The Department of Dance is a diverse, creative community. Get to know our faculty, alumni, and students.
Our amazing faculty include
- a former member of the Martha Graham Dance Company
- specialists in contact improvisation, Afro-Brazilian dance, Odissi Classical Indian dance, and site-specific choreography
- a former American Ballet Theatre dancer
- the co-editor of Moving History/ Dancing Cultures: A Dance History Reader
- A National Dance Education Organization Lifetime Achievement Awardee
- a music-for-dance specialist who has worked with Judith Jamison, Bill T Jones, Mark Morris, and Alonzo King (Lines Ballet)
- a Registered Somatic Dance Educator
Among our alumni are
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- an LA-based dancer who has worked with artists like Chance the Rapper
- a staff member of the Metropolitan Opera in NYC
- private dance studio directors
- dance teachers in elementary, middle, and high schools
- dance professors at Texas Tech University and Colorado State University
- an elementary school principal
- members of professional dance companies in New York City, Portland, Chicago, and London
RECENTLY, OUR STUDENTS HAVE
- traveled to South Carolina to study traditional ring shouts
- trained in intensives at the Martha Graham and Paul Taylor Dance Companies
- presented at the regional American College Dance Association conference
- served as Charlotte Research Scholars
- received scholarships to attend the American Dance Festival
- been accepted to graduate programs at Duke University, Hollins University, and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance (London)
- served as interns at Charlotte Ballet and Carolina Calouche & Co.