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8 | January & February | College News College of Fine Arts and Communication | 9 DANCE Dance Studies, Per formance & Choreography, Single Teaching Certif ication, & Dual Teaching Certif ications FACULTY ACCOLADES Ana Baer’s new screendance, TerraMontes (2024), was screened at Life in Motion: A Colorado Dance Film Festival in Denver, Colorado. This is a collaboration with Michelle Nance and Richard D. Hall. Shay Ishii created the costumes. [1] IMARP Imagens em Movimento X anos, São Paulo, Brazil, selected Ana Baer’s screendance Angeles de Tierra (2024). Ana Baer’s UrbáTerra (2024), a collaboration with Michelle Nance , Amanda McCorkle , and Richard D. Hall , was screened at Coctelito Videodanza, Yucatán, MX; Filmarte Short Film Festival, Porto Portugal; Athens International Digital Film Festival, Athens, Greece; Tokyo Documentary Film Festival, Tokyo, Japan. Ana Baer’s Sympoiesis (2022) was selected at Coctelito Video- danza, Yucatán, MX, and Filmarte Short Film Festival, Porto, Portugal. Denise Cochran was inducted into the Hall of Fame for Texas Dance Educator’s Association. [2] Megan Moss performed with TY&CO dance company at the opening reception for Anne Siems art show Playground at the Wally Workman art gallery in Austin, on February 1, 2025. Megan was one of the live performers doing improvisa- tional movement representing the living version of the ideals presented in the artwork. Megan Moss presented a ballet master class for dance in- structors throughout the Texas area at TATD (Texas Associa- tion Teachers of Dancing) convention. Master class discussed how to incorporate original ballet variations and storytelling while teaching ballet technique to students. Michelle Nance , Jonathan Pattiwael , and Ana Brotons each presented a master class for Psalm 149 Dance Company in New Braunfels in January. Alum Ronnye Williams Cowell was recently inducted into the Texas Dance Educators “Hall of Fame.” [3] 2 3 Ana Baer’s new screendance, TerraMontes (2024), was screened at Life in Motion: A Colorado Dance Film Festival in Denver, Colorado Denise Cochran (lefwas inducted into the Hall of Fame for Texas Dance Educator’s Association Ronnye Williams Cowell was recently inducted into the Texas Dance Educators “Hall of Fame” 1 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Kaysie Seitz Brown's Master Class at the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders Ana Broton's Master Class Kaysie Seitz Brown and Amanda McCorkle with students at TAHPERD