Tag: Columbia College Chicago Dance Department
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A Centenary Birthday Salute to Former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Chair Fritzie Sahlins (March 24, 1924-March 9, 1991)
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department honors the memory of former chair Fritzie Sahlins on the 100th anniversary of her birth on March 21, 1924. From 1974 through 1976, Fritzie co-chaired (with speech teacher Phyllis Griffin) the Theatre Department of Columbia College, which was then located at 1034 W. Barry in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood. Prior to…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Dance Alumni Talent Featured in ‘West Side Story’ at Paramount
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and production team of West Side Story at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, Illinois. Allyson Graves (BFA ’12), a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Musical Theatre Performance BFA program, is playing Graziella and is also the production’s dance captain. Graves has previously appeared…
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Columbia College Chicago Dance Alum Featured in Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble’s ‘Bindis and Bruises’ March 4-19
Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble, a cutting-edge dance/theatre company whose artistic director, Sara Maslanka (BA ’13), is a Columbia College Chicago Dance Department alum, continues its 15th season with Bindis and Bruises, conceived and co-choreographed by ensemble member Priya Narayan and directed and co-choreographed by CDE founder Ellyzabeth Adler. The work tells the individual stories of eight…
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Columbia College Chicago Dance and Musical Theatre Students Team Up for Alluvion Dance Chicago Benefit Jan. 16
Alluvion Dance Chicago, an emerging contemporary dance company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Dance Department student Johnny Huntoon, kicks off its 2016 season with “Introductions,” a benefit event on Saturday, January 16, at the historic Fine Arts Building’s Curtiss Hall, located at 410 S. Michigan in downtown Chicago. This year’s benefit is sponsored…
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Columbia College Chicago Dance Department Alum Named Artistic Director of Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble
Columbia College Chicago Dance Department alum Sara Maslanka (BA ’13) has been named the new artistic director of Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble. After graduating from Columbia, where she studied dance pedagogy, Maslanka studied in London at Trinity Laban Conservatory of Music and Dance, which fostered an inquiry about community built through dance and how that affects…
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Columbia College Chicago Alumnus Aaron Nelson Returns as Simba in ‘The Lion King’ Dec. 2-Jan. 17
Columbia College Chicago alumnus Aaron Nelson (BA ’12) returns to his hometown in December to play Simba in the North American touring company of Disney’s The Lion King–a leading role Nelson has been playing in the show’s Broadway production for two years. The keenly-anticipated touring production runs December 2-January 17 at the Cadillac Palace Theatre,…
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Columbia College Alumni Featured in Chicago Musical Theatre Festival, Featuring 13 New Works June 30-July 19
Alumni and students from the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, Music Department, and Dance Department are involved in the Underscore Theatre Company‘s second annual Chicago Musical Theatre Festival, running June 30-July 19 at the Den Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee, in Chicago’s Wicker Park community. The festival features 13 world-premiere musicals by local artists, selected from…
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Columbia College Chicago Creative Arts Therapies Teacher Paul Holmquist Leads Workshop on Laban Movement Analysis, Directs New Show with Columbia Theatre Alums
Paul Holmquist, a faculty member in the Columbia College Chicago Department of Creative Arts Therapies as well as the department’s academic manager/coordinator, will lead a workshop on “Deepened Dynamics” as part of a day of workshops about the application of Laban Movement Analysis to theatre, dance, and other disciplines. Called Learn Laban, the event…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department to Launch MFA Program in Devised Performance in Partnership with London International School of Performing Arts
“A new generation of performing artists is changing the landscape of modern theatre.” The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department is expanding its international studies activities by launching its first-ever graduate-level training program in the 2016-2017 school year—a Master of Fine Arts in European Devised Performance Practice in partnership with the cutting-edge London International School of…
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Columbia Theatre and Dance Teachers Collaborate on Performance Program Feb. 13-15 at Links Hall at Constellation
Columbia College faculty members Ann Boyd, Colleen Halloran, and Chelsea M. Warren present a program of solo performance this weekend at Links Hall at Constellation, 3111 N. Western, Chicago. Titled Finding Peace – And Wanting Popcorn, it’s a collection of three one-person works. Boyd, a Columbia College Theatre Department teacher, and Halloran, a Columbia College Dance Department instructor, have…