Category: Alumni Spotlight
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Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago Alum Featured in Chicago Reader Article About Her Movement Design for ‘Othello’
Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago alum Erin Kilmurray ’08, a graduate of the Dance Center’s BA Program in Dance, is interviewed in the Chicago Reader — Chicago’s premier alternative publication — about her movement design for a new production of Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, running December 5 at Court…
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Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago Alum Vershawn Sanders-Ward Featured in Chicago Reader’s 2021 Fall Arts Preview
Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago alum and former faculty member Vershawn Sanders-Ward ’02, a graduate of Columbia College’s Dance BFA program, is featured in the Chicago Reader‘s 2021 Fall Arts Preview, published on September 15, 2021. The cover story by Irene Hsiao profiles Sanders-Ward and her dance troupe, Red Clay Dance Company, which –…
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Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago Alums Receive Links Hall Co-MISSION Residencies and Fellowships for 2021-23
Links Hall, Chicago’s premier incubator/presenter of new dance and performance, has announced a new cohort of Co-MISSION Resident and Fellowship Artists who will be developing new performance at Links’ incubator studio during the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 seasons. Among them are Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago alums Destine Young ’13 and Erin Kilmurray ’08, both…
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Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago Alums Showcase New Work in Alluvion Dance Chicago’s ‘Emergence’ June 25-26
Alluvion Dance Chicago — a contemporary dance company led by Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago alums Johnny Huntoon ’16, a graduate of the Dance Center’s BA Program in Dance, and Morgan Cutler ’19, a graduate of the Dance Center’s BFA Program in Dance — presents Emergence, a virtual festival of work by emerging choreographers,…
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‘Chicago Takes 10’ Features Virtual Performances by Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago Alums and Faculty June 24-July 22
Chicago Takes 10 — a free virtual series featuring performing artists from across the city — will showcase the work of several Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago alums and faculty members between June 24 and July 22. On Thursday, June 24, the series continues with a presentation featuring former Columbia College Dance Center student…
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Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago Alum Dee Alaba: ‘The celebration of authentic self is Pride’
Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago alum Dee Alaba ’17, a graduate of the Dance Center’s BFA Program in Dance, is profiled in the Chicago Reader‘s 2021 Pride Issue, published June 9, 2021. In an article headlined “Dee Alaba celebrates her authentic self: Dancer seeks collaborators who respect identity,” Alaba reflects on her experiences as a…
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Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago Alum Featured in ‘Chicago Takes 10’ Virtual Performance June 10
Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago alum Keyierra Collins ’16, a graduate of the Dance Center’s BA Program in Dance, performs in Chicago Takes 10 — a free virtual series featuring performing artists from across the city — on Thursday, June 10, at 6 PM. Collins will be performing under the auspices of Chicago’s leading…
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Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago Alum Heads to Alabama School of Fine Arts
Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago alumna Margi Cole ’90, founder and artistic director of The Dance COLEctive (TDC), is relocating to Birmingham, Alabama, where she will become Instructor of Modern and Contemporary Dance at the Alabama School of Fine Arts (ASFA), a 7th–to-12th-grade public magnet school. Cole, a graduate of Columbia College’s Dance BA…
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Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago Alum Honored in Chicago Reader’s ‘Best of Chicago 2020’ Poll
Congratulations to Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago alum Erin Kilmurray ’08, a graduate of the Dance Center’s BA Program in Dance and creator of the annual summer performance event The Fly Honey Show, which was selected as “Best Long-Running Play” in the 2020 Arts & Culture poll in the Chicago Reader‘s annual “Best of Chicago”…
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Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago Alums Celebrate Chicago’s ‘Abundance’ of Creative Talent in Links Hall’s Online Performance Event Feb. 8
Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago alums are featured in Links Hall‘s THAW 2021: ABUNDANCE online performance event on Monday, February 8, at 7 PM. Featuring both pre-recorded and live performances from Links Hall and off-site locations — including dance, music, puppetry, installation, and more — the program celebrates Chicago’s imagination, joy, generosity, and collective…