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dancers: Kimara Wood, Rachel Landrum, Taylor Burrows, Hannah Weber, Quincie Hydock, Adrianna Oden, Pace Short, Maeve Talbot, Charles Goodall, Daniyah Menna, Natasia Nelson photo: Carlos Funn design: Matt Klimas Richmond, VA— Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Dance and Choreography presents ENCAPTURE: A Senior Project Concert in Two Parts at the Grace Street Theater, 934 West Grace Street, Richmond, VA. Program A will run Wednesday and Friday, April 24 & 26 at 8:00pm; Program B will run Thursday and Saturday, April 25 & 27 at 8:00 pm. Tickets are $15/$10 students with...

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  VCU Dance in conjunction with the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies presents Leading Ladies, Thursday, March 28th at 8:00 pm at the Grace Street Theater. Tickets are $8/$5 students with valid I.D. and are available now at ShowClix or by calling 804-828-2020. In this infectious dance movie marrying the story of a LGBT self-disclosure and love affair, a family must hustle to maintain their status quo in the harsh arena of competitive ballroom dance when one sister plans her coming out and the other gets pregnant. The two sisters and their gay best friend must...

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Richmond, VA – VCU Department of Dance and Choreography co-presents Pina directed by Wim Wenders on Tuesday, February 26th 7:00pm at the Grace Street Theater, 934 West Grace Street, Richmond VA in association with the VCUarts Cinematheque. Tickets are free and no advance reservations are required. Run time is 1 hour and 43 minutes. An official selection of the Berlinale, Telluride, Toronto and New York film festivals, and Germany's 2012 official entry for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, Pina features interviews with and performances by Bausch's beloved original company members,...

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Richmond Times Dispatch reviews VCU Dance NOW!, "a creative display of contemporary dance featuring the work of accomplished choreographers performed by VCU dance students". VCU News highlights VCU Dance NOW and the Kate Weare Company residency. Richmond Times Dispatch gives a sneak peak of the work presented in VCU Dance NOW! Style Weekly previews Weare's amazing new work "Murder Your Darlings" hitting the stage February 21! RICHMOND, VA – Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Dance and Choreography will present VCU Dance NOW, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, February 21, 22 &...

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Richmond, VA – VCU Department of Dance and Choreography co-presents Stormy Weather on Saturday, February 9th 7:00pm at the Grace Street Theater, 934 West Grace Street, Richmond as part of the VCU Southern Film Festival, in association with the VCU College of Humanities & Sciences, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and the Virginia Historical Society. Tickets are free and no advance reservations are required. Founded in 2010 to explore how the distinctiveness of the South has been portrayed onscreen, the VCU Southern Film Festival brings together films and those involved in their making...

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The Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Dance and Choreography will present KNOTS & CURLS, the 2013 Student Concert, on Friday & Saturday, January 25 & 26 at 8:00 pm at the Grace Street Theater, 934 West Grace Street, Richmond, VA. Tickets are $15/$10 students with valid I.D. and are available now at Showclix.com or by calling 804-828-2020. This professionally produced concert adjudicated by VCU Dance faculty and two students will feature new work choreographed and performed by VCU Dance majors from freshmen to seniors. Choreographers Chloe Bowman, Sanchel Brown, Chelsea...

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VCU Dance presents Un|Tide: A Senior Project Concert In Two Parts at the Grace Street Theater, 934 W. Grace St, Richmond, VA.  Program A will run Wednesday and Friday, November 14 &16 at 8:00pm and Program B Thursday and Saturday, November 15 &17 at 8:00pm. Tickets are $15/$10 students with valid I.D. and are available now at Showclix (showclix.com) or by calling 804-828-2020. Program A: Choreography by Chloe Bowman, Kelly Oakes, Beau Dobson, Rachel Brady, Kayla Beatty, and Alexandra Schools. Program B: Choreography by Courtney Deel, Emma Stewart, Christina Carlotti Kolb, Kamali...

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Watch new dance & share your thoughts Richmond, VA --- VCU Dance presents The Salon on Thursday, October 25th at 7 p.m. in the VCU Dance Center, Studio 203 located at 10 North Brunswick Street. Admission is free and open to the public. The informal showing of new student works will be facilitated by VCU Dance Professor Martha Curtis, who will invite audience members to react to the work presented and share observations with the artists. Says Curtis, “Our goal is to give students an opportunity to show works or works-in-progress with feedback sessions designed to encourage dialogue and further...

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Kate Weare Company photo: Keira Heu-Jwyn Chang Kate Weare dancers: Leslie Kraus and Luke Murphy   Richmond, VA – VCU Department of Dance and Choreography will present Kate Weare Company on Friday and Saturday, October 12th and 13th at 8:00pm at the Grace Street Theater, 934 West Grace Street, Richmond, VA. Tickets are $20/$15 students with valid I.D. and are available now at ShowClix or by calling 804-828-2020. New York-based Kate Weare Company is known for its startling combination of formal choreographic values and visceral, emotional interpretation. Weare’s dances explore contemporary...

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Dancers: VCU Dance students Photo: Bruce Berryhill   VCU Dance is elated to announce that the documentary Restaging Shelter featuring VCU Dance students and alumni; Jawole Willa Jo Zollar; Urban Bush Women; and Dr. James Frazier, and directed by VCU Dance professor Martha Curtis and film director Bruce Berryhill will receive its national premiere on public television stations beginning November 2012.  The film is projected to air in many of the top U.S. markets including New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Dallas over the course of the next three years.   John...

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