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 […]
CVPA Welcomes New Students, Faculty, and Staff
The College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) at UNC Greensboro has admitted the largest freshman class since 2018—275 in the Class of 2026—plus transfer and graduate students for a total of 451 new students. Dean bruce mcclung and the Directors of the Schools of Art, Dance, Music, and Theatre, along with faculty members Hannah […]
Caitlyn Schrader ’22: Bringing Energy and Experience to Role of Director of Community Engagement
Caitlyn Schrader (’22 MFA Dance) is moving into a role that seems choreographed just for her — Director of Community Engagement for UNCG’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA). In that position, she will also serve as Director of Greensboro Project Space (GPS), CVPA’s contemporary art gallery in downtown Greensboro. Schrader is a dance […]
Commencement Profile Chelsea Hilding MFA Dance: Choreography
Chelsea Hilding is determined to break through the barrier of body image to make ballet more accessible: “We’re told ballet is for very thin, young girls, and women. Ballet studios are so often decorated with gendered photos of girls in pink tutus. But I believe ballet is personal, and it’s for everyone. Ballet is the […]
Exhibition Explores Concepts of Blackness Through the Eyes of Contemporary Artists
Professor of Dance Duane Cyrus is the guest curator for “Black@Intersection: Contemporary Black Voices in Art” presented by the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA). In January 2021, SECCA posted an open call for guest curator submissions, seeking new voices and new perspectives for a collaborative exhibition showcasing work being produced in response to the […]
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, […]
Commencement Profile:
Mikhaila Eller BA – Arts Administration
Mikhaila Eller is a mover in more ways than one. The Stratford, Connecticut native reports that she has been a dancer for her entire life and has always had a passion for the arts. She also has a strong desire to move the needle on issues in the community and decided that working with nonprofit […]
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. 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 […]