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For better or worse, going to college doesn’t necessarily mean that your Nutcracker days are behind you.read more »
Wish you could get the world-class training of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre without the hustle and bustle of NYC? Now you can. This fall, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) School of Dance becomes JKO’s exclusive affiliate school. UNCSAread more »
Starting this fall, Pace University is offering a program that caters exclusively to commercial dancers, providing specialized training for dance careers on the stage or silver screen. The BA in Theater/Commercial Dance program is the first of its kind in the nation, says Rhonda Miller, founder ofread more »
James Madison University and China’s Chengdu University have created a unique partnership. This past April, professors from Chengdu spent a week at JMU’s Harrisonburg, VA, campus teaching classical and folk dances from various regions of China. In July, two JMU professors will return the favor byread more »
International dancer, teacher, and choreographer Jill Johnson has been appointed director of the dance program and senior lecturer in the music department at Harvard University. She replaces Elizabeth Bergmann, who held the position for 11 years. A former soloist with National Ballet of Canada andread more »
Starting this fall, students of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, will be able to major in dance. This is the school’s first new major since 1998. The 46-year-old dance program has allowed liberal arts students to minor, with a curriculum that balances modern and ballet technique, composition,read more »
A woman gracefully lifts a cloth as pulsating drums encourage her hips and feet to move rapidly. Her undulating body becomes a flow of movement and color. She is performing Mojah, a dance technique that fuses Horton, Dunham, jazz and West African dance. This month, Penn State University hosts theread more »
Getting an Ivy League education no longer means you have to give up performing. Several top universities, including Columbia, Princeton and Harvard, host student-run companies for classically trained dancers. And they’re more than just clubs for amateurs—they boast professional-caliber dancers andread more »
Barnard College’s guest faculty just keeps getting hipper. For this year’s installment of “Barnard Dances at Miller,” April 29–30 at Columbia University’s Miller Theatre, students take on original works by NYC-based choreographers Kyle Abraham, Faye Driscoll, Jill Johnson, and Jon Kinzel. If theseread more »
