2022 College Report

42 43 DANCE Recent Accolades 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 • #1 BEST VALUE AND #2 BEST QUALITY • GRADUATES MORE DANCE STUDENTS than any 200 undergraduates, and presents 6 formal dance concerts per year, while also hosting several informal events. undergraduate Dance program in the country other university in the state Faculty have performed or choreographed in over a dozen countries. The division regularly hosts internationally- (College Factual) 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, • Nearly 100% JOB PLACEMENT of Teacher and non-profit community settings. • Creation in Motion Touring Ensemble for Young Certification students Audiences (CIMTEYA) hosted several hundred local school children for STREAM in Motion (educational • Merge Dance Company has performed in the dance performance) Footprint Festival in London, the COCO Dance Festival in Trinidad and Tobago, and the DUMBO RECENT ALUMNI: RECENT GUEST ARTISTS: International Dance Festival in New York City (See also Distinguished Alumni) • Students and alumni have EARNED SCHOLARSHIPS to the Mark Morris Dance Intensive, Gus Giordano Bernard Brown (Sacramento • Carissa Armstrong , Professor, Texas Dance Intensive, and Broadway Dance Center in NYC • Regularly earn HONORS AT THE STATE AND State University), Kim Olsen A&M University REGIONAL LEVELS of the American College (Choreographer from Colorado), Rosely Dance Festival • Leah Baster , MEd, was featured on the Conz (Michigan State University), Rocio • Performance ensembles: Opening Door Dance BERNARD NBC program Dancing with Myself Luna (Choreographer from Mexico) Theatre, Orchesis Dance Company, Transient Dance Heike Salzer (Roehampton University), BROWN Collective, Merge Dance Company (the program’s • Hosted 2nd annual Semilla Festival in summer touring company), CIMTEYA, an outreach program 2022, an interdisciplinary performing arts festival • Alexandra Burkhart , Freelance Dancer Trent Williams (University of Florida), Sacramento that conducts residencies in schools, and Inspired by celebrating the contemporary voices of Hispanic and and Teacher in Los Angeles and Noble Motion Dance Company State Aliyha (IBA) Dance Company African diasporas (Huntsville) University • Cherie Carson , Artistic Director, Upswing Aerial Dance & Company (Berkeley) • Matthew Cumbie , Artistic Director, Matthew Cumbie Projects (Maine) • Mario Flores , Dancer with Calpulli Mexican Dance Company (NYC) • Amanda Forsyth , Walt Disney World • Abram Garcia , Walt Disney World • Mark Gonzalez , BFA, performed with Dance Divas 2022 in Chicago • 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, NYU graduate school • Mollie Haven Miller , Executive Director at Dance Source Houston