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MFA Dance Student Yinqi Wang's Omnivore Dance wins Dance City Festival Chicago Awards

"A Touch of Sin," a work by MFA Dance Student Yinqi Wang and his partner Maggie Liang of Omnivore Dance won the 2025 Dance City Festival Chicago Best Choreographer and National Exchange Awards.…

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Associate Professor Nyama McCarthy-Brown appears on Voices of Excellence podcast

Nyama McCarthy-Brown: Everybody is a Dancer
October 1, 2025 at 12:00pm by juliabiller

Nyama McCarthy-Brown, Associate Professor of Dance Pedagogy…

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MFA Student Shaela Davis presenting self-choreographed solo for the 5th Annual Baltimore Black Choreographer's Festival

MFA Student Shaela Davis self-choreographed a solo entitled "She Is..." for the 5th Annual Baltimore Black Choreographer's Festival, which runs October 10-12, 2025. 

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PhD Dance Student Robin Raven Prichard wins Outstanding Researcher Award

PhD Dance Student Robin Raven Prichard has received the Outstanding Dance Researcher Award from the National Dance Educators Organization. With more than 5,000 members and two journals, NDEO is…

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