Join faculty and students from CSU Dance for FREE classes in a variety of classical and contemporary dance forms. No prior experience is needed. All levels ages 16+ are welcome! The class takes place at the University Center for the Arts located at 1400 Remington St. in studio 101. Date/Time: Select Saturdays from 10-11 a.m., […]
Jane Slusarski-Harris, Director of CSU Dance, 1988-2018. Rod Harris and Jane Slusarski-Harris continue to support student work in the dance program at Colorado State University with the Rod Harris and Jane Slusarski-Harris Dance Scholarship. “Dance brought much to our lives: discipline, artistic expression, and physical accomplishment,” said the couple. “These are vitally important in a dance […]
The School of Music Theatre and Dance hosted an inaugural Wellness Week, April 8th – 12th. Hosted by SMTD’s Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (JEDI) committee, this week-long event included a plethora of activities designed to increase mindfulness, self-care, and community building. Staff, students, faculty, and community partners collaborated to provide opportunities for discussion, reflection, and […]
Wednesday March 27th 2:15-3:30pm Class with Kristin Hapke, (Occupational Therapy Doctorate Candidate, Certified in LSVT BIG, Pilates and Movement Analysis) will teach a movement class to enhance our function, coordination and fun in our daily lives. Kristin will incorporate her expertise as a tenured dance professor and Pilates instructor, along with her occupational therapy […]
The Center for Healthy Aging featured CSU Dance Faculty Lisa Morgan in a recent article on Moving Through Parkinson’s tour through Austria and Poland. Read more about the CSU dance program that inspired the development of similar programming at some of the European sites here: Moving Through Parkinson’s dances across Europe- Center for Healthy Aging
CSU Dance Instructor Lisa Morgan recently appeared on the Living Healthy Longer podcast, produced by the Columbine Health Systems Center for Healthy Aging. According to the site, the podcast description, living healthy longer covers the latest in the biological, cognitive, psychological, social, and behavioral aspects of getting older—from research happening at Colorado State University to […]
Story by Grace Cooper, CSU Dance Major; originally printed on Dec. 16, 2020 in College Avenue Magazine Tucked away in the Southeast corner of Colorado State University’s campus, the University Center of the Arts is home to the School of Music, Theater, and Dance — not often the programs that draw students to CSU. A […]
By Jeff Dodge, Writer and Senior Public Relations Specialist It’s not obvious what the dancer sees in the distance, but there is a glimmer in her eyes as she leaps and twists and twirls. A flutter, a kick, then a new companion joins her, gliding in to meet her stage right. They ebb and flow […]
Innovative, diverse, and relevant new works by CSU dance faculty and student choreographers are featured throughout the 2019 Spring Dance Concert, directed by dance professor Chung-Fu Chang and showing at the University Center for the Arts April 26-27. The in-house showcase of student-performed solo, duet, and group pieces represents a wide range of topics from […]
—By Emily Kaiser, UCA Publicity Intern The Colorado State University Dance presents this semester’s Senior Dance Capstone Concert, Testimony: 5 Stories in Motion. Graduating dance majors Katelyn Doyle, Cassie Eron, Madison Martinek, Jenny Trenchard, and Mohammed York are preparing their final dance performance before completing their undergraduate dance education at CSU. The concert takes place […]
