2021-College-Report

divi s ion of dance ALUMN I *See also Distinguished Alumni The Division of Dance offers undergraduate B.F.A. degrees in Performance and Choreography and Dance Teacher Certification, in addition to a B.A. in Dance Studies and a minor in Dance. The division serves nearly 200 undergraduates, and presents 6 formal dance concerts per year, while also hosting several informal events. Faculty have performed or choreographed in over a dozen countries. The division regularly hosts internationally-renown guest artists who teach master classes, present lectures, and create new dances with our students. Graduates work in public and private secondary schools, private studios, professional dance companies, and non-profit community settings. RECENT ACCOLADES • # 2 UNDERGRADUATE DANCE PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY AND #1 IN TEXAS ( College Factual ) • Creation in Motion Touring Ensemble for Young Audiences (CIMTEYA) and performed virtually for school-aged children locally and in Trinidad and Tobago • Merge Dance Company has perfomed in the Footprint Festival in London, the COCO Dance Festival in Trinidad and Tobago, and the DUMBO International Dance Festival in New York City • College‘s first student Fulbright, Meghan Patterson, worked with survivors of domestic violence in Bulgaria, using dance and movement as a catalyst for healing • The division regularly earns HONORS AT THE STATE AND REGIONAL LEVELS of the American College Dance Festival • GRADUATES MORE DANCE STUDENTS THAN ANY OTHER UNIVERSITY IN THE STATE • Students have earned scholarships to the Mark Morris Dance Intensive and Broadway Dance Center in NYC • Dance faculty have PERFORMED, CHOREOGRAPHED, AND/OR PRESENTED their video dances in nearly 40 COUNTRIES • NEARLY 100% JOB PLACEMENT OF TEACHER CERTIFICATION STUDENTS • Performance ensembles: Opening Door Dance Theatre, 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, and Bobcat Dance Theatre RECENT GUEST ART I STS Bernard Brown (Sacramento State University), Kim Olsen (Choreographer from Colorado), Torens Johnson (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre), Rosely Conz (Michigan State University), Rocio Luna (Choreographer from Mexico), Heike Salzer (Roehampton University), Trent Williams (University of Florida), Noble Motion Dance Company (Huntsville), and Matthew Farmer (Hope College) FOR MORE I NFO, V I S I T: theatreanddance.txstate.edu/dance 42 ■ C O L L E G E R E P O R T 2 0 2 1 • 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 with Calpulli Mexican Dance Company (NYC) • ABRAM GARCIA Walt Disney World (Orlando) • FRANCESCA RAE IANNELLI Nepantla Dance Company (NYC) • DESIREE KOSTELNIK RWS Entertainment Group • BRITTANY LOPEZ Board President of the San Antonio Dance Umbrella • JESSICA MACFARLANE Houston Ballet and NYU • SHANNON MCMULLAN Dancer with Dances by Isadora and Dance Visions (NYC) • MOLLIE HAVEN MILLER Executive Director at Dance Source Houston • ASHLEA PALAFOX Expressive Therapist at Chicago Lakeshore Hospital • CATHY WERNER Artistic Director at Mountain Air Dance in Bozeman, MT ■ 43