Category Archives: Alumni

April 2017 Class Notes

Annessa Kohlhardt, 2012, B.A. Performing Arts, B.A. Health and Exercise Science After graduating, Annessa moved to Chicago where she performed in a wide variety of settings including concert dance, corporate events, and featured entertainment events. In addition to dancing, Annessa worked in a major hospital as a rehabilitation technician in an outpatient physical therapy clinic. […]


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Dance Alumni Celebration: Uniting Dancing Rams of All Ages

When people think of the word “reunion,” all sorts of things come to mind. Perhaps it’s a family reunion, with the awkwardness of seeing a long lost cousin or the thought of politely laughing at Uncle Ed’s bad jokes. Others might think of a high school class reunion, with butterflies over running into a school […]


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Alumni Dance Celebration

Dear Colorado State University Dance Alumni and Friends, Greetings from Fort Collins, Colorado! The faculty, staff, and students of the School of Music, Theatre and Dance invite you to be a part of our upcoming Colorado State University Dance Alumni Celebration taking place at the University Center for the Arts on April 27-30, 2016. These […]


Brittany Adams pictured for Take Back the Tutu Campaign

October 2015 Class Notes

Grady Soapes Grady Soapes, ’09, B.A. Dance, is artistic coordinator and dance educator at the Denver Center for Performing Arts, where he works on casting; helps manage the Colorado New Play Summit; coordinates the theatre testing initiative, Off-Center at the Jones; and hosts and manages the Playwright Fellow. He also serves as New Works Festival […]


Henry Mallory

June 2015 Class Notes

Mallory Buffer Henry, ’09, B.A. Performing Arts: Dance has been dancing with a small traveling show titled “The Silver Screen Salon Show as a Can-Can Dancer with the alias, ‘Sophie Darling.’ Mallory has also been teaching dance for years, and in Aug. 2014 opened the Henry Stashak Academy of Dance and Innovation in Fort Collins. […]


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Introducing “The Green Room,” the UCA’s Online Magazine

“Celebrate what you want to see more of.” ~ Tom Peters, author of In Search of Excellence, Lessons from America’s Best-Run Companies On April 1, the University Center for the Arts launched The Green Room, a celebration of visual and performing arts at Colorado State University. The publication is a comprehensive showcase for behind-the-scenes event details, […]


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Dance Alumni Spotlight: Denna Thomsen, ‘07

A day in the life of dancer Denna Thomsen? Recently these have included starting her own dance company in Los Angeles, music videos with today’s top performing artists, and a recent stunning performance on Saturday Night Live. While Denna credits much of the foundation for her success to her time at CSU, she wasn’t sure […]