Cyrus Performance Earns Bessie Nod
School of Dance Professor Duane Cyrus' October 2017 performance in the premiere of Cynthia Oliver's Virago-Man Dem has been nominated for a Bessie Award for Outstanding Performer. Dubbed the "Oscars of Dance", the Bessies honor groundbreaking and exceptional work in performance, choreography, visual design, and music composition. The awards ceremony will take ...
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UNCG Professor, Dancers spend the summer at the American Dance Festival
School of Dance Professor Clarice Young spent this past summer as a member of the teaching faculty at the American Dance Festival's 85th season at Duke University. ADF was founded to "encourage and support the creation and presentation of new modern dance work by both established and emerging ...
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Dance Professor Announcement Retirement
Dr. Jill Green has announced her retirement in Spring 2019. Dr. Green is a widely published expert in the field of somatics and has been teaching somatics, body studies, and pedagogy to UNCG Dance majors since she joined the faculty in 1993. She will serve as the Interim Director ...
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Dance Commencement
The School of Dance celebrated its annual Commencement ceremony on May 3, 2018. Friends and family gathered to witness selected performances, the conferring of degrees, and the announcement of the Outstanding Teaching Assistant award, followed by a reception in the newly renovated lobby. Three M.F.A., eight B.F.A., and ...
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Dance Professor Performs in NYC Premiere
Between October 25-28, 2017, UNCG School of Dance Professor Duane Cyrus performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in the New York premiere of Cynthia Oliver’s Virago-Man Dem. The work will tour through 2018 with performances in Chicago, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C among other cities. Described as a work ...
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