2018 College Report

- - DIVISION OF DANCE ABOUT US Te Division of Dance prepares students for a variety of careers in dance and related felds. Students explore multiple genres of dance, learning to contextualize theory and practice in educational, professional, and community settings. Te Division ofers undergraduate degrees in Performance and Choreography, Dance Studies, and Teacher Certifcation. Te Division has nearly 200 undergraduates, and ofers at least 6 dance concerts per year. Faculty have performed or choreographed in over a dozen countries. Te Division regularly hosts internationally renowned guest artists who teach master classes and present lectures. Graduates work in public and private secondary schools, private studios, professional dance companies, and non proft community settings. OPPORTUNITIES AND ACCOLADES  #10 UNDERGRADUATE DANCE PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY (BestDanceColleges.com)  Study Abroad students performed in Bedford, England  Creation in Motion Touring Ensemble for Young Audiences (CIMTEYA) taught and performed at the COCO Dance Festival in Trinidad and Tobago  Merge Dance Company has performed in: the Footprint Festival in London, the COCO Dance Festival in Trinidad and Tobago, and the DUMBO International Dance Festival in New York City  NEARLY 100% JOB PLACEMENT OF TEACHER CERTIFICATION STUDENTS  Regularly earn honors at the state and regional levels of the American College Dance Festival  Have earned scholarships to the Mark Morris Dance Intensive and Broadway Dance Center in NY  College’s frst student Fulbright, Meghan Patterson, worked with survivors of domestic violence in Bulgaria, using dance and movement as a catalyst for healing  GRADUATES MORE DANCE STUDENTS THAN ANY OTHER UNIVERSITY IN THE STATE  Performance opportunities via: Opening Door Dance Teatre, Orchesis Dance Company, Transient Dance Collective, Merge Dance Company (the program’s touring company), CIMTEYA, an outreach program that conducts residencies in schools, Inspired by Aliyha (IBA) Dance Company (hip-hop) RECENT GUEST ARTISTS: Matthew Cumbie (Dance Exchange), Sonja Dumas (University of Trinidad and Tobago), Rosely Conz (Michigan State University), Rocio Luna (Independent Choreographer), Heike Salzer, (Roehampton University) ALUMNI (See also Distinguished Alumni) CARISSA ARMSTRONG Professor, Texas A&M University CHERIE CARSON Artistic Director, Upswing Aerial Dance & Company (Berkeley) MATTHEW CUMBIE Associate Artistic Director, Dance Exchange (Washington D.C.) MARIO FLORES Dancer, Calpulli Mexican Dance Company in NY AMANDA FORSYTH Walt Disney World (Orlando) ABRAM GARCIA Walt Disney World (Orlando) DESIREE KOSTELNIK RWS Entertainment Group BRITTANY LOPEZ Board President of the San Antonio Dance Umbrella JESSICA MACFARLANE Houston Ballet, NYU graduate school SHANNON MCMULLAN Dancer, Dances by Isadora and Dance Visions NY MOLLIE HAVEN MILLER Executive Director at Dance Source Houston ASHLEA PALAFOX Expressive Terapist, Chicago Lakeshore Hospital CATHY WERNER Artistic Director at Mountain Air Dance in Bozeman, MT COLLEGE REPORT 2018 | 31