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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 - 1985
UNDERGRADUATE
Jack Arnold
Gretchen Devlin-Hall
Leslie (Sinibaldi) Hennessey
Lisa (Andrews) Kidd
Gail (Gingras) Menees
GRADUATE
Joan (Wagman) Shiffman
JoanWagman@aol.com
Independent choreographer/performer and Artistic Director for Momentum
Interdisciplinary Arts (1992-present)--work presented by Pittsburgh
Dance
Council, Dance Alloy, Choreographer´s Showcase, Chatham College, and more.
A recent dance work, "and Hannah Prayed" focussed on images from Jewish
mystical texts, and another project, "Running Rope" - on hand and
jumprope games that are passed amongst children. The latter was
performed by a mix of 6th graders and college students. Also
choreographed a production of the play, Medea, Fall of 2001.
Choreographer/Artistic Director of YSU Modern Dance Ensemble, Youngstown, OH (1985-90)
Adjunct faculty, Chatham College (1992-present)
Dance Faculty, Youngstown State University (1985-90) (promoted and tenured at Assistant Professor, established minor)
Awarded interdisciplinary Arts Grant and Emerging Artist Fellowship,
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (1996-97); Emerging Artist Fellowship,
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (1995); Choreographers Continuum Awards, Pittsburgh Dance Council, 1994 & 1997)
Most Challenging project: Raising Miriam (born 1991) and Eliza (1994)