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Alumni News: Class Notes from December 2023

Colorado State University School of Music, Theatre, and Dance is proud to share the latest news and achievements from our Alumni. Jenna Smith (Spengler) ’12 Company member with IMPACT Dance Company and Canyon Concert Ballet, Fort Collins, Colorado; Formal dancer with FALL Aerial Ballet Company, Nashville, Tennessee Cecillia McNeel ’12 Annessa Kohlhardt ’12 Doctor of Physical Therapy Degree from Colorado […]


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Alumni News: Class Notes from November 2023

Colorado State University School of Music, Theatre, and Dance is proud to share the latest news and achievements from our Alumni. Megan Meehleis ’10 High Country Conservatory of Music and Dance (Family-owned dance school); appeared on America’s Got Talent, 2014 Les Laura Martin (Siem) ’10 Dance faculty at Performance Dancer, Aurora Dance Arts, and Avatar Movement […]


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Alumni News: Class Notes from October 2023

Colorado State University School of Music, Theatre, and Dance is proud to share the latest news and achievements from our Alumni. Shari Callear ’08 Founding dancer with Life/Art Dance Ensemble, Denver, Colorado Ariane Ruprai ’08 Formal dancer of Louder Than Words Dance Theatre, Denver, Colorado Andrea Palesh ’08 Performed with Eyes of a Blue Dog Dance […]


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CSU Dance Faculty and Students Present at the 2023 NDEO Conference

CSU Dance students, alumni, and faculty at the 2023 NDEO conference Caitlynn Doyle, Gracie Cooper, Vi Myers, and Q at the 2023 NDEO conference 2023 NDEO Presenters Jacqueline Urquidez, Vi Myers, and Liam Teagarden Colorado State University dance faculty and students engaged with colleagues, dance instructors, educators, and community members at the 2023 National Dance […]


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Moving Through Parkinson’s Dances Across Europe with CSU Dance Faculty Lisa Morgan

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


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Alumni News: Class Notes from September 2023

Colorado State University School of Music, Theatre, and Dance is proud to share the latest news and achievements from our Alumni. Erin Warner Prange ’06 Dancer and Executive Director of Big Muddy Dance Company Erica Bow-Gottschalk (Jurgens-Bow) ’06 Performed with Diavolo Dance Theatre Dance Company, Los Angeles, California Jessica Riggs (Olin) ’07 Artistic Director of Life/Art Dance Ensemble, […]


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Alumni News: Class Notes from August 2023

Colorado State University School of Music, Theatre, and Dance is proud to share the latest news and achievements from our Alumni. Becky Kendall ’04 Artistic Director of Momentum Dance Collective, Anchorage, Alaska, a non-profit corporation; momentumdance.org Carrie Demo ’04 Teaching artist at New York City Ballet Education Center, 2015-present Kristin Howe (LeLoup) ’05 Owner/Teacher at Creative Kids Movement; Co-Founder/Artistic […]


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Celebrate! CSU recognizes dance professor Grace Gallagher

Each year, Colorado State University celebrates the teaching, research and service achievements of CSU students, alumni and friends, academic faculty, administrative professionals and classified staff as part of the Celebrate! Colorado State Awards. CSU Assistant Professor of Dance Grace Gallger received the Emerging Community Engagement Scholarship Award. The award was given in recognition of a relatively new […]


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Moving Through Parkinson’s program featured on “living healthy longer” podcast

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 […]