Faculty Spotlight Archive

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...
"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 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...
Performance artist Peter Carpenter, Acting Chair of the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, will perform in the fourth annual Pivot Arts Festival on Friday, June 3. The ten-day festival, which runs June 2-12, features dozens of innovative performances and...
Jane Lynch
Jane Lynch Emmy Award-winning actress and comedian Jane Lynch was the keynote speaker at the 2016 commencement ceremony for Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago graduates on Saturday, May 14, at the Chicago Theatre in downtown Chicago. Lynch also...
Columbia College Chicago and the League of Chicago Theatres are partnering with the Network of Ensemble Theatres to present NET’s 2016 national symposium, “Intersection: Ensembles + Universities,” taking place in Chicago May 20-22. “Intersection,” a national symposium on ensemble...
The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago celebrates the end of the 2015-2016 school year with student performances of work by faculty and guest choreographers. The Dance Center’s Repertory Performance Workshop and Faculty Concert will be held on Thursday...
Alumni and faculty members of the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago and the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are collaborating on the world premiere of a new dance/theatre work, RockCitizen, presented by The Seldoms, a Chicago-based ensemble founded...
Alluvion Dance Chicago, an emerging contemporary dance company founded and led by Johnny Huntoon, a senior in the Columbia College Chicago Dance Department ‘s BA program in Dance, premieres its first story show, Within This Body. Written by Columbia...