Get en pointe about upcoming performances and news from the University of South Carolina Dance Program.
We're celebrating the 45th anniversary of the UofSC Dance Company May 8 with a Virtual Gala featuring performances from throughout our history and special guests. Distinguished Professor Emeritus Susan Anderson looks back on the program she founded.
Eleven original dance films will be presented in our spring Student Choreography Showcase, streaming online for free April 23-25.
Join the UofSC Board of Dance in celebrating the 45th year of the UofSC Dance Company as we present a virtual presentation featuring performances from throughout our history.
The UofSC Dance Company will take the Koger Center stage for Excavating Movement, a one-night only concert featuring works from legendary choreographers José Limón and Antony Tudor, plus a brand new work by guest artist Rosy Simas.
Associate Professors Tanya Wideman-Davis and Thaddeus Davis, co-directors of Wideman Davis Dance, have been approved for a $20,000 grant supporting their original performance installation centered on Black liberation and migration.
Our dancers will make a long-awaited return to live performance February 10-13 for a socially distanced concert on the Drayton Hall stage.
Six premiere dance works by UofSC dance majors will take the virtual stage December 1-4.
Featuring original works by UofSC dance faculty, our fall concert promises to be a totally unique viewing experience, with each of the pieces conceived, choreographed and produced as individual short dance films.
Dr. Stephanie Milling, professor in the dance program, has been honored by the National Dance Education Organization with its 2020 Outstanding Leadership Award.
The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the ways we learn and teach. We asked theatre and dance faculty to let us know how they and their students are navigating this new normal.
Columbia's most star-studded ballet event is back for its 15th year! This one-night-only concert features stunning performances by Principal Dancers from the New York City Ballet, who share the stage with the USC Dance Company!
The USC Dance Company presents an evening-length original work fusing innovative contemporary dance and original video projections to explore aspects of human communication in the modern world.
Thirteen original dance pieces choreographed by undergraduate dance artists will be presented in our semiannual choreography showcase.
The concert's wide-ranging repertory will feature Michel Fokine's classic one-act ballet "Les Sylphides" (restaged for this concert by Jennifer Deckert), world-premiere works by guest choreographer Addison Ector (Complexions Contemporary Ballet) and Olivia Waldrop, and an original piece by André Megerdichian.
Eight original works by student choreographers will be presented during this semi-annual showcase.
Repertory for the concert features a mix of contemporary dance works, including "The Waiting Room" by Salvatore Aiello, "Here We Are" by Peter Powlus, and premieres by UofSC Associate Professor Tanya Wideman-Davis and Instructor Olivia Waldrop.
Nine original works choreographed by undergraduate dance students will be premiered at Drayton Hall Theatre, December 4-7.
Dr. Beasley will present on the topic of transdisciplinarity at McMaster College on November 1, 2018.
The USC Dance Company takes the Koger Center stage for a dynamic concert of mixed repertory. Featured will be George Balanchine's landmark ballet Serenade (staged by instructor and former NYC Ballet soloist Stacey Calvert), plus original choreography by Associate Professor Thaddeus Davis and Instructor Olivia Waldrop.
Associate Dance Professors Tanya Wideman-Davis and Thaddeus Davis have received a National Dance Project Grant for their new work, "Migratuse Ataraxia."
Five original works by UofSC Dance students will be in the spotlight on the Drayton Hall stage April 27-28.
Tanya Wideman-Davis and Thaddeus Davis, the prolific dance duo, and AFAM Studies' newest faculty, recently took the original work "CANE" on the road to Duke University in Durham, NC and Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. Accompanying them -- three university dance students John Green, Maria Maccaroni and Petra Morgan.
We were one of two universities selected at the Southeastern Regionals of the American College Dance Association to perform at the National Conference, June 6-9.
Presented by DanceAbility International, the intensive teaches dance educators how to teach the DanceAbility® method of inclusive dance to students with a diverse range of physical and mental abilities. Founded in 1987, DanceAbility uses improvisational dance to promote artistic expressions and exploration between people with and without disabilities.