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Dance Professor Kelli Sharp Collaborates with Undergraduate Students in an Innovative UCI Research ProgramDance Professor Kelli Sharp Collaborates with Undergraduate Students in an Innovative UCI Research Program
By Richard Chang At most universities, undergraduates don’t typically get opportunities to do serious research with their professors, let alone get published alongside them in professional journals. But through UC Irvine’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), undergrads are...
The latest volume of Dance Major Journal is now availableThe latest volume of Dance Major Journal is now available
Dance Major Journal 2020 is out! The 2020 Edition of Dance Major Journal “Dancing Still Goes On,” is now online, with timely writing by dance majors and graduate choreographers. Donald McKayle with his last Etude Ensemble, author Sadie Sandoval at right. McKayle’s influence goes on, with the...
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Tapping Into a New EraTapping Into a New Era
By Christine Byrd In his dance, “Waiting for Amazon,” Carl “Dougie” Sanders, M.F.A. ’21, moves in his living room, expressing the exhausting boredom of being stuck at home, and the angsty anticipation before a parcel delivery. We may not move quite like Sanders, but we know exactly what he’s...
UCI Dance mourns the passing of Donald Dale BradburnUCI Dance mourns the passing of Donald Dale Bradburn
Donald Dale Bradburn June 14, 1940 - July 23, 2020 Renowned dance photographer, dancer, designer and choreographer, Donald Dale Bradburn passed away on July 23 in Cedar City, Utah after an extended illness. Don's photos captured such dance luminaries as Nureyev, Baryshnikov, Markova,...
Arts and WellnessArts and Wellness
By Christine Byrd The seats were empty, the orchestra silent, the studios dark. More than 700 undergraduate and 150 graduate students, and the scores of faculty and staff who teach and support them, disappeared literally overnight. It was March 17, and the Claire Trevor School of the Arts,...
UC Irvine Art Department: Recontextualizing Instruction During Changing TimesUC Irvine Art Department: Recontextualizing Instruction During Changing Times
The visual and performing arts inspire and enlighten us. They provide solace, help us rise above difficulties and uplift our spirits during times of change and confusion. “Art is essential to the well-being of individuals and society...”
Artist for the FutureArtist for the Future
Gabby Miller, M.F.A. ’20, crosses disciplines to explore the possibility of a future that is not predetermined By Christine Byrd “Can we turn the black box theater into an Oracle Machine?” was a question burning in Gabby Miller’s mind during the final year of her M.F.A. program at the Claire...
UCI Dance Welcomes Two New Faculty MembersUCI Dance Welcomes Two New Faculty Members
Irvine, Calif., July 1, 2020 – The Department of Dance in the UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts welcomes two new Assistant Professors in Dance, Ariyan Johnson and Cyrian Reed, choreographer artists who specialize in hip hop and jazz dance. The department conducted a year-long...
Lindsay Gilmour named UCI Hellman FellowLindsay Gilmour named UCI Hellman Fellow
Gilmour's research will explore Tibetan ritual dance in monasteries and nunneries Lindsay Gilmour, assistant professor in dance, recently received a 2020-21 Hellman Fellowship, which helps promising junior faculty realize their scientific and academic potential. Gilmour joins an elite group of...
Black Performers You Probably Don't Know About — But ShouldBlack Performers You Probably Don't Know About — But Should
“‘Ah haaa!’ – The most ferocious sound in the room at the David H. Koch Theater was coming from an 85-year-old man in a wheelchair. But the years melted away as that man — Donald McKayle, the modern dance and Broadway choreographer known for exploring African-American themes in his work — watched a...
Ballet in the kitchen: Alana Isiguen Ballet in the kitchen: Alana Isiguen
"Alana Isiguen was a mere 2-years-old when she became so committed to emulating the movements in her older sister’s dance class that the instructor eventually conceded, much to the young pupil’s delight, in letting her join. From there, it was love. Isiguen, who will join the UW department of...
A New Cultural Paradigm at the UC Irvine School of the Arts
UCI’s Dance Department Hosts Their First Online PerformanceUCI’s Dance Department Hosts Their First Online Performance
May 14 would’ve marked the opening night of UCI Dance Department’s annual undergraduate choreography showcase, “Physical Graffiti.” The shift to remote rehearsals following the show’s cancelation didn’t stop the cast and creative team from performing.
Introducing the Shut In Dance Film FestIntroducing the Shut In Dance Film Fest
Andrew Pearson, B.F.A. '09, Choreography and Performance, is launching a new dance film festival directed by Nicole Berger, choreographer for television programs including The Good Place, VEEP, and Brooklyn Nine Nine. "I first met Nicole two years ago when I started teaching at AMDA (American...
UCI M.F.A. Alumni Waeli Wang Appointed Visiting Assistant ProfessorUCI M.F.A. Alumni Waeli Wang Appointed Visiting Assistant Professor
UCI M.F.A. Alumni Waeli Wang Appointed Visiting Assistant Professor at University of Kansas Dance Department Recent UCI M.F.A. ’19 dance graduate Waeli Wang will be joining the University of Kansas Theatre and Dance Department as a visiting assistant professor for 2020-22. As a dance and...
UCI Dance alum named Artistic Director for the Limón Dance CompanyUCI Dance alum named Artistic Director for the Limón Dance Company
Dante Puleio (M.F.A. ’17) has been named Artistic Director for the Limón Dance Company in New York, NY. Starting in July 2020, Puleio will succeed Colin Connor as the sixth Artistic Director of the Company in its 74-year history. Puleio first began his dance training at Laban Centre in London...
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