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From studio to stage, music, theatre, and dance faculty podcasts explore the performing arts as a tool for fostering human connections, healing, and growth.
The Sharon Prize, a $5,000 annual grant celebrating and supporting women and non-binary artists in Colorado, has been awarded to CSU Dance Professor Grace Gallagher for her innovative contemporary dance work, There is No Planet B, a multimedia performance that fuses art with environmental activism to address the urgency of climate action. This compelling dance and art experience will have its world premiere at the University Center for the Arts at Colorado State University on Nov. 21 and 22, 2025.
The National Dance Education Organization’s annual conference will take place from October 3 to 6, 2025, in Detroit, Michigan. Several Colorado State University students and faculty are presenting at the event entitled The Power of Movement: Dance Education Traditions and Innovations.
The College of Liberal Arts is hosting the second Democracy Summit at CSU, March 5-7, 2025.
https://www.libarts.colostate.edu/research-creative/cla-democracy-summit/
Events are free and open to the public.
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., […]
CSU Dance majors are attending the 2024 National Dance Education Organization conference.
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 […]
Colorado State University School of Music, Theatre, and Dance is proud to share the latest news and achievements from our Alumni. Samantha Lewis ’20 Teaching and performing with Evolving Doors Dance Company Safia Vanterpool ’20 Mark Morris Dance Group Teaching Artist Program Franny Komperda ’21 Payton Lauer ’21 authenticgrooves.com Alayna Maddocks ’21 Taryn Santeramo ’21 […]
