RECENT NEWS
Technique Placement Class
Our next placement class for students interested in taking technique classes and who are not placed at a level will be on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 5pm in studio 322. Registration is not required.
Undergraduate Dance Audition:
Our next audition for prospective dance majors will be on April 3, 2010. Registration for the audition is required and interested students should submit a completed Audition Request Form to the Department. The registration deadline for the April 3, 2010 audition is Friday, March 26, 2010.
Department of Dance
UNCG Dance Alumni - 2001
UNDERGRADUATE
Luci Acosta, BA
updated 11/06
I am currently living in my home island of Tenerife, Canary Islands
(Spain). After living for short periods of time in Sweden, Italy,
Germany and France, I finally came back to get my Masters degree in
translation and interpretation. Two years ago, I set up my own
translating business and am now working with wonderful translators.
At UNCG, I was lucky enough to be part of the John Gamble Dance Theater
group, but have since stopped dancing, although I still take Pilates
and different dance classes.
Kimberly Artis Ashby, BA
kashby@randolph.k12.nc.us
Kim Ashby began moving toward professional dance as a member of The
Cultural Movement African Dance Company, with whom she performed for
four years. She spent her last two years as one of two principal
dancers and was part of a troupe that spent six weeks on a European
tour in 1996. Upon her return, she joined Victory Faith Center and was
a vital part in the choreography and dance ministry for that center.
After receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance from
UNC-Greensboro in 2001, she began a career as a dance educator in the
NC Public School System. She is currently teaching at Hill Magnet
School in Winston-Salem. Also in 2001, she founded and is serving as
director of Evangel Fellowship´s Consumed Dance Ministry. This is her
first season with Sidelong Dance.
Christine Bowen, BA
powderchasers@juno.com
Currently living in Greensboro, NC
Christal Brown, BFA
last updated 4/04
Letter from Christal giving company update:
Dear Friends, In the midst of a busy and productive year, the artists and staff of Women @ Work would like to take time to thank you for your continued interest in and support of our work. We send out a huge "thank you" to those of you who were in the audience at Lincoln Theater in Washington,DC to witness the premiere of Beg-In Her as a part of the Black Expressions concert. Beg-In Her will be one of five parts that make up an evening entitled BECOMING. W @ W will present the second installment of this larger work, Made to Disorder, at Aaron Davis Hall in Harlem on April 16 at 8pm,17 at 2pm ,and 23 at 8pm, 2004 in Program A of their E-moves series. Aaron Davis Hall is located at West 135th Street and Convent Avenue. For ticket information call(212) 650-7100 or for more information about the series visit www.aarondanvishall.org. We would love to see you there! Not only is it the premiere of a new work but the NY debut of W @ W. In May of this year the company will be returning to Washington, DC to perform in the New Lanscapes series presented by Dance Place. The concert will take place in the Dance Place theater on the 22nd at 8pm and the 23rd at 7pm. For more information regarding tickets and location please call (202)269-1600 or visit www.danceplace.org. As many of you know, teaching young dancers and educating the public about the art of dance is a major priority of W @ W. Therefore, from July 26 to August 1, 2004 the company will spend a week in residency at GREENHOUSE in Litchfield, CT. GREENHOUSE is a collaboration with the Litchfield Jazz Festival Summer Dance Institute and a great opportunity for the members of W @ W to share their time and talents with other members of the dance community. W @ W has also launched a touring intensive called Dance Explorations. This intensive combines the experience and myriad technical styles of the company in week long increments at various dance institutions across the country. For an information packet please email Christal Brown at womenatworkdance@hotmail.com. Again, thank you for your time and support and we look forward to seeing you at a show or hearing from you soon. Your donations are greatly appreciated and always welcomed.
In the Spirit,
Women @ Work
1515 Grand Concourse, 5D
Bronx, NY 10452
More info from Christal:
Performed with the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange Hallelujah Community Project - June, 2002
Participant with the National Liz Lerman Hallelujah Project - July and August, 2002
Begins apprenticeship with Liz Lerman Dance Exchange in Washington, DC - September, 2002
Dancer for Andrea Woods SouloWorks in Russia - August, 2002
Dancer for the Chuck Davis African Dance Ensemble, 2001-2002
Company memebr with Urban Bush Women, beginning Fall 2003
Ellen Byars, BA
last updated 10/03
rubypie@hotmail.com
Currently living in Los Angeles, CA
Taking improvisation classes at The Groundlings
Recently joined the cast of Sesame Street Live and will participate in 10 month national tour with the show.
Contact: (213) 300-9599
Heather Chandler, BA
Kate Clodfelter, BFA
kate.c@mindspring.com
Currently living in Greensboro, NC
Dancer for the Jan Van Dyke Dance Group
Amy Cooke Carter, BS
updated 6/08
Amy Cooke Carter spent two years after graduation teaching dance at West Millbrook Middle School in Raleigh, NC, and working as a choreographer at Leesville High School. She then became a teacher at the Dancer's Studio in Raleigh and worked as a choreographer for the Concert Dancers of Raleigh. During this time, she appeared as a guest performer with the Queen City Jazz Company in Charlotte under choreographer Justin Tornow. Amy spent a few years working at the Master Class Academy in Orlando, Florida as both a teacher and choreographer while dancing with the U-Turn Dance Company. She has recently moved to Tallahassee, where she is happily teaching dance at the Young Actor's Theatre.
Carrie Cooper, BA
TRAVELINGFOOL21@hotmail.com
Traveling around the world
Leigh Heflin, BFA
last updated 8/06
jlheflin23_@hotmail.com
I have recently been attending Laban Centre, London for my
Masters in Dance Science (MSc). I am currently working
on my thesis, which involves somatotypes in contemporary dance.
This correlates to a lot of what Koutedakis and others
are working on recently with strength training and
injury prevention due to body type(s).
I have also been accepted to start an internship at
Harkness Dance Centre (Injury Prevention and Rehab
Centre for Professional Dancers) in NYC. I begin that
in October. I will also be attending the IADMS
(Internation Association for Dance Medicine & Science)
conference in West Palm Beach, FL in October
Mitchell Holley, BFA
last updated 10/05
From Mitchell:
I am currently going to Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. I am
working on my Master's of Divinity. My wife is Lisa Marie.
Our contact info:
101 C East 30th St.
Austin, TX 78705
Phone:512-499-8560
Email: drdance5472@yahoo.com
Heather Lawrence, BA
Currently living in Greensboro, NC
Teaching dance classes at a studio
Vanessa Martinez, BA
Julie Mayo, A-Licensure
updated 11/06
Julie Mayo is Artistic Director of Dim Sum Dance, a contemporary dance company founded in 2003, with a home base in Richmond, VA. She is director and facilitator for The Field/Richmond, a workshop for artists in all disciplines and is a certified teacher of Skinner Releasing Technique. Julie Mayo/Dim Sum Dance has received support from the Virginia Commission for the Arts, The Richmond Arts and Cultural Consortium and an artist residency from The Field in New York. She has recently been a guest artist in the VCU Dance Department and at the University of Maryland at College Park.
www.dimsumdance.org
www.dimsumdance.org/thefield
Email: julie@dimsumdance.org
Emily Mifflin, BA
Currently living in New York
Christina Murrow, BA
David Schmidt, BFA
updated 10/03
Currently living in New York
Dancing with Devona Cartier´s new company
Co-founded a Brooklyn-based modern dance company, everything smaller, in February 2003, with UNCG alums Jessican Jolly (´02) and Donnell Turner (´01). The company is
rehearsing new work and applying to perform in various dance festivals
available for emerging artists. Recently, the work of everything
smaller was accepted in the White Wave Dance Festival in D.U.M.B.O., in
Brooklyn this October. As news becomes available about the company, it
will be posted here, and if you would like to contact the company,
please email: everythingsmaller@yahoo.com.
Dawn Shropshire, BA
Alex Smith, BFA
Was married to UNCG Alumni, Emily Daughtridge in spring of 2001
Currently living in Columbus, OH
Teaching Dance
Abby Spence, BA
Justin Tornow, BA
updated 9/06
Currently living in Charlotte N.C., Justin Tornow co-founded the
collective [project incite] in 2005. The dance-based organization
operates as a spring board for local independent artists to present
their work, receive feedback on their process and artistic development,
and offer a supportive lab environment within which to develop new
groundbreaking works. [project incite] also collaborates with area arts
companies and organizations in their projects and endeavors, lending to
a final product that is multi-disciplinary and well-developed. Contact
Justin at justy@monkeybumps.com if you want more information on how [pi] works or how you can get
involved! Justin is also a choreographer and full-time instructor at
Piedmont Dance Conservatory teaching Modern, Jazz, Tap, and Ballet.
Donnell Turner, BFA
updated 11/06
oinksnort21@gmail.com
I have been happily living in Brooklyn since 2002. I am teaching
pilates mat and apparatus classes and am continuing to collaborate with
Jessica Jolly and David Schmidt on our Brooklyn-based modern dance
company, Everything Smaller. Our website, www.everythingsmaller.com, is up and running with information of our upcoming February evening-length performance. Check it out!
I am also thrilled to announce my engagement to Jacob Oakley. Our wedding will be in North Carolina in April, 2007.
GRADUATE
Don Atwood, MFA
last updated 6/08
Don Atwood earned two MFA degrees from UNCG (in Dance Choreography and Design), and a BA in Theatre from Naropa University. His choreography has been shown by Art In the Public Interest in North Carolina; by the Bauen Camp in Sheridan, Wyoming; by the Washington Square Repertory Dance Company in New York City; by The Liz Lerman Dance Exchange; and by other companies in Colorado and throughout the US. Don is the Editor of World Dance Reviews and currently works and resides in Boulder County, Colorado.
Gina Desko, MFA
lastupdated 3/10/03
gmddance@aol.com
Resides in Pittsburgh, PA.
She
is teaching adjunct at Point Park College, The University of
Pittsburgh, and La Roche College. She teaches dance history, senior
seminar, pedagogy (fa ´03), jazz for musical theatre, and party dance.
She is hoping to teach kinesiology and composition in the future at La
Roche. She is also choreographing for Point Park and Pitt this
semester.
She is collaborating with a local dance professional, Tracy Pelkowski,
to
produce a modern dance concert in May. The concert is setup as a
collaboration of local artists and will include 4 choreographers (Gina,
Tracy Pelkowski, Susan Gillis-Kruman, and Andre Koslowski) and up to 20
dancers. She is resetting her coal mining piece and creating two new
works, one of which is a collaborative duet with Tracy. The date is set
for May 14, 2003 and will take place at the Kelly-Strayhorn Community
Performing Arts Center in East Liberty in Pittsburgh.
She also works as the administrator for Attack Theatre, a very
successful multimedia dance performance group. The company is
CO-directed by
Michele de la Reza and Peter Kope whom primarily create and perform for
the company. They tour internationally as well as regionally. She has
also had to opportunity to perform with them in their annual production
of This Ain´t the Nutcracker. In addition to Attack Theatre she has
performed with LABCO dance company and as part of the Dance Alloy´s
Continuing Series.
Miriana Lausic, MFA
updated 6/03
Currently living in New York and taking classes there
email: mlausic@yahoo.com
Doug Risner, Ph.D.
sprgarden@aol.com
Tara Shumaker, MFA