School of Dance

Title	Created Date
Kiri Avelar (Dance) and students published in "Frontiers"	January 16, 2026
Eric Handman (Dance), Zach Duer, and Scotty Hardwig present drone research at SIGGRAPH in Vancouver	December 19, 2025
Joselli Deans (Dance) presenting with Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) for the U’s Black History Month	December 09, 2025
Alumna Krista Derington (Modern MFA ’15) coached and accompanied students to the 2025 China International Folk Arts Festival in Foshan, China	November 19, 2025
Alumna Kimberly Richardson (Modern Dance BFA ’00) returns to Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis for the bilingual musical Go, Dog. Go! • Ve Perro ¡Ve!	November 19, 2025
Members, Faculty, Alumni (Dance) return to Repertory Dance Theatre (RDT) stage to perform in restaging of "Ryoanji" by Jacque Lynn Bell (Theatre)	November 14, 2025
Graduate students Ruger Memmott (Dance) and Soph Cardinal (Dance) present their research at the Utah Dance Education Organization (UDEO) Annual Conference	November 13, 2025
School of Dance Faculty Kellie St. Pierre (Dance) and Melissa Bobick (Dance) in the spotlight at 2025 Palm Desert Choreography Festival	November 11, 2025
Assemblage Art Fund announces 2025-2026 Awardees: Josh Graham (Art), Sara Serratos (Art), Stephanie García (Dance) among them	November 11, 2025
Kiri Avelar (Dance) presents at Dance Studies Association Conference	October 03, 2025
Sumedha Bhattacharyya’s (Dance) article, “A singing river on my tongue,” published in Feminist Review	October 03, 2025
Tim Lynch (Dance) invited to join “The Brainy Ballerina Podcast" for "Ep. 64 Rewiring Ballet: Tim Lynch’s Somatic Perspective on Dance Education."	September 12, 2025
Melonie B. Murray (Dance) invited to present "Managing and Leading in the Institutional Community" at NASD annual meeting	September 12, 2025
Joselli Deans (Dance) leads panel for University of Utah Ballet Summer Intensive students including guest educators, and former members of Dance Theatre of Harlem, Kevin Thomas and Christina Johnson	July 07, 2025
School of Dance hosts the 27th Annual CORPS de Ballet International Conference at the Marriott Center for Dance	May 27, 2025
"Feathered Tides" offers thoughtful performance while preserving the natural environment	May 27, 2025
Character Dance Ensemble (CDE) travels to Germany	May 17, 2025
Kiri Avelar, Joselli Deans, and Natalie Desch (Dance) co-present session at National Dance Education Organization annual conference	May 08, 2025
Kiri Avelar (Dance) presents at Dance Studies Association Conference in Washington, D.C.	May 08, 2025
Alumna Anne Marie Robson Smock (Dance) announced as 2025 NYU Artist Development Program for Dance Fellow	May 06, 2025

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