Fall 2020 School of Dance Updates
The School of Dance has been working hard this summer to ensure that our spaces are a healthy and safe environment for students, faculty, and staff. Please take a look at all of the safety protocols we have implemented: OFFICE AREAS: The Dance office is, as always, open Monday through Friday from 8-5, but it’ll […]
School of Dance Alumna Giving Greensboro “Something Our Community Needs Right Now”
School of Dance Alumna Princess Johnson, founder of Royal Expressions Contemporary Ballet, is taking her company’s Juneteenth Arts Celebration online. “The entire Greensboro community will benefit from watching it as we all seek healing and reconciliation in our varying ways,” Johnson said. Read more in this Greensboro News and Record Article. Photo from News and […]
School of Dance Alumna Organizing for Change
Melanie Greene (’13 MFA Dance) is a dancer and writer who hosts the Dance Union Podcast, with dancer J. Bouey. When the document titled “An Open Letter to Arts Organizations Rampant With White Supremacy” began circulating on the internet, Greene and Bouey used their podcast to begin dialogue and action to make a difference. Their […]
A Message from the Dean
Dear CVPA Colleagues, Students and Families, and Alumni, I am outraged by the recent murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless others by those who are sworn to protect. I am disheartened and angry at the violence shown against those who are peacefully protesting the widespread and systemic racial injustice in our […]
2020-2021 UCLS Season Postponed a Year
Graduate Choreography Class Pivots to Screendance for Project
DCE 651 is a Graduate Choreography class, this semester being taught (for the first time) as Screendance. Associate Professor Robin Gee designed the project to teach students how to follow the prescription of a seminal work and then “remix” the formula to create something new. Normally they would complete this project in groups, with several […]
Ken White Named Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for CVPA
College of Visual and Performing Arts Dean bruce d. mcclung has announced the appointment of Ken White to the position of Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for the College. He has been serving as Interim Associate Dean since July 2019. White joined the theatre faculty of UNC Greensboro in 2013, teaching courses in lighting design, […]
The School of Dance Celebrates the Class of 2020
Register Now for CVPA’s Summer Sessions
Want to learn more about web design? Dig deeper into the roots of rock and roll? Appreciate the finer points of dance? Now’s your chance! In March, UNCG and the UNC System announced that all campuses would deliver Summer 2020 classes online only, to support the public health mandates for social distancing and the challenges […]
The Virtual Classroom: Bodies Moving Together, Apart
Duane Cyrus is a Professor in CVPA’s School of Dance. Cyrus teaches studio-based courses — repertory, choreography, and technique — and he says those are challenging courses to teach online: “The Performing Arts are all about human interaction. They involve bodies moving together in the same space.” Cyrus says that although there is no substitute […]