s College of Visual and Performing Arts. Here are some performances with varying degrees of chills and thrills to help you celebrate the Spooky Season. Night of the Living Dead October 27–29, various showtimes […]
Tony Award-Winning Alumnus Teaching “The Business of Show”
“I want to teach my students to say ‘yes.’ Life will give you opportunities, and we need to be open to that. If you say ‘no,’ this is your path that you decided on from the start then you might miss the opportunities. If you say ‘yes,’ there might be a very surprising and rewarding […]
Alumni Film Explores Artistic Choices
What happens when the dreams you cultivate come into conflict with the real responsibility of life? Many people find their greatest talent cast aside in the face of life’s daily pressures and discover there’s rarely an easy answer forward. —Tagline for the film 8 AM It’s a question that’s all too real for artists—one that Michael […]