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Interspecies Journey: A residency with unlikely partners

Posted by Jennifer Clary on Tuesday, January 30, 2024
CLA Community, Latest News, Research & Creative Scholarship

The Colorado State University Dance and Equine Sciences programs collaborated for a week in the Fall of 2023 to find connections and intersections between dance/arts and work with horses to enhance each other’s practices, learning, and research. These unlikely partners came together to find new ways of listening and discovery across disciplines.

Guest artist JoAnna Mendl Shaw and The Equus Projects were invited to work with students and faculty in residence. In the studio and the arena, they explored a common language, physical dialogue, and ways to honor and give voice to humans and equines.

Body/Speak builds an inclusive dance community

Posted by Jennifer Clary on Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Events, Latest News

Body/Speak is a community concert featuring guests from colleges, universities, and dance companies across the region who join CSU Dance for an evening of diverse dance genres. The aim is to support artists and build networks within the Colorado and Wyoming dance communities.

At the end of the showcase, participants are invited to collaboratively create an ‘Instant Dance’ together as an opportunity to truly dance together, in the same piece instead of simply on the same stage!

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Alumni News: Class Notes from January 2024

Posted by School of Music, Theatre, and Dance on Saturday, January 20, 2024
Alumni

Colorado State University School of Music, Theatre, and Dance is proud to share the latest news and achievements from our Alumni. Emma Kimball ’14 Company member with Canyon Concert Ballet, Fort Collins, Colorado; Company member with Built for Collapse, Brooklyn, New York Kayla Banks ’14 Formal dancer of Dancing Earth Dance Company, San Francisco; IMPACT Dance Company, Fort Collins, […]

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Alumni News: Class Notes from December 2023

Posted by School of Music, Theatre, and Dance on Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Alumni

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

Posted by School of Music, Theatre, and Dance on Monday, November 20, 2023
Alumni

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

Posted by School of Music, Theatre, and Dance on Friday, October 20, 2023
Alumni

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 […]

dance students and faculty

CSU Dance Faculty and Students Present at the 2023 NDEO Conference

Posted by School of Music, Theatre, and Dance on Wednesday, October 18, 2023
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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 […]

CSU Dance Faculty Lisa Morgan dances with Moving Through Parkinson's

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

Posted by School of Music, Theatre, and Dance on Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Dance, Faculty, Music 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

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Alumni News: Class Notes from September 2023

Posted by School of Music, Theatre, and Dance on Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Alumni

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

Posted by School of Music, Theatre, and Dance on Sunday, August 20, 2023
Alumni

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 […]