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The UNC Charlotte Department of
Dance presented two back-to-
back evenings of diverse
performance, showcasing faculty
choreography on Friday, January
23, and hosted the North Carolina
Dance Festival (NCDF) on
Saturday, January 24. Both
productions took place at 7:30 pm
in the Anne R. Belk Theater in
Robinson Hall.
The Faculty Dance Concert
featured guest and faculty
dancers in works by professors
Gretchen Alterowitz, E.E. Balcos,
and Kim Jones. Charlotte
Balletprincipals Anna Gerberich
and Pete Leo Walker performed
Alterowitzs contemporary
ballet,Holding Ground,
choreographed in fall 2012 for the
Atlanta Ballets Wabi Sabi series.
Whitney V. Hunter and PaulineSylviane Legras of the Martha
Graham Dance Company and
Daniel Fetecua Soto of the Jos
Limn Companyjoined Kim
Jones in Shedding, performed to
Handels aria Cara sposa,
performed live by countertenor
Reginald Mobley. Soto also dance
da 1957 solo by Jos
Limn,Mazurkas, set to music by
Chopin.
The January 23 program also
included a contact improvisation
piece by E.E. Balcos and guest
artist Alicia Grayson, a work by
Greensboro-based choreographer
and NCDF director Jan Van Dyke,
and two works by the AGA
Collaborative (Alterowitz, Alison
Bory, and Amanda Hamp).
Each year since 1991, the North
Carolina Dance Festivalhas
toured a program across the
state, highlighting the work of
North Carolinas professional
choreographers. The 2014-15
tour ended in Charlotte on
January 24 and featured work by
former Pilobolus dancer Gaspard
Louis, Elon University professor
Sara Ruth Tourek, UNC School of
the Arts professor and former
North Carolina Dance Theatremember Diego Carrasco Schoch,
Durham-based choreographer
Leah Wilks, and Fayetteville-
based choreographer Kristen
Jeppsen Groves. The UNC
Charlotte performance also
included a work by Davidson
College professor Alison Bory and
a repeat performance of Kim
Joness Shedding.
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UNC Charlotte traveledto NYC to perform
Martha Graham's "Steps
in the Street" by UNC
Charlotte Dance majors
and alums. In Januarythey performed this work
successfully at the
Knight Theater in
conjunction with theMartha Graham Dance
Company. They were
excited to perform the
work again in NYC at the
Joyce Theater for theMartha Graham
Company season. The
NYC performance was
Saturday Feb. 14th.
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The Department of Dance will host the Collegium for African Diaspora Dance (CADD) on April 9
and 10, 2015. CADD is an egalitarian community of scholars and artists committed to exploring,
promoting, and engaging African diaspora dance as a resource and method of aesthetic identity.
CADD was founded at Duke University; UNC Charlotte Assistant Professor of Dance Takiyah Nur
Amin is one of the groups original members.
The UNC Charlotte meeting of CADD includes two public events. Both are FREE and ALL ARE
WELCOME.
Thursday, April 9, at 6:30 pm in Robinson Hall, Room 103 Keynote Address by Thomas F.
DeFrantz, Ph.D. "SWITCH: The Dancing Body of the State: Queer Social Dance, Political
Leadership, and Black Popular Culture"
When black social dances are practiced by American political leaders, as when First Lady
Michelle Obama demonstrates the Dougie in her Let's Move" anti-obesity campaign, or when
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton dances alongside others during her 2012 tour of Africa,
black social dance moves toward a center of considerations of embodied knowledge. This lecture
wonders at the intertwining of African American social dances and political leadership, conceived
in the bodies of elected officials. In addition we will consider the commercial and socially-
inscribed leaders of popular culture, including Beyonce and Madonna, as arbiters of African
American social dance.
Thomas F. DeFrantz, Ph.D. is professor of African & African American Studies and Dance at
Duke University. His research focuses on theories of African diaspora aesthetics, intersections of
dance and technology, and dance historiography.
Friday, April 10, at 6:30pm in Robinson Hall, Studio 118 Public Roundtable with the Founding
Members of CADD. Reception to Follow in Robinson Hall Lobby.
Each CADD founding member will share their current research concerning theories of Black
performance with roundtable attendees followed by a question and answer period. Participantsinclude Takiyah Nur Amin (UNC Charlotte), Raquel Monroe (Columbia College Chicago) Makeda
Thomas (Dance and performance Institute, Trinidad), C. Kemal Nance (University of Illinois),
Jasmine Johnson (Brandeis University), Carl Paris (Drexel University), John Perpener
(Independent Researcher) and Thomas F. DeFrantz, Andrea Woods, and Ava LaVonne Vinesett
(Duke University.)
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*Support for these events provided by the College of Arts + Architecture - Department of
Dance, The Chancellors Diversity Challenge Fund and SLIPPAGE:
Performance|Culture|Technology
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The Department of Dance
presented a spring concert April
16-18 at 7:30 pm
and April 19 at
2:00 pm in the
Anne R. Belk
Theater of
Robinson Hall. A
showcase of
different dance
styles, the concert
featured student
performers in
works
choreographed by
dance faculty
Gretchen
Alterowitz, E.E.
Balcos, Kim
Jones, and Rachel
Tucker.
Alterowitzs contemporary
ballet What tread in solidarity,
what lament is a piece for 11
dancers set to music by Gustav
Mahler and Max Richter. Pulse,
choreographed by Balcos, is
inspired by and set to the nuevo
tango music of Argentine
composer Astor Piazolla.
Domestic violence is the subject
of Tuckers Suite Wonder, with
music by Stevie Wonder. Kim
Jones created Mauri Breath of
Life in consultation with Rodney
Bell, a celebrated dancer of Maori
descent, for a cast of 10 dancers.
The movement is inspired by
(Top) A view from the
wings of "Mauri- A
Breath of Life" by
faculty Kim Jones.
Photo by K.S. UNCC
(Left)E.E. Balcos cast
for the Spring DanceConcert is raring to go!
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Ali says that the UNC Charlotte Department of Dance provides students with a comprehensive study of
performance, choreography, scholarship, and dance
education, resulting in a well-rounded education.
"I would enthusiastically recommend the dance
program at UNC Charlotte because of its innovative
approach to the study of multiple contexts and
perspectives of dance. My education at UNC Charlotte
made me a desirable employee upon graduation. The
faculty were incredibly supportive of my desire to
involve myself in a range of activities and areas of
interest, and because of this diversity of experience
gained during college, I found myself advantaged in
the professional dance field. In the UNC Charlotte dance program, I became skilled in multiple genres of technique
and performance. I gained professional experience as a student teacher and an intern with NCDT (now Carolina
Ballet), and was supported in my endeavor to dance competitively as an athlete with the university dance team. I
learned much about performance, history, and critical thought at UNC Charlotte, but equally importantly, I learned
life and career skills from a caring yet rigorous faculty."
In 2015, Ali was named the inaugural Distinguished Alumnain the Department of Dance.
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On Friday, March 13, the College of Arts + Architecture honored five Distinguished Alumni. This was the first of
what will become an annual celebration of the College's many accomplished graduates. Photos by Daniel Coston.
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