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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 Release… 

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 • Raine Conti, the… 

Oct 3, 2017

NCSU Jazz Ensemble I Hosting Frank Sinatra Themed Recital

On the evening of October 20th, the NCSU Jazz Ensemble I will take audience members back in time for a Frank Sinatra and Rat Pack themed concert The show, which will bring The Rat Pack and The Wolf Pack together, marks the first time the NCSU Jazz Band will pay homage to the legendary jazz… 

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 the Atlantic… 

Sep 22, 2017

Toni Christine Masini Scholarship Awarded to Victoria Pediaditakis

The Toni Christine Masini Scholarship was formally presented to Victoria Pediaditakis on Saturday, September 16th during the halftime show at the NCSU vs. Furman football game. The Masini scholarship was established to preserve the memory of Toni Christine Masini, a young woman with exceptional leadership skills and a ‘Commitment to Excellence’ through God, family, friends, academics… 

Sep 18, 2017

Lara Downes Shares Perspective on American Music

At a special lecture on the morning of Monday, September 18, musical artist Lara Downes spoke to a room full of students about her journey through reconnecting to American Music, with a special focus on Leonard Bernstein’s influence. The lecture was presented as a facilitated conversation led by Jackson Cooper of Chamber Music Raleigh.  … 

Sep 11, 2017

NCSU High School Band Day Draws 375 High School Students from All Over US

If the halftime show at the NCSU vs. Marshall football game last Saturday seemed particularly loud in the stadium, that’s because it was. Hundreds of high school marching band students joined the NCSU Marching Band, also known as the Power Sound of the South, to deliver a rousing medley of instrumental Daft Punk songs. The… 

Sep 11, 2017

Kathryn Mueller Faculty Recital September 19

Adjunct Lecturer of Voice Kathryn Mueller will be presenting a special performance on Tuesday September 19th in the NCSU Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theater. The selections within Canción: Spanish Song through the Ages follow the development and influence of Spanish song. Early influences of medieval Moorish and Jewish music, the music of Spain’s renaissance Golden Age and… 

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 and… 

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 the U.S.…