Category: Faculty Spotlight
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Dance Center of Columbia College Alumni, Faculty, and Student Talent Featured in Full Circle Festival Oct. 14-22
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 of dance, theatre, spoken word and visual art.” This year’s festival features new work based on consumerism…
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(VIDEO) Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago Alumni and Faculty Featured in Performance Events Starting Aug. 18
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, runs August 18-21 at Links Hall at Constellation, 3111 N. Western, in Chicago. Peter Carpenter, associate professor…
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Columbia College Chicago Dance Center Faculty and Alumni Talent Featured in Links Hall Performance Event Aug. 18-21
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 Links Hall at Constellation, 3111 N. Western, in Chicago. Peter Carpenter, associate professor and interim chair…
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Columbia College Chicago Dance Center’s Peter Carpenter Performs Solo Work in Pivot Arts Fest June 3
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 multi-disciplinary works throughout Chicago’s Uptown and Edgewater neighborhoods. Carpenter’s solo performance, Rituals of Abundance for Lean…
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Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago Graduate is 2016 Class Valedictorian at Commencement, Where Jane Lynch Is Keynote Speaker
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 received an honorary degree from the college. Taylor Rose Chwae Peter Carpenter Also addressing the graduates…
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Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago Co-Hosts Network of Ensemble Theatres Symposium May 20
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 creation and collaborative practice, is part of a series of NET events that explore and develop…
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Columbia College Chicago Dance Center Concerts Benefit Scholarships May 12-13
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 and Friday, May 12 and 13, at 8 PM each night. Admission is by donation, with…
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Columbia College Chicago Dance and Theatre Alumni and Faculty Collaborate on World Premiere May 5-15
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 and led by Columbia College Dance Center teacher Carrie Hanson. RockCitizen runs May 5-15 at the…
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Alluvion Dance Chicago’s New Work Features Columbia College Chicago Dance Student and Alumni Talent
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 College Chicago Dance Department academic coordinator and assistant chair Chad Wilson, and inspired by the Broadway…
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Columbia College Chicago Names Former Dance Center Chair Onye Ozuzu as Dean of Fine and Performing Arts
Onye Ozuzu, former Chair of the Columbia College Chicago Dance Department, has been named Dean of the college’s School of Fine and Performing Arts. Her appointment, effective July 1, comes after more than 20 years as an artist, educator, and leader—the last five of those years in service to Columbia College. “As a school, it’s…