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Encroachment Immersive Performance
Encroachment A Living Dance and Print-Work Installation by Lisa Hines In conversation with Zaire Miles-Moultrie Performances: August 31st, September 1st + 2nd | 7PM More About Encroachment Encroachment is an experiential and immersive exhibit that encompasses reflections on culture through the lens of the “other”; the “other” meaning the modern-day person, all of us. The paradigm […]
Career & Professional Development
CVPA Valentine’s Stories
Arts students are a dedicated bunch. They eat, sleep, and breathe Art, Arts Administration, Dance, Music, and Theater, so it is no wonder so many form their most important and lasting relationships with people pursuing the same. We asked some CVPA couples to share their Valentine’s Stories. We know there are many more out there, […]
Alumna Returns to UNCG with Dance Company Urban Bush Women
When Urban Bush Women comes to campus this week, School of Dance Alumna Shayla Taylor (‘20 BFA Dance: Choreography and Performance) will be with them. Taylor is an apprentice with the company known for weaving contemporary dance, music, and text with the history, culture, and spiritual traditions of the African Diaspora. The performance on Friday, […]
CVPA EDI Grants
Commencement Profile: Cortney Vartanian BFA Dance: Choreography/ Performance w/K-12 Licensure
Dance is an art form that, in many cases, requires performers to move as an ensemble. Cortney Vartanian knows the importance of esprit de corps, but she’s also learned the value in making the choreography your own. “Our professors preached individuality. They encouraged us to find our own voice here. We are all going through […]
Profile – Teresa Heiland
Dance Concert Explores the Human Condition
The UNCG School of Dance will showcase original choreographic work by eight senior Choreography and Performance students in the Spring 2021 BFA Dance Thesis Concert “the human condition,” which premiers via YouTube on April 24, 2021 at 8 p.m. Here are the choreographers and artistic statements for their works: Chania Wilson (Raleigh, NC): The Second […]
Full Stream Ahead: Fall Dances Performance Pivot
“How do we reconcile that this most physical of art forms, which takes place in space and the space between bodies, now takes place physically distanced with nobody touching each other?” That is a question that School of Dance Director Janet Lilly has been pondering for months as she and faculty, staff, and students plan […]