Beginning spring 2016, the University of Utah Department of Film and Media Arts and the Department of Modern Dance will offer a new course titled The Body & The Screen.

The third-year MFA candidates present their graduate thesis work in 'Honest Bodies,' an evening of dance exploring our lived experiences through movement.

The University of Utah Department of Modern Dance is excited to welcome the students and faculty from the Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin who are arriving this week as part of the biennial dance and cultural exchange program that has been a collaboration between these two departments for the past five years.

Our very own Wayne Coons was awarded with a College of Fine Arts Staff Excellence Award.

The future of dance can be found at the University of Utah. This fall’s lineup includes work from Department of Modern Dance faculty members Satu Hummasti, Sharee Lane, and Eric Handman.

The University of Utah’s Departments of Modern Dance, Film & Media Arts and the Center for Latin American Studies have announced the 10th International Screendance Festival, VideoDanza! Screendance from Latin America.

The future of dance can be found at the Marriott Center for Dance.

In a collaboration between the Department of Physical Therapy and the Department of Modern Dance, Assistant Professor Juan Carlos Claudio and University of Utah alumna Lennie Swenson are using their training in dance, creative movement, and physical therapy to battle one of movement’s greatest enemies: Parkinson’s disease (PD).

Register Now and Reserve your Spot! SaltDanceFest is a two-week dance intensive hosted by the Department of Modern Dance that runs June 1-12 at the Marriott Center for Dance.

To launch her series “Fusion: Art & Social Justice,” Department of Modern Dance Visiting Assistant Professor A’Keitha Carey has arranged for Dr. Ananya Chatterjea to visit the University of Utah for two separate events, a performance and a lecture.

Modern Dance Senior Concert 1 & 2. Choreography by the Department of Modern Dance class of 2015. Purchase your tickets here, or at the door 30 minutes prior to show time.

Join us March 6 – 14 for the Department of Modern Dance’s Spring 2015 Performing Dance Company.

Join us for our 2014 – 2015 Graduate Thesis Concert December 4, 5, and 6.

The Fall Student Concert is coming up. Come see fresh and innovative choreography from the students of the Department of Modern Dance.

The University of Utah Department of Modern Dance, in conjunction with the Kingsbury Hall Presents Subscription Series, the McMurrin Distinguished Visiting Professorship Program, and the Council of Dee Fellows, are pleased to invite you to a unique performance Friday, November 7 @ 7:30 pm.

The Fall PDC performances will be October 24, 25, 30, 31, and November 1 featuring exciting new choreography by A’Keitha Carey, Pamela Geber-Handman, Satu Hummasti, Sharee Lane, and special guest choreographer Shaun Boyle.

Interested in Auditioning for the 2015 - 2016 Academic Year?

We are happy to announce the performance calendar for the upcoming academic year.

Eric Handman has a had a busy summer. First, his Disappearing Days received an Honorable Mention nod at the ACDFA National Conference in Washington D.C., and now his choreography has beat out some stiff competition to be included in the Northwest Dance Project’s Pretty Creatives show on July 19, 2014.

It’s not too late to sign up for two weeks of moving and dance-making at SaltDanceFest.