Month: March 2016
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Columbia College Chicago Dance Center Alumni Premiere New Work with Red Clay Dance April 8-9 at DuSable Museum
Red Clay Dance, an all-female ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Dance Center alum Vershawn Ward (BFA ’02), will premiere a new evening-length work on Friday-Saturday, April 8-9, at the DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago. The work, titled Written on the Flesh, is a world premiere. Created by Vershawn Ward,…
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Columbia College Chicago Dance Alumni Featured in ‘West Side Story’ at Paramount Theatre
Columbia College Chicago Dance Department alumni Erin Kilmurray (BA ’08) and Tiffany Krause (BA ’12) are in the cast of West Side Story at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, Illinois. Kilmurray and Krause, graduates of Columbia College’s Dance BA program, are making their Paramount Theatre debuts in the roles of Velma and Clarice respectively. Kilmurray…
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Columbia College Chicago Dance Alum Featured in Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble’s ‘Bindis and Bruises’ March 4-19
Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble, a cutting-edge dance/theatre company whose artistic director, Sara Maslanka (BA ’13), is a Columbia College Chicago Dance Department alum, continues its 15th season with Bindis and Bruises, conceived and co-choreographed by Priya Narayan (MA ’14), an alum of Columbia’s interdisciplinary arts graduate program, and directed and co-choreographed by CDE founder Ellyzabeth Adler.…
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The Dance COLEctive Marks 20th Anniversary with Live and Live-Streamed Performances March 8-20
The Dance COLEctive, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Dance Department alum and faculty member Margi Cole (BA ’90), marks its 20th anniversary with a two-weekend concert series, “Revelry/20 Years,” running March 11-20 at Links Hall at Constellation, 3111 N. Western, Chicago. Performances are Friday-Sunday, March 11-13 and 18-20, at 7 PM…