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, […]
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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 […]
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:
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 […]