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… Continue reading…

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… Continue reading…

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… Continue reading…

Virtual Thesis by MFA Student Makayla Ferrick

Due to COVID-19, School of Dance MFA student Makayla Ferrick had to cancel the public viewing of her thesis performance. Luckily, this didn’t slow her down! Makayla released the performance virtually to joy of her fellow students, faculty, and fans. We are all blown away by what she and her… Continue reading…

The Spartan Shake

A dance created by Duane Cyrus’ School of Dance Choreography I students using “safe”–at-distance greeting gestures. Recorded March 11th, the students last meeting before classes were suspended!

March 17, 2020 School of Dance Update

UNCG has been closely monitoring the complex and rapidly evolving Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation.  We are in close contact with local, state, and federal agencies as well as health officials and other universities to ensure we are making consistent, fact-based decisions about our activities and our operations. As a result of… Continue reading…

Update on Dance Events in March

UNCG has been closely monitoring the complex and rapidly evolving Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation.  We are in close contact with local, state, and federal agencies as well as health officials and other universities to ensure we are making consistent, fact-based decisions about our activities and our operations. Of course, we hope… Continue reading…