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 - 2007
UNDERGRADUATE
Cherie Avent, BFA
Amanda Belo, BA
updated 12/08
Amanda currently lives in Chicago where she is getting her M.A. in Public Relations and Advertising at DePaul University. She continues to take dance classes when she can since there are so many opportunities there. She hopes to continue to be actively involved in the arts in the future.
Kristin Blanchard, BA
Rachel Lee DiLeo, BA
Heather Glasgow Doyle, BA
Princess Howell, BA
updated 6/09
Princess Howell has recently opened her own dance company, Royal Expressions Contemporary Ballet. According to the company's press release,
"Royal Expressions Contemporary Ballet is a new dance company in Greensboro, NC, currently in the process of completing its 501(c)(3) application to become a nonprofit organization. Classes are held every Monday and Tuesday at 930-A S Chapman St next to Music Barn in the CFBG Building. The organization will offer three major programs: 1. Professional Dance Productions. The Royal Expressions Contemporary Ballet is a new, professional dance company in Greensboro, NC, and will be comprised of five dancers under the artistic direction of Princess Howell. The company has a unique style that uses the precision of ballet and the expression of contemporary and jazz dance styles. If you are interested in becoming a part-time professional dancer please email the Artistic Director, Princess Howell at princess@royalexpressions.org to schedule an audition.
Royal Expressions School of Dance focuses on developing professional level dance technique and an appreciation for dance. The curriculum focuses heavily on Ballet, Contemporary/Modern, and Jazz for ages five to adults. Technique classes will focus on developing professional level technique and promote professional dance as a career option. Enrollment for technique classes starts on June 30 until September 1st. There will be Open House Receptions on June 30 and July 28 at 6:30 p.m. Those who attend will be entered into a drawing to receive half off the first year of classes. Adult classes will focus on developing an appreciation and love of dance because of the positive physical, mental, and emotional impact it can have on an individual.
The Education and Outreach Programs focus on teaching dance to underprivileged youth, physically and mentally challenged individuals, and elderly citizens. Youth who may not otherwise have an opportunity to take a dance class will be given a chance to learn dance techniques and perform it for their family and friends. We will go into businesses for physically and mentally challenged individuals and elderly citizens and teach them practical dance techniques that may be helpful for their conditions. We want to touch people’s lives with the gift of dance, hoping to create a love of dance in these individuals. Please contact Princess Howell by email, princess@royalexpressions.org or phone, 336-404-2999, to see if you qualify for an outreach program at your location or for questions about the other services we offer."
For details, contact:
Princess Howell, Artistic and Executive Director
Direct Phone: 336-404-2999
Website: www.royalexpressions.org
Melissa Jackson, BFA
Kathleen Kerner, BFA
Lindsay Leb, BA
Camerin Allgood McKinnon, BFA
Tiffany Montanez, BA
Thomas Newkirk, BA
updated 5/07
Thomas is working with the City Year Los Angeles 07-08 Corps. During his tenure as a City Year corps member, he serves his community; works side-by-side with a diverse team of peers; partners with his community members, business leaders, and public officials; and most importantly, makes a difference in the lives of the children and adolescents he serves during his city year.
Shayla Peacock, BA
updated 5/07
Since July, 2006, I’ve been teaching with Dauna’s Dance here in Greensboro. June 30th I will be an instructor at Concepts Studio, started by our very own drummer Ayinde Rivera! Also in January, two UNCG students (grad. student Milanda McGinnis and undergrad. student Tabia McKinzie) and I started the Black Choreographer’s Collective and Shackle Fre3 Dance Productions. I am currently seeking a teaching position in the public school system and beginning to create my business plan for my future dance studio. Get ready, because UNCG has a created a force to be reckoned with!
You can contact Shayla Peacock at 336-253-1368, and also via the web at:
gumby2g1@yahoo.com
ShackleFre3@yahoo.com
www.myspace.com/dancepros
Lauren Puente, BFA
Tanae Rascoe, BS
updated 6/07
Starting in August, 2007, I will be one of two full-time dance teachers at Eastern Alamance High School for the 2007-2008 upcoming school year. Currently, I am also Artistic Director of my own dance studio called Expressions of Dance that I founded June, 2006.
I can be contacted at:
www.expressionsofdance.org
tanae@expressionsofdance.org
In August, you can also contact me under the Fine Arts faculty directory at this website:
http://eah.abss.k12.nc.us/
Aymen Robertson, BFA
Myra Scibetta, BA
updated 11/08
Myra lives in New York and works in a yoga studio, and for Jodi Kaplan & Associates (a dance booking agency), and is helping coordinate a dance festival for the Edinburgh Fringe for them. Myra is also dancing for Jahna Bobolia. She will be starting massage therapy school in May.
Summer Sides, BA
updated 8/08
Summer will be presenting a paper at the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science in October. Her paper focuses on upper body injuries in university-level dance students. It will be published in 2009.
Maiya Newstead Silver, BFA
Robin Spohr, BA
Susan Wright, BA
updated 1/09
Since graduation, Susan has moved into a townhouse in Fort Mill, South Carolina. She is currently the manager and an instructor at a private studio in Lake Norman, NC. She is teaching tap, ballet, jazz, modern, musical theatre, and some competition groups, with students ranging from 3 years to adult. In the mornings before heading to the studio, she works at a law firm in south Charlotte.
Kathryn T. Zimmer, BFA
GRADUATE
Amy Beasley, MFA
updated 9/07
Amy Love Beasley is an artist whose investigations explore visual and moving mediums.. She received a BA in Visual Arts, with a minor in dance, from the College of Charleston in South Carolina, where she also danced with The Robert Ivey Ballet. Beasley has performed for various choreographers, including Gerri Houlihan, BJ Sullivan, Sean Sullivan, and Jan Van Dyke, and she is currently a member of John Gamble Dance Theatre. In the spring of 2007, she received her MFA in Choreography from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She currently teaches as an adjunct faculty member at UNCG and at Elon University. She continues to explore her crafts, creating and performing in North Carolina.
Matthew Brookoff, MFA
Lacy James, MFA
Emily Morgan, MFA
updated 6/07
Beginning this fall, I will be a Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance at the University of Texas at El Paso. This summer, I’ll once again be teaching at the North Carolina Governor’s School.
Contact: ejdances@gmail.com