Greensboro Dance Film Festival Presents “Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance”
The UNC Greensboro School of Dance, in partnership with Sugarfoote Productions, will present the 7th Annual Greensboro Dance Film Festival October 29th-30th. The festival kicks off with a special screening of “Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance” at the UNCG Auditorium. “Uprooted” is a ground-breaking documentary that traces the roots of jazz dance from Africa to […]
Dr. Frank Lee McCarty, 1941-2021
Former School of Music Professor, Composer, and Author Frank Lee McCarty passed away on September 15th. Dr. McCarty was Professor in the School of Music for 28 years from 1976 until 2004. He taught Composition, Music Theory, and Twentieth-Century Music History. He was the author of articles ranging in content from percussion and woodwind notation and advanced […]
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 […]
Lighting the Way: Meet Assistant Professor Maranda DeBusk
In the arts, light is crucial. In paintings, light can provide depth. In music, dance, and theatre, light can set the mood. In keeping with the theme of UNC Greensboro’s recently launched fundraising initiative “Light the Way, the Campaign for Earned Achievement,” we asked Assistant Professor of Lighting Design Maranda DeBusk about how she designs […]
Milstein Fund for Interdisciplinary Art and Social Practice
Prominent arts supporters Victoria Carlin Milstein and Ron Milstein have established the Victoria and Ron Milstein Fund for Interdisciplinary Art and Social Practice. The fund provides support to bring an eminent artist to campus each year who is a leader in the field of Art and Social Practice. “We are so grateful for such a […]
Billy Hawkains (’16 MFA Dance): Graduate Researcher Profile
“I see everything as dance – walking, swaying,” says Billy Hawkains (’16 MFA Dance) . He’s particularly fascinated by what he sees, and saw growing up, in the Black church. Read more about Hawkains’ work in the UNCG Research magazine:
CVPA Students Make it to the Semi-Finals of America’s Got Talent
UNCG trio shines on America’s Got Talent
Author Margaret Atwood Reschedules UNCG Appearance
College of Visual and Performing Arts Dean bruce d. mcclung announced today a change in the line-up for the 109th season of UNC Greensboro’s University Concert and Lecture Series. Canadian author Margaret Atwood has cancelled all United States appearances through October 2021 because of COVID-19 concerns. Ms. Atwood was scheduled to open the 2021-2022 University Concert […]
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 […]