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VCU Dance and Choreography majors at @IABDinc spotted alumni Sierra Noelle Jones on the @dallasblkdance Summer Intensive flyer! Our alums and students are off doing great things. Stay tuned for more updates from the International Association of Blacks in Dance! Today is our second audition of the 2017-2018 year! For future audition dates and application details check out arts.vcu.edu/admissions/how… @VCUarts Our Associate Chair publishes in @TheAtlantic @VCUarts @VCU twitter.com/leam811/status… Did we mention that tonight's Salon performance at 7pm includes audience feedback, facilitated by iCubed scholar @MeghanAbadoo and informed by MacArthur genius @lizlerman's Critical Response Process? #vcuarts @VCU bit.ly/2j0YCxh TONIGHT at 7 PM! The Salon - new work + audience feedback. @VCUartsDepot studio showing behind 814 W. Broad St. Free! #vcuarts #VCU Kudos to alum Brooke Armstrong as she launches her new dance company! twitter.com/VCUarts/status… TONIGHT at 7 PM in the VCUarts Depot Annex Studio (behind 814 W. Broad St.) Free admission! https://www.facebook.com/events/1988941524724895/ Don't miss new works and your chance to give feedback to emerging dance artists! This WEDNESDAY VCUarts https://www.facebook.com/events/1988941524724895/ Next Wednesday - join us! https://www.facebook.com/events/1988941524724895/ VCU Dance is pleased to present the SALON, Wednesday, November 29 at 7:00pm in the VCU Dance Depot Annex Studio, behind 814 West Broad Street. The event is free and open to the public.The informal showing includes new and in-progress… We're almost sold out for Saturday, but you could still get in tonight! The show is WONDERFUL. https://www.facebook.com/events/520561351612800/ OPENING NIGHT! @VCUarts @VCU facebook.com/events/5205613… OPENING TOMORROW! V E R S U S: Fall Senior Project part II @VCUarts @GraceStTheater facebook.com/events/5205613… OPENING TOMORROW! Eight wonderful works from fabulous young artists! @vcuarts https://www.facebook.com/events/520561351612800/ Great shot of alum Ronnique Murray (BFA 2013) in @nytimesarts! @VCUarts @vcualumni Great photo of alum Ronnique Antoinette (BFA 2013) in The New York Times! And a great mention of her in Broadway World, linked below. Kudos, Ronnique! TONIGHT! Hey @VCUarts @VCU 2 seniors' capstone projects at #InLight2017 facebook.com/events/2325427… 1708 Gallery's InLight Richmond 2017 is tonight, and two of our seniors are presenting their capstones! Check here for details: https://www.facebook.com/events/232542740611548/ THIS FRIDAY! We're thrilled for two of our seniors to be presenting their capstone projects in 1708 Gallery's InLight Richmond 2017! VCUarts Specific times/location:Tay Diggs' Showing times: 7:30, 8:30, 9:45Michelle Koppl's Showing times: 8, 8:45, 9:30, 10:15Showing location: 210 West… In the Richmond area this Sunday? Support the Fall Senior Choreographers, tomorrow, Sunday, Oct 29 at the Chipotle on Campus! *Click* Interested for more details about their fundraiser! Dancers at VCU James Branch Cabell Library - look out! Oh and will we have live video of this @VCUCabell dancer takeover? Yes. Yes we will. 3:30 pm TODAY @VCUarts facebook.com/VCUDance/ Will there be live video of our dancers infiltrating VCU James Branch Cabell Library at 3:30 today? Yes. Yes there will. Watch this space. VCUarts Today at 3:30! @VCUarts @VCU @VCUCabell Remember - today at 3:30, dance at the library! VCU James Branch Cabell Library VCUarts We can't wait! twitter.com/VCUCabell/stat… Visiting artist @amzrenegade and @renegadepg performed last Friday @kencen - watch online! youtube.com/watch?v=4xRzE_… Watch visiting artist André M. Zachery's company performance at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts last Friday - archived online! Renegade Performance Grouphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xRzE_q14nw&t=135s Tomorrow at 3:30 pm: we invade VCU James Branch Cabell Library. Do not miss this. VCUarts TOMORROW 3:30pm dancers invade @VCUCabell Library! Don't miss out! @VCUarts @VCU Registration going strong! Come join us in March...American College Dance Association https://www.facebook.com/events/1011620335647051/ Freshmen Improv class with ChingI Chang and Jk Steel - dancers all over Virginia Commonwealth University! Freshmen Improv class with Judy Steel & Ching-I Chang Bigelow @VCUarts @VCU Friday Workshop with @michaelsakamoto on 9/22 @VCUarts Wonderful shots by Steven Casanova from Michael Sakamoto's Workshop class with dance majors on 9/22. VCUarts VCUarts Depot TODAY at 6pm, visiting artist André M. Zachery's company performs at the The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Millennium Stage. Watch the LIVESTREAM here! VCUarts Virginia Commonwealth University http://www.kennedy-center.org/video/upcoming Part II: Works for the Concert Stage at Grace Street TheaterVCU Dance presents V E R S U S, the Fall 2017 Senior Project Concert in two parts. Part II features eight works presented on the Grace Street Theater stage… Did you miss today's livestream? Check our FB page for a dance break - video still up! facebook.com/VCUDance/ Friday Workshop - today, master class in contemporary/commercial Dance with Miguel Perez! Check in at 10:30 am EST today for a livestream from Workshop class - today it's contemporary/commercial dance with Miguel Perez! VCUarts Virginia Commonwealth University Look for a livestream from Friday Workshop class tomorrow 10:30 am EST on our Facebook page! @VCUarts facebook.com/VCUDance/ Get ready for another livestream from Friday Workshop class, tomorrow with Miguel Perez! Around 10:30 am EST - check it out! VCUarts Virginia Commonwealth University Dance majors appear in @VCU "Then & Now" feature - check it out! vcu.exposure.co/then-and-now Dance majors participate in a "VCU Then and Now" feature - check it out! https://vcu.exposure.co/then-and-now VCU Dance presents V E R S U S, the Fall 2017 Senior Project Concert in two parts. Part I features two site-specifics works presented at 1708 Gallery’s InLight Exhibition on Friday, November 3, at 7:00pm. InLight performance are free.… Fantastic news that alumni Ligia Lewis and Samantha Speis have both been honored by The New York Dance and Performance Awards/ The Bessies. Samantha for outstanding performance with the cast of Eva Yaa Asantewaa's ground breaking collaboration, "the skeleton architecture..."… Alumni Samantha Speis and Ligia Lewis rec'd NY Dance & Performance 'Bessie' Awards! @VCUarts @VCU @bessieawards bessies.org Open House today! Come by the Dance Center till 1:30 pm to learn about our program. Also, snacks! VCUartshttps://arts.vcu.edu/dance/news/2017-2018-season-announced/ Friday Workshop class with Abby Zbikowski! Check in around 10:30 am this morning, EST, for livestream from our Friday Workshop class with Abby Zbikowski! VCU Dance students and recent grads participated in the Pina Bausch Foundation's Nelken Line Project at Jacob's Pillow Dance in August! https://vimeo.com/channels/nelkenline/234285272 Check in with us on Facebook tomorrow 10:30ish am EST for some livestream from Friday Workshop class with Abby Zbikowski! @VCUarts Check in tomorrow around 10:30 am EST for some live video of our Friday Workshop with Abby Zbikowski! VCUarts, VCUarts Depot Gorgeous shot from our Friday Workshop class, taught on 9/15 by visiting artist André M. Zachery. Workshop is different every week. Looking forward to Abby Zbikowski this Friday! Photo by Steven Casanova for VCUarts Friday Workshop w/ visiting faculty @amzrenegade. Photo by Steven Casanova @VCUarts. Can't wait for @The_New_Utility this Fri! TONIGHT! Mr Gaga screening @GraceStTheater 8pm Tix $8/$5 students. Don't miss it! @VCUarts youtube.com/watch?v=F6gd8x… It's tonight! Come see Mr. Gaga with us at The Grace Street Theater at 8pm! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6gd8xpFMsM Don't forget, come watch Mr Gaga with us on Monday night, 8pm! The Grace Street Theater VCUarts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6gd8xpFMsM Hey @KineticImaging, come watch Mr Gaga with us on Monday night! 8pm @GraceStTheater youtube.com/watch?v=F6gd8x… Don't miss our screening of Mr Gaga on Monday 8pm! @GraceStTheater @VCUarts @vcuartscinema @vcu youtube.com/watch?v=F6gd8x… More alum accomplishments - we're proud of Kevin LaMarr Jones! VCUarts Screening at The Grace Street Theater on September 25! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6gd8xpFMsM We're delighted to be screening MR. GAGA, an incredible documentary on Ohad Naharin & the ground-breaking Batsheva Dance Company on September 25! https://www.facebook.com/events/1462824520479428/ VCU Dance is delighted to present a screening of Tomer Heymann's riveting documentary on Ohad Naharin, Artistic Director of Batsheva Dance Company. "The most exciting documentary for fans of edgier modern dance since 'Pina.'" - Variety.Monday, September 25, 2017, 8:00… VCU Dance VCU Dance's cover photo Check this out! Courtney Darlington's "Disparity". Photo by Jim Kendall. "Disparity" by 2017 grad Courtney Darlington, performed on the gorgeous Inside/Out stage at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival #acda45We're so proud! VCUarts Courtney Darlington's "Disparity". Photo by Jim Kendall. Dress rehearsal at Jacob's Pillow Dance for recent grad Courtney Darlington's work, "Disparity." Performed as part of the American College Dance Association Inside/Out showcase. Dance majors & recent grads will perform on Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival's Inside/Out stage this evening! Look out for a Facebook live video of dress rehearsal at 2:30! Guest Artist Ching-I Chang Bigelow will be facilitating an improv class at 5 pm in Studio 203! Class is 1 hour and 30 minutes! Excited about our 2017-2018 Season! https://arts.vcu.edu/dance/news/2017-2018-season-announced/ We're delighted to welcome Meghan Abadoo and the other iCubed artists to our community! http://news.vcu.edu/article/VCU_School_of_the_Arts_ICA_Department_of_African_American_Studies# Congratulations to senior Christine Catherine Wyatt on her Undergraduate Research Fellowship! http://news.vcu.edu/article/Two_students_will_use_research_fellowships_to_advance_inclusiveness Congratulations to alum Niall Jones for his nomination for Outstanding Emerging Choreographer from the 2017 "Bessies," New York Dance and Performance Awards! VCUartshttp://bessies.org/the-bessies-announce-recipient-of-2017-juried-bessie-award-and-nominees-for-2017-outstanding-emerging-choreographer-award/ Proud to be hosting 2018 Mid-Atlantic South Conference of the American College Dance Assoc! #ACDA2018 facebook.com/events/1011620… Virginia Commonwealth University's Department of Dance & Choreography is proud to host the 2018 Mid-Atlantic South Regional Conference of the American College Dance Association. The conference will take place at VCU in Richmond, Virginia, March 4-7, 2018.Conference website will be… Our dear founder and professor emerita Frances Wessells, 97 and still dancing! VCUarts http://wtvr.com/2017/05/25/the-97-year-old-heartbeat-of-modern-dance/ Our dance majors know it, thanks to our own Michael Jarett, lighting designer and technical director extraordinaire! Two sections of Ballet open this summer! Come sweat it out at the barre, DANC 133. Opening night! @VCUarts @VCU @GraceStTheater facebook.com/events/4244144… Please join us for this fantastic show - opening tonight! https://www.facebook.com/events/424414431246347/ RESIST, Spring Senior Project Concert opens TOMORROW! @VCUarts @VCU facebook.com/events/4244144… RESIST opens tomorrow! Come support these young artists finding their voices at VCUarts: https://www.facebook.com/events/424414431246347/ THIS WEEKEND - senior Aaron Salas has put together two master classes in Street Dance & Heels with Yanis Marshall - don't miss out! Hey @VCUarts great to share: A Syllabus for Making Work About Race as a White Artist in America: hyperallergic.com/369762/a-sylla… Spring Senior Project concert NEXT WEEK! @VCUarts @GraceStTheater Seniors Courtney Darlington and Brittany Powers traveled to Mexico with Assistant Professor Eric Rivera to perform and study last week! Here's a great video with the students' take on their experience. VCUarts Virginia Commonwealth University TODAY 2-4:30 pm the spring Seniors are selling Krispy Kreme donuts in the Virginia Commonwealth University COMPASS. Come out and support their show Resist: Spring 2017 Senior Project Concert! The spring seniors are making headway on their Kickstarter! Can you help support these fantastic emerging artists? https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1953462717/resist-vcu-dance-spring-senior-projects-2017?ref=nav_search Our spring seniors are raising funds to support their incredible capstone work - any amount helps! VCUarts https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1953462717/resist-vcu-dance-spring-senior-projects-2017?ref=nav_search Coming in April! 10 wonderful emerging dance artists share their BFA capstone projects. Do not miss! VCU Dance presents RESIST: Spring 2017 Senior Project Concert in two programs, Wednesday-Saturday, April 19-22, 2017 at 8:00 pm, Grace Street Theater, 934 West Grace Street, Richmond, VA. Tickets are $15/$10 students with valid I.D. Group discounts available. Visit Showclix.com… We're so proud of senior Courtney Darlington and sophomore Taylor Black, whose works, "Disparity" and "Memories Adrift" were selected for inclusion in the Gala Concert by the adjudicators at the Mid Atlantic South conference of the American College Dance Association! Spring Seniors are fundraising for their April concert! Check out behind-the-scenes rehearsal footage and more, and donate if you can! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1953462717/resist-vcu-dance-spring-senior-projects-2017 Wonderful radio segment on "Still Crossing"! Don't miss this and six other stunning works, opening TONIGHT! http://ideastations.org/radio/news/intergenerational-dance-project-builds-bridges-and-community Beautiful radio segment on Still Crossing: tinyurl.com/gqkv6mu @VCUarts @GraceStTheater @VCU Thank you @Dance_Exchange! @wcve

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