Alumni Spotlight Archive

A new work choreographed by Peter Carpenter, associate professor and interim chair at the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, was cited in the Chicago Tribune’s “Best Dance of 2016” year-end wrapup. Carpenter’s document shoot rehearsal run, presented August...
Three alums of the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago — emerging dancer-choreographers Shanna Fragen ’15 and Brenna Ginsberg ’15, both graduates of the Dance Center’s BFA in Dance program, and Dalton Rhodes ’15, a graduate of the Dance Center’s Dance BA...
Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago alum Vershawn Ward ’02, a graduate of Columbia College’s Dance BFA program, shares a concert of solo works October 28-30 at Links Hall, 3111 N. Western, Chicago. Titled “The Body Wails, The Body Restores,”...
  Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble, a cutting-edge dance/theatre company whose artistic director is Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago alum Sara Maslanka ’13, presents Full Circle 2016, a festival of multidisciplinary work, October 14-22. The Full Circle festival is a two-weekend “collision...
Alumni of the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago and the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast of Wonderful Town at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre. This acclaimed revival of the classic Leonard Bernstein musical at Chicago’s largest...
"The Fly Honey Show" (Photo: Matthew Gregory Hollis)
As summer draws to a close, Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago alumni, faculty, and students will be featured in two cutting-edge performance events opening Thursday, August 18. “Set Free,” a weekend of performances produced by the Watering Can and Links Hall,...
  The Fly Honey Show, an annual summertime performance event created and directed by Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago alumna Erin Kilmurray ’08, returns for its seventh year August 18-September 3 at the Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division, Chicago....
The talents of Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago faculty members and alumni will be featured in “Set Free,” a weekend of performances stemming from a residency program produced by the Watering Can and Links Hall August 18-21 at...
  Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble, a cutting-edge dance/theatre company whose artistic director, Sara Maslanka (BA ’13), is a Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago alum, is accepting applications for Full Circle 2016, a festival of multidisciplinary work. Dance, theatre, musical,...