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The University of Utah School of Dance is opening its 2017/2018 Season with the Performing Dance Company. PDC offers its audience a professional-level performance by students in the Modern Dance Program.

The School of Dance is pleased to announce our 2017/2018 Season!

An interview with Ching-I Chang Bigelow. Originally from Taiwan, Ching-I will travel to China this summer to work as Rehearsal Director of Sleep No More Shanghai before returning to SLC to continue her work as an artist and teacher.

Early in April, students and faculty representing dozens of dance programs from across the country met for the American College Dance Association’s Northwest Region conference.

The University of Utah School of Dance would like to welcome our new faculty members, Pablo Piantino, Kate Mattingly, Christine McMillan, and Molly Heller! The School will also be saying goodbye to some beloved faculty members: Michael Bearden, Sharee Lane, Steve Rasmussen, Katie Scherman and Jennifer Weber.

This past Fall, Eric Handman, Associate Professor and Director of the U’s Modern Dance MFA Program, received the 2016 Faculty Award for his excellence in research from the College of Fine Arts, as well as the Campus Incentive Seed Grant which allowed for his groundbreaking research in digital choreography to come to fruition this year.

The University of Utah’s School of Dance proudly hosted the American Ballet Theatre’s National Training Curriculum over Spring Break at the Marriott Center for Dance.

The Modern Dance Program is Hiring! The University of Utah Modern Dance Program is seeking applicants for two faculty positions for the 2017-2018 academic year.

The Ballet and Modern Dance programs will share the stage for the first time ever in the School of Dance’s inaugural Gala Concert this March. Formed in 2016, the new School of Dance is dedicated to the continued legacies of the individual disciplines of Ballet and Modern Dance.

The School of Dance is delighted to invite you to the inaugural School of Dance Performance & Gala Dinner reception.

Sydney Duncan's life seems to attract unexpected twists. She embodies the unlikely combination of talented dancer and passionate scientist.

This February, the School of Dance at the University of Utah is honored to welcome Gino Grenek of the Stephen Petronio Company for an exciting residency with dancers from both the Modern Dance and Ballet programs.

In September, Repertory Dance Theater put out a call for local choreographers. Three of the four choreographers are from the University of Utah’s School of Dance, Eric Handman, Nichele Van Portfleet, and Nick Blaylock.

Visiting Guest Artists Gabrielle Lamb and Katie Sherman, both honored with Princess Grace Awards for Dance and Choreography, will premiere new works on the Utah Ballet dancers at the University of Utah.