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BYU Dance Flies with Faith in BYU Magazine Article

Department of Dance in BYU Magazine Senior dance major Mariah J. Sainsbury and Assistant Professor Adam Dyer are featured in the Flying with Faith article in BYU Magazine’s Fall 2020 issue! Read more…

BYU Dance Majors Senior Showcase Concert ~ Fall 2020

Senior Showcase Livestream! Watch BYU Dance seniors perform their capstone projects — live — on Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, at 6:30 p.m. on dancelivestream.byu.edu! Senior artists include: *Daylin Williams from Mansfield, Ohio *Melanie Hilton from Alpine, Utah Mattie Davis from Draper, Utah Megan Fuhriman from West Jordan, Utah Faculty advisors include: Asst. Professor Adam Dyer Asst. Professor Marin LeggatContinue reading “BYU Dance Majors Senior Showcase Concert ~ Fall 2020”

Go Forth to Serve

BYU Dance faculty have a long history of serving on the leadership board of the Utah Dance Education Organization (UDEO). This fall, contemporary adjunct instructor Karen Jensen wraps up her tenure as past president. We honor her and those listed above as current faculty (2020) who have been board volunteers in this important local danceContinue reading “Go Forth to Serve”

dancEnsemble Concert: Livestream on Nov. 6, 2020

Watch LIVE at http://www.dancelivestream.byu.edu! Two shows: 6:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., on Friday, Nov. 6, 2020!

dancEnsemble Auditions for Choreographers and Dancers!

Contact Kate Monson with any questions: monson.7@gmail.com

Want to Dance? Join Kinnect – An Outreach Dance Program in Local Schools!

Live Auditions: Tues, Nov. 17, 2020. Pre-register on patrack.byu.edu. What is Kinnect?Watch the new video.View the official website. We are an outreach group of artist-educators who love to connect dance to everything and everyone in the world around us. “Kinnect is a lesser-known group of students at BYU that quietly exemplifies the university’s core mission of goingContinue reading “Want to Dance? Join Kinnect – An Outreach Dance Program in Local Schools!”

Ballet Showcase Workshop 2021

CHANGE Due to COVID-19: If you would like to audition for Ballet Showcase as a dancer, please register at patrack.byu.edu on Thursday, Nov. 19th before midnight. More information will be forthcoming. Thank you for your understanding and flexibility. Email Hilary Wolfley at hilary_wolfley@byu.edu with questions or concerns.

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”