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Technique Placement Class
Our next placement class, for placement in contemporary and ballet technique classes, will be on Monday, August 25 at 5pm in studio 322. Attending this class will allow for possible higher placement in both ballet and contemporary classes. Please come prepared to participate in both areas of dance.
Department of Dance
UNCG Dance Alumni - 2007
UNDERGRADUATE
Cherie Avent, BFA
Amanda Belo, BA
Kristin Blanchard, BA
Grace Campbell-Sheran, BA
Rachel Lee DiLeo, BA
Heather Glasgow Doyle, BA
Princess Howell, BA
updated 11/07
Excerpted from an email from Princess, regarding our alumni newsletter, as well as her recent accomplishments:
"I am not surprised at the great achievements of our faculty and students, because since graduation, just the mention of my being a graduate of UNCG, I have heard nothing but positive things about our school. I myself have come to adore the UNCG dance department even more after graduating. After graduation I was chosen as a NC Arts Community Arts Adminstration Intern. Eluza helped me by writing a letter of recommendation for me. It's a 3-month intensive internship. I started in September and have been working with the Cabarrus Arts Coucil. I am here unil the end of November. This has turned out to be a wonderful life-changing experience for me. I have learned much information about running a non-profit small business. I have also made connections with prominent arts advocates across our state and beyond.
I had the opportunity to attend the ArtsMarket 2007 in High Point, NC, which is a showcase/conference of performing artists organizaed by the NC Presenters Consortium and the NC Arts Council. Between showcases, there is a, what I call tradeshow exhibition set up of performing artists and management companies for interested people to approach and receive information. I talked to several people who either graduated from UNCG knew of our staff and their accomplishments. I met Chuck Davis. He of course knows Robin Gee and spoke very highly of her and our school. I also met Jeanne Ruddy, who happened to be Duane and BJ's teacher at Julliard.
I also met a graduate of the UNCG theater department from Richmond Ballet named Keith Martin. I told him about my ultimate goal to open a dance studio. He informed me of a studio management internship that is offered at Richmond Ballet. He invited me to tour the company the following weekend and watch some performances. After the tour and performances, he interviewed me then offered me the position as a management intern there. My housing will be covered and I also will recieve a substantial stipend! It just excites me that I am connected to a wonderful arts school, and a prestigious dance community. I am more than happy that I chose to receive my education at UNCG. I am proud of the faculty and the achievements they have made that helps us students establish an image for ourselves as we go out into the arts community.
So I have been doing a lot since graduation and have made many conncections with important people in the arts coummunity. I credit much of my ability to speak about dance eloquently to the curriculum in place at the UNCG dance department, and though I dreaded taking some classes, reading some articles, and writing many papers, I am glad we did those things. The coursework I did helped to enhance my thinking and speaking about dance to a professional and educated level. I want to extend a thanks to the wonderful staff of the dance department and tell all other fellow dance department and students and alumni that nothing we do in the dance department is in vain. It is all worth it in the long run."
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 5/07
Myra is participating in an internship as assistant for Martha Clarke in Durham, NC. She says of this experience, "Its interesting to watch a process that I dreamed and heard of while being in college. Gone are the days of being in the theater for an hour and fifteen minutes! Here its 11am-6pm everyday. I'm learning a lot just watching the dancers- how they act in rehearsals, work to inspire Martha, and give themselves to the process. It's beautiful."
Summer Sides, BA
Maiya Newstead Silver, BFA
Robin Spohr, BA
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