Erin McClellan, BYU Dance PR Coordinator

BYU Dance ~ BFA Program Submissions

All submissions are due: Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. Proficiencies are for already accepted, ongoing Dance BFA Majors. Auditions are for dancers who want to get in to the Dance BFA Program and are applying to do so. All dancers need to register at PAtrack.byu.edu. Email ashley_parov@byu for questions or more information.

Associate Professor Kori Wakamatsu Publishes Scholarly Article

October 2, 2020 BYU’s Associate Professor of Dance Kori Wakamatsu, MA, recently published an article in the Journal of Dance Education, Volume 20, Issue 3, July – September 2020. It is available on Taylor & Francis Online. It’s titled Asian American Perspectives – From Microaggressions to Microprogressions, How Small Choices Can Make a Big DifferenceContinue reading “Associate Professor Kori Wakamatsu Publishes Scholarly Article”

Rachel Barker Awarded Alfred Lambourne Prize

Assistant Professor Rachel Barker won the Alfred Lambourne Prize for movement this year! This is a program connected to the Friends of Great Salt Lake organization and calls for works of art inspired by or utilizing and including the Great Salt Lake. Barker submitted a film entitled “Sand Body Sky”. She is the dancer/choreographer, but the filming andContinue reading “Rachel Barker Awarded Alfred Lambourne Prize”

Get to Know Your New DMSR ’20-’21 Student Officers

Your new Dance Major Student Reps (DMSRs) will be hosting this year’s first Dance Majors Meeting on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. Get to know them here and watch for them on the Zoom meeting next week at 11 a.m.! Tera Taylor – DMSR President Tera Taylor is a senior from Sacramento, California. She is majoringContinue reading “Get to Know Your New DMSR ’20-’21 Student Officers”

Congratulations to Shayla Bott on the Women’s Faculty Association Mentor Award

Announced at the BYU University Conference, August 25, 2020, in Provo, Utah. Also published in Y News on Sept. 1, 2020. The Faculty Women’s Association can be found at https://fwa.byu.edu/.

“Art For Uncertain Times” Grant Funds Creative Work for Rachel Barker and Her Dance Students

For Assistant Professor of Dance Rachel Barker this was “a fun piece I made over Zoom over the summer with [dance students] McCall McClellan and Maddie Butler. This was the piece for which I got a grant from the LDS Center for the Arts for their Art For Uncertain Times projects.” “It’s not super highContinue reading ““Art For Uncertain Times” Grant Funds Creative Work for Rachel Barker and Her Dance Students”

BYU Folk Dancers Enlightened at Conference

National Folk Organization Conference, March 2020 By: Amy Jex In early March the National Folk Organization held its annual conference in Laguna Hills, California in conjunction with the Laguna Woods Folk Festival’s 50 anniversary. For the first time, the BYU World Dance Area was able to send 14 students to the conference. The 2020 conferenceContinue reading “BYU Folk Dancers Enlightened at Conference”

Dance Ed Majors: Important Updates from Kori Wakamatsu

Hello Dance Education K-12 Majors! I hope you are all well and safe. I have seen a few of you in the halls and am so excited to be back in the Fall. I have a few updates. Please feel free to share this information with others—and reach out to a friend to make sureContinue reading “Dance Ed Majors: Important Updates from Kori Wakamatsu”

BYU Department of Dance ~PRACTICES AND PROTOCOLS~ Fall Semester 2020

BYU DEPARTMENT OF DANCE ~ PRACTICES AND PROTOCOLS ~ FOR FALL SEMESTER 2020 Dear Department of Dance faculty, We are busily preparing for the upcoming fall semester and have thoughtfully evaluated how to best operate in this new and very unusual environment. These evaluations have resulted in new practices, policies and protocols which will allowContinue reading “BYU Department of Dance ~PRACTICES AND PROTOCOLS~ Fall Semester 2020”

BYU Dance Alumni Spotlight: Julie Ahlander, Class of ’93/’96

Julie Ahlander has had an illustrious career in the arts! From being Artistic Director, and then Co-Artistic Director with Nick Cendese, for the Dance Company at South Valley Creative Dance for 13 years to traveling with a rising star boy band for 18 months, she has taught and choreographed all sorts of interesting projects inContinue reading “BYU Dance Alumni Spotlight: Julie Ahlander, Class of ’93/’96”