Tag: Keyierra Collins
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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 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 Alums Present SET FREE on June 30
Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago alums Keyierra Collins ’16 and Brianna Alexis Heath ’17, both graduates of the Dance Center’s BA Program in Dance, will present SET FREE, a program of collaborative site-specific exploration and movement research, on Sunday, June 30, at 7 PM on the tennis court of Sherman Park, located at 1301…
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Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago Alums and Faculty Honored by Chicago Dancemakers Forum
Congratulations to the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago alums and faculty members who have been selected by Chicago Dancemakers Forum for its 2019 Greenhouse Awards and 2019 Lab Artists Program. The Greenhouse Program promotes artistic growth in emerging Chicago dancemakers with financial support for the research or development of new work with mentorship from…
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Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago Concerts Feature New Work by Faculty and Guest Artists May 10
The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago celebrates the end of the 2018-2019 school year with the Faculty/Repertory Performance Workshop Dance Concert on Friday, May 10, at 8 PM. Students in the Dance Center’s Dance BA and Dance BFA programs will perform pieces by professional choreographers including J’Sun Howard, Elana Jacobs, and Dance Center alum…
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Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago Alumni and Teachers Present New Work in Dance COLEctive Concerts Sept. 14-16
The Dance COLEctive, a dance company founded and led by Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago alumna and faculty member Margi Cole ’90, returns to the stage September 14 through 16 with REboot, a concert program featuring three world premieres by Chicago choreographers. This marks the company’s first performance series since its 2017 shift in…
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Columbia College Chicago Fine and Performing Arts Dean Onye Ozuzu Co-Curates ‘danceGATHERING’ Festival in Nigeria Feb. 24-25
Onye Ozuzu, Dean of the School of Fine and Performing Arts at Columbia College Chicago and former chair of the Columbia College Chicago Dance Center, is the co-curator of the second annual danceGATHERING multidisciplinary performance festival that is being held in Lagos, Nigeria, through February 25. This alternative festival of dance and performance debuted last year…
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Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago Faculty and Alumni Talent Featured in ‘If Left Unchecked’ Jan. 25-27 at Links Hall
Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago faculty member Paige Caldarella is the choreographer and co-creator of If Left Unchecked, a new dance work that explores how cultural norms against female anger, created by sexism and amplified by race, affect female bodies. This isn’t about “women on the edge” or “Giselle gone mad.” Instead, the work…
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Columbia College Chicago Fine and Performing Arts Dean Onye Ozuzu Receives 2018 Joyce Award for ‘Project Tool’ Collaboration with Links Hall
Dancer-choreographer-teacher Onye Ozuzu, Dean of the Columbia College Chicago School of Fine and Performing Arts and former Chair of the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, has received a 2018 Joyce Award from the Joyce Foundation in Chicago. The $50,000 award is shared with Chicago’s cutting-edge Links Hall to support the commission of a new…
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Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago Success Stories of 2017: News from Around the World
The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago‘s blog “In the Studio” has chronicled Dance Center activities as well news about outside professional accomplishments of our talented and accomplished alumni, faculty, and students over the past year. As we head off for our holiday break, here’s a sampling of some of the notable Dance Center of…