The School of Dance will host the 27th Annual CORPS de Ballet International Conference on the U campus from 6/18–20. CORPS is the only academic organization with a mission focused on ballet in higher education.
School of Dance Director, Melonie B. Murray (Dance), currently serves as president of the organization, and many School of Dance alumni, faculty, and staff are involved in this year's conference – including board members Associate Professor Joselli Deans (Dance) and alum Tyler Schnese (Ballet MFA ‘23). Additional alumni, faculty, and staff involved in the conference include: peer-reviewed presenters Colleen Barnes (Ballet MFA ‘17), Emma Capen (Ballet MFA ‘25), Julia Gleich (Ballet MFA ‘94, DAA ‘14), Rebekah Joann Guerra (Ballet MFA ‘24), Jamie Johnson (Ballet BFA ‘03, English BA ‘03), Thea van Warmerdam Patterson (Ballet MFA ‘23), Justine Sheedy-Kramer (Dance), guest panelists Karina Biancone (Ballet BFA ‘17), Allison DeBona (Dance), Michaela Gerard (Ballet BFA ‘16, Psychology BS ‘16), Sierra Govett (Ballet BFA ‘18, Environmental Studies BS ‘18), Sarah Rinderknecht (Ballet BFA ‘23, Accounting BS ‘23, Entrepreneurship Minor ‘23), Stacie Brown Riskin (Ballet BFA ‘14), Carly Schaub (Modern MFA ‘15), Ashley Jian Thomson (Ballet BFA ‘18, Communications BS ‘18), and Rex Tilton (Dance); and conference planning committee members Christine McMillan (Dance), and Yvonne Racz (English BA ‘89).