
Dance News
Modern Dance Senior Concert To Showcase Kate Wallich’s Premiere Of “Knock Em Dead”
The University of Utah Department of Modern Dance senior class is pleased to present two weekends of “Shirts and Skins” premiering Thursday, March 31.
Enter our World: Behind the Scenes of Modern Dance Senior Concert (Part I)
Follow me on this journey and enter our world. The world and life of a senior in the Modern Dance Department as we prepare and create our Modern Dance Senior Concert 2016.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS- Conference for Dance Science and Somatics Educators (DSSE) with Special Guest & Honoree Irene Dowd
Do you teach dance science, anatomy for dance, dance kinesiology, injury prevention, or somatics for dancers? Please join us for a fantastic weekend during which we will gather together with renowned movement educator Irene Dowd to share insights on teaching dancers.
University of Utah dance departments to become first School of Dance in Intermountain region
The University of Utah College of Fine Arts is pleased to announce the formation of the School of Dance, beginning July 1, 2016.
Performing Dance Company Serves Up an Evening of Complex Premieres
The University of Utah Department of Modern Dance’s Performing Dance Company Spring 2016 concert will unveil works by some of the hottest names in contemporary dance.
Performing Dance Company– February 19-20 & 25-27
Featuring premieres by faculty members Molly Heller, Daniel Clifton, Satu Hummasti, and Stephen Koester as well as a world premiere work by guest artist Katie Scherman.
Inviting nominations and applications for the founding Director of the School of Dance
The College of Fine Arts at the University of Utah invites nominations and applications for the founding Director of the School of Dance (effective July 1, 2016).
Modern Dance Student Concert premieres this weekend!
Featuring Choreography by students in the Department of Modern Dance.
March against racism this Friday (all are welcome)
In strong support of anti-racism, and as a show of our collective will to combat all forms of bigotry, the University of Utah’s campus leaders will host a solidarity march and open forum midday on Friday, Nov. 20.
New interdisciplinary course explores the body in cinema
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.
HONEST BODIES: Graduate Thesis Concert opens this Thursday @ 5:30pm!
The third-year MFA candidates present their graduate thesis work in 'Honest Bodies,' an evening of dance exploring our lived experiences through movement.
Willkommen!
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.
Wayne Coons Awarded CFA Staff Excellence Award
Our very own Wayne Coons was awarded with a College of Fine Arts Staff Excellence Award.
Performing Dance Company to feature work by Lesley Telford of Netherlands Dance Theatre
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.
VideoDanza! 10th International UofU Screendance Festival features films from Latin America
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.
Announcing Our 2015-16 Season
The future of dance can be found at the Marriott Center for Dance.
Grey Matters - Dance for Parkinson's Disease Class Offered at the U
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).
5th Annual SaltDanceFest Starts June 1
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.