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Celebrating 30 Years of the NCSU Dance Company

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Oct 9, 2017

How Dance Can Help Students in STEM Disciplines

The article was initially published on the NC State News page on Oct. 9, 2017. A new research, co-authored by dance director Tara Mullins, shows that dance helps students be more creative in problem-solving and access a more diverse group of people –– all help students incorporate multiple viewpoints when tackling academic challenges   For Immediate…

Oct 5, 2017

Three Dance Program Students Received Arts NC State Awards

Congratulations to the three outstanding NC State Dance Program students for receiving the Arts NC State awards for performing and choreographing dance works at NC State in the following nominations: Performing Artist Award: • Gini Brown, the NCSU Dance Company member • Danyale Calhoun, the Panoramic Dance Project member Creative Artist Award: • Gini Brown, the Dance Composition class student •…

Sep 27, 2017

Innovative Projects Present at ACCelerate Festival

  The article was initially published on the NC State News page on Sept. 27, 2017. The NC State Dance Program and the Virtual MLK Project take the stage in Washington, D.C. next month at a three-day festival showcasing innovative university projects that combine art, science and humanities to address global challenges. The 15 universities of…

Sep 7, 2017

Lucky Plush Productions will work with the NCSU Dance Company

Lucky Plush Productions, a renowned dance/theater company based in Chicago, will be in residence with the NCSU Dance Company Sept. 8–11 to set an excerpt from the dance piece Cinderbox 2.0, to be presented at NC State in the Dance Program Fall Concert on November 16-17 in Stewart Theatre. Together with the American Dance Festival…

Aug 23, 2017

Open to all NC State Students: Bollywood Piece Auditions

The NC State Dance Program invites NC State students in any major to audition for the Bollywood repertory piece on Tuesday, Sept. 5, from 5:30–7:00 p.m. in Carmichael Dance Studio 2307. The piece will be performed in the Dance Program Fall Concert in November and taught by one of the top 20 Bollywood dancers in…

Aug 16, 2017

Dance Students Summer Intensive with CONTRA-TIEMPO

Two NC State Dance Program students Brooke Yannayon and Matthew Wright completed Futuro Summer Dance Intensive in Los Angeles, CA led by a multilingual urban Latin dance theater company CONTRA-TIEMPO. Brooke and Matthew first met CONTRA-TIEMPO at NC State University in February during its residency with the Panoramic Dance Project when student company members learned an excerpt from Agua Furiosa…

Aug 13, 2017

Meet New Panoramic Dance Project Artistic Director

We are eager to introduce the new NC State Dance Program Lecturer –– Francine Ott, an award-winning dance artist who will direct one of the two NC State dance companies Panoramic Dance Project presentin Afrocentric and world dance. Francine E. Ott, a native of New Orleans, received her B.F.A in Dance from the University of Louisiana…

Apr 7, 2017

CALS Student Scientists Dance – With Research

The article was initially published on the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences page on April 4, 2017.   Sophomore animal science major Dedreanna Scott has three tests this week. Junior Gini Brown, a double major in plant biology and biochemistry, just started work in a lab studying virus evolution in cassava plants. But even with packed schedules, both…

Mar 9, 2017

We are Hiring a Part-Time Dance Lecturer

The NC State Dance Program is excited to announce an opening for a part-time Dance Lecturer who will serve as the administrative and artistic director of the Panoramic Dance Project. The Panoramic Dance Project is an academic dance company directed by the NC State Dance Program, one of the six programs of Arts NC State. The…

Mar 7, 2017

Celebrating 30 Years of the NCSU Dance Company

PRESS RELEASE The award-winning NCSU Dance Company will celebrate the company’s 30-year anniversary at its annual spring concert on April 6-7 at 8 p.m. in Stewart Theatre. Recognized by the American College Dance Association for its content-driven and research-based dance works, the company will present a distinguished collection of modern dance in choreography by the…