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Spring 2025
Spring 2025
In this issue
Welcome Message
Dear Friends and Colleagues:In January 2025 I became interim chair of the Department of Dance, and I can’t tell you what a privilege and a joy it has been…
Spring Concert features works by Guest Artists Ronald K. Brown, Doug Varone and new faculty works by Donald Isom, Momar Ndiaye and Daniel Roberts
Our audiences experienced the power of movement and the beauty of unity in "Together, We Move" our spring concert, April 10-12, 2025. This captivating dance concert showcased a diverse range of…
Assistant Professors Irvin Manuel Gonzalez and Alfonso Cervera develop Pachanga e Poder
Assistant Professors Irvin Manuel Gonzalez and Alfonso Cervera developed Pachanga e Poder, a community-driven research incubator. The event brought…
Assistant Professors Alfonso Cervera and Irvin Manuel Gonzalez’s Primera Generación Dance Collective named to Dance Magazine’s 25 to Watch for 2025
Dance Magazine announced their top 25 dancers, choreographers, directors, and companies to look out for in 2025. These artists are acknowledged as innovative figures shaping the direction of the…
Daniel Roberts' dance film Waters premieres at the Dark Music Days Festival in Iceland
Associate Professor Daniel Roberts' dance film Waters premiered at the Dark Music Days Festival in Iceland January 25, 2025. Waters is a 16-minute video dance filmed at Vatnasafn…
Associate Professor Nyama McCarthy-Brown's book receives Popular Culture Association award
Dr. McCarthy-Brown's book Skin Colored Pointes Interviews With Women of Color in Ballet received the 2025 Harry Shaw and Katrina Hazzard-Donald Award for…
Assistant Professor Kym McDaniel installs 3-channel visual art installation
Assistant Professor Kym McDaniel installed her 3-channel visual art installation, “Gutted”, at the Ann Arbor Film Festival’s Off The Screen! The installation ran from March 25 to March 30 in downtown…
Norah Zuniga Shaw Partners with Doris Duke Foundation for XR Performance Research
XR Performance and Previsualization: ACCAD Professor Norah Zuniga Shaw Partners with Doris Duke Foundation to Convene National Leaders in Performance and Technology…
Ryan Johnson, Dianne McIntyre and Bebe Miller to perform at the new Doris Duke Theatre at Jacob's Pillow this summer
Post MFA Scholar Ryan Johnson, Alumna Dianne McIntyre (BFA 1969) and Alumna/Emerita Professor Bebe Miller (MA 1975) will be sharing the stage at the grand…