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The incredible @ananyadancetheatre will be joining us for a residency next week! Their stay will include community conversations, workshops, and two performances of their new work “Shaatranga.” Check out the link in our bio for more information! #VCUartsDance @vcuarts #VCUarts Don’t forget: tomorrow is the Salon, this year’s first public showing of new student work & a fantastic opportunity to offer feedback and observations directly to the artists! @VCUarts #VCUarts #VCUartsDance VCU Dance's cover photo VCU Dance The day after tomorrow is the Salon, your chance to see and give feedback to new, in-process dances and dance films by #VCUartsDance majors @vcuarts #VCUartsDance October is jam-packed here at VCU Dance! Later this month we'll be hosting the incredible Ananya Dance Theatre for a performance and residency series. As a sneak peek of their visit, check out the trailer for "Shaatranga: Women Weaving Worlds,"… Join us this evening at 6 pm for “Moving Patterns,” a choreographic coding installation by hybrid Dance/KI faculty Kate Sicchio. Senior #VCUartsDance major Marissa Forbes will be performing in Kate’s work at the FAB Gallery, located at 1000 West Broad… Join us this evening at 6 pm for "Moving Patterns," a choreographic coding installation by hybrid Dance/KI faculty Kate Sicchio. Senior dance major Marissa Forbes will be performing in Kate's work at the FAB Gallery, located at 1000 West Broad… VCU Dance is pleased to present the SALON Tuesday, October 16 at 7pm in the Depot Annex Studio, behind 814 West Broad Street. Audience members are encouraged to share observations and reactions to new, in-process student works at this FREE… VCU Dance is pleased to present the SALON Tuesday, October 16 at 7 pm in the Depot Annex Studio, behind 814 West Broad Street. The event is FREE and open to the public.The first public presentation of freshly conceived student… Thank you VCUarts Kinetic Imaging for this fantastic interview! Check it out if you're ready to be wowed by Dance/KI faculty Kate Sicchio. https://arts.vcu.edu/kineticimaging/qa-with-kate-sicchio/ The Fall 2018 Senior Project class is fundraising for “Chance to Witness,” their capstone concert. Check out the Kickstarter to get more info, sneak peeks, donate, and share! kck.st/2INqbWQ #VCUarts #VCUartsDance #VCUartsWork @VCUarts The Fall 2018 Senior Project class is fundraising for their concert “Chance to Witness,” which is the presentation of their capstone works. Check out the link in our bio to get more info, donate, and share! @vcuarts #VCUarts #VCUartsDance #VCUartsWork The Fall 2018 Senior Project class is fundraising for their concert "Chance to Witness," which is the presentation of their capstone works. Check out their Kickstarter to learn more about the concert, see some sneak peeks of their choreographic processes,… Don’t forget: community class with the incredible Gregory Maqoma today! Suggested for intermediate-advanced dancers of any background and age bit.ly/2y3xRz1 #VCUartsDance Join us Sunday, October 7th from 12-1:30 pm for a community masterclass with guest artist @GregoryMaqoma . The class is free, open to the public, and located at the VCU Dance Center at 10 N. Brunswick St. in our 2nd… Join us on Sunday, October 7th from 12:00-1:30 pm for a community masterclass with guest artist Gregory Maqoma. The class is free, open to the public, and located at the VCU Dance Center at 10 N. Brunswick St. in our… Happy October! It’s not too late to check out Associate Chair Lea Marshall’s September cover story for Dance Teacher Magazine @VCUarts #VCUartsDance bit.ly/2y3xRz1 To celebrate the first day of October, we're looking back on Associate Chair Lea Marshall's cover story for the September issue of Dance Teacher Magazine. Congrats, Lea! https://www.dance-teacher.com/3-teamwork-lessons-we-could-all-learn-from-smith-colleges-angie-hauser-and-chris-aiken-2600432018.html #VCUartsDance senior @taylorpantera will be screening her dance film “window pains” in @smallplatesdance festival in Brooklyn this weekend! Congrats, Taylor ⭐️❤️🎥 #VCUartsWork #VCUarts @vcuarts Alum Kara Robertson (BFA ‘16) and her company @KARARDANCECO present “Across Disciplines” next week on Friday & Saturday. Find tickets and a link to their fundraiser here: mailchi.mp/195fbfcded68/t… #VCUartsAlumni #VCUartsDance #VCUarts @karardancecompany, started by alum Kara Robertson (BFA ‘16) presents “Across Disciplines” next week on Friday & Saturday. Check out their page for more info! #VCUartsAlumni #VCUartsDance #VCUarts Dance on Camera 2018 is TONIGHT! The show is curated by @sicchio, who also co-teaches video choreography class, pictured here. @vcuartskineticimaging @vcuarts #VCUartsDance #VCUarts Thanks for the reminder, @VCUarts! twitter.com/VCUarts/status… In this fantastic article from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, our very own Eric Rivera discusses his process of casting and setting a piece as a guest artist. His work will be performed in their "State of LA Danse"… There’s not much time left! The day after tomorrow we’ll be at the @GraceStTheater enjoying an evening of diverse, masterful dance films- will you? twitter.com/VCUDance/statu… Hi! I’m Alexiana (@lexxvia ) and I am a sophomore at VCU majoring in Dance and Choreography B.F.A. and Cinema B.A.. I am a member of one of the hip hop crews at VCU @blankcanvasvcu. My other interests are writing,… Curious about what our dance majors are up to? Head over to our Instagram (vcu_dance_majors) to follow a day in the life of sophomore Alexiana James! @VCUarts #VCUartsDance Join us tomorrow for an Instagram takeover with sophomore Alexiana James! She’ll be sharing a day in the life of a #VCUartsDance major. We’re just one week out from Dance on Camera 2018! Tickets are just a click away: showclix.com/event/danceonc… @VCUarts @KineticImaging #VCUartsDance We're one week out from Dance on Camera 2018! Tickets are available now and are just a click away: https://www.showclix.com/event/danceoncamera2018 In just a couple weeks, join our friends over at @ModlinCenter for an incredible, free community class with the iconic @ubwdance! Tickets are now available for Dance on Camera, our annual screening of dance films from around the world. Tickets are $8/$5 students, and they’re going fast! showclix.com/event/danceonc… Join us this Wednesday, September 12th at 8 pm at the Singleton Center for MUSICIRCUS. This immersive, interdisciplinary experience is inspired by Merce Cunningham and John Cage and features @vcumusic , @theatrevcu , and #VCUartsDance majors. Find out more about… Join us, along with @TheatreVCU and #VCUartsMusic, for MUSICIRCUS, a collaborative, interdisciplinary experience inspired by Merce Cunningham and John Cage. Event details: bit.ly/2QjFzNY @VCUarts Recent alum Callie Moore, along with her new company Snap Soup Dance, is teaching an open modern class every Sunday 3:30-4:30! Check out the Facebook event: bit.ly/2O2d9Xn and the company website: snapsoupdance.com! #VCUartsAlumni #VCUartsDance The first event of our season is here! Click the link in our bio for info on Dance on Camera, an engaging evening of film and media curated by Kate Sicchio @VCUarts #VCUartsDance #VCUartsStill from “Movement no 1,” directed by… The first event of our season is here! Click the link for info on Dance on Camera, an engaging evening of film and media curated by @sicchio: bit.ly/2MTW2ug @VCUarts #VCUartsDance VCU Dance gets Lea Marshall’s wisdom everyday - here’s some for the rest of you! Check out our Associate Chair’s cover story for the September issue of Dance Teacher Magazine. twitter.com/VCUarts/status… Our very own Tariq O’Meally, VCU Dance ‘15, is the first dancer/choreographer selected as a @HalcyonInspires Arts Lab fellow. Congrats Tariq, keep pushing boundaries! halcyonhouse.org/tariq-omeally #VCUartsAlumni #repost from @goal_diggaaa because just a few months after graduating from @vcuarts, she had her first performance with @dallasblackdance - congrats Tay, we’re so proud! 💛🖤 #VCUartsAlumni #VCUartsDance #VCUarts Tomorrow is your last chance to see VCU dancers in "Let's Meet at Three O'Clock," choreographed by last year's visiting artist Ching-I Chang Bigelow in collaboration with Noor Nuyten and Stefania Petroula for @ICAVCU . See you there! @VCUarts #VCUartsDance… Tomorrow is your last chance to see VCU dancers perform in "Let's Meet at Three O'Clock," a project choreographed by last year's visiting artist Ching-I Chang Bigelow in collaboration with Noor Nuyten and Stefania Petroula for the Institute for Contemporary… Need something to get excited about this Monday morning? You’re in luck: officially announcing the VCU Dance 2018-2019 Performance Season! @VCUarts arts.vcu.edu/dance/news/cur… Get to know our beloved faculty member Eric Rivera 💛💃🏻🖤 twitter.com/VCUarts/status… 😍💪🔥 twitter.com/vcuarts/status… We were so proud to see Marsell Chavarria and Jelani Taylor perform their beautiful duet, "Dreams" at the The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as part of the American College Dance Association 2018 National Festival on Saturday!… Yesterday, we were so proud to see Marsell Chavarria and Jelani Taylor perform their beautiful duet, "Dreams" on the The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Terrace Theater stage as part of the American College Dance Association 2018… 👀👀👀 twitter.com/icavcu/status/… Lookin’ good dancers! twitter.com/vcuarts/status… Current dance majors ready to dance in support of all our soon-to-be VCU Dance alumni! Congrats @VCUarts class of 2018! #VCUartsGrad2018 Three VCU Dance majors have dance films in Amendment’s Film Festival tonight! twitter.com/amendmentvcu/s… Live from ‘TheCityAndItsInterior: Hub to Hub’ @VCUarts Freshman Rep is tonight!! Join us to witness the class of 2021’s site specific works throughout the VCU campus/RVA Community !#firstfriday #RVAart #RVAdance #VCUDANCE #VCUdance #vcudancers #vcudancemajors #sitespecific #performanceart (1 of 2) Join the VCU Dance freshman repertory class, along with @VCUGDES and VCU Jazz, for ‘TheCityandIt’sInterior: Hub to Hub’ this Wednesday at 7 pm Amazing, site based performance by our freshmen shaping up for Wednesday, in collaboration with VCUarts Graphic Design, with thanks to Untold RVA. André M. Zachery, ChingI Chang https://arts.vcu.edu/dance/news/the-city-and-its-interior-hub-to-hub/ Come through! Yes you read it right... An Improv JAM! ....with Live JAZZ Musicians!! With our last senior project concert of the year finished we’re feeling nostalgic.. #tbt to Class of 2018’s Freshman Rep!!! Here are two favorites choreographed by Melanie Richards, Witness & Rush. And one of the self-choreographed solos by Jelani Taylor!… CLOSING NIGHT was such a success! Congratulations to the Spring 2018 Choreographers! It’s CLOSING NIGHT! Don’t miss your last chance to see Means Within, 8 pm at the @GraceStTheater 👯‍♀️✨ It’s warm up for OPENING NIGHT! Join us at 8 at the @GraceStTheater and help us fill these seats! It’s dress rehearsal night! Here’s a backstage sneak peak of the deck crew for Means Within, Thursday-Saturday @ 8 pm @ the Grace Street Theatre. Get your tickets today: embed.showclix.com/events/1319 Have you gotten your tickets to Means Within yet? Don’t miss out! facebook.com/events/3635679… VCUarts http://arts.vcu.edu/the-art-and-science-of-dance-morgan-senter/ Read about the AMAZING Christine Wyatt: dance major, scholar, researcher, activist extraordinaire! twitter.com/vcu/status/984… Hurrah for current senior Christine Catherine Wyatt! https://news.vcu.edu/article/VCU_student_researcher_explores_dance_as_a_method_for_combating Recent VCU Dance alum Taylor-Leigh Adams served as assistant choreographer on this @TheatreVCU production! Get your tickets today! twitter.com/theatrevcu/sta… Excited to welcome some new friends at @VCUarts preview day! Happening now @VCUarts It’s opening night of this phenomenal work that you definitely do not want to miss! twitter.com/vcudance/statu… Join us tonight at 8pm for @mkabadoo’s Octavia’s Brood: Riding the Ox Home (OBROH) ! Location: Grace Street Theatre- 934 W Grace St, Richmond, VA 23220Tickets: $15/$10 for students Opening Tomorrow!! At the @gracestreettheater, @mkabadoo’s Octavia’s Brood: Riding the Ox Home. 8 pm Friday and Saturday 3/23-3/24. You don’t want to miss this! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE AMAZING DONATIONS AND SUPPORT! THE SPRING SENIORS HAVE MET THEIR GOAL JUST IN TIME FOR FINAL SHOWINGS!! “We are truly grateful! And any addition money that we raise allows us to be a blessing… The Spring Seniors are so grateful for all of the amazing donations from our families and the VCU community ! We still have a little ways to go... can we get 50 backers? 50 people declaring how valuable this work… MK Abadoo’s immersive, site-expansive work featuring VCU dancers and Richmond community members is this weekend! facebook.com/events/1836848… Don’t forget! This weekend visiting iCubed scholar MK Abadoo presents this *amazing* work featuring VCU dancers and members of the Richmond community! https://t.co/0LnLBxKpeh Our amazing icubed fellow and guest artist faculty member, @mkabadoo, is presenting her work “Octavia’s Brood: Riding the Ox Home (OBROH) this weekend at the @gracestreettheater ! @vcu_dance_majors, members of @clavesunidos, @jdldances, and other members of the RVA community come… "I am still in awe...hours after the performance." - DC Metro Theater Arts We are thrilled to present MK Abadoo's "Octavia's Brood: Riding the Ox Home" next week! facebook.com/events/1836848… Have a little extra to share? Consider donating to the Spring Senior Project kickstarter! kickstarter.com/projects/18138… The Spring Senior Project Class is fundraising for their concert MEANS WITHIN! Their show is April 19-21 ! Help support their goal of $4,000! The link is in the bio or search us on the Kickstarter Website! Check this out! https://youtu.be/S-ZG1ciUU0Y Can’t say we disagree 😉 twitter.com/vcuarts/status… What to do at the end of a long week of dancing? Dance, of course! What an amazing conference, big thanks to all who attended #ACDAMAS18 #VCUACDA18 What an amazing class! Thank you @AXISDanceCo for teaching, sharing, and inspiring at #ACDAMAS18 #VCUACDA18 twitter.com/axisdanceco/st… Dancers and banners and papers oh my! #ACDAMAS18 #VCUACDA18 Mid-Atlantic South ACDA T-Shirts are here!! They will be on sale during the conference! Short Sleeve- $15 & Long Sleeve- $20! #ACDAMAS18 #VCUACDA18 Students and faculty with VCU IDs can see this beautiful show FOR FREE! Spread the word! @VCUarts @TheatreVCU @vcuartsresearch @KineticImaging @VCUAthletics @VCUGDES @vcupapr @GraceStTheater @VCUALTLab @AmendmentVCU twitter.com/vcudance/statu… The countdown is on and the apparel is in! ACDA Mid-Atlantic South starts SUNDAY! #ACDAMAS18 #VCUACDA18 @VCUarts Don't miss @HSDanse in Land Bridge ONE NIGHT ONLY this Saturday! @VCUarts @VCU arts.vcu.edu/dance/news/hel… THIS SATURDAY ONLY: Helen Simoneau Danse presents ‘Land Bridge’, an evening length work investigating heritage, assimilation, and identity. For more info: facebook.com/events/7151491… @HSDanse @VCUarts Spread the word: Assistant/Associate Professor in Dance Media Technologies position announcement between Dance and Kinetic Imaging at VCU. Short window of time to apply. VCUarts This is the link to the posting on VCU eJobs: https://www.vcujobs.com/postings/76401 Short, fascinating video about a collaboration of visiting artist André M. Zachery and LaMont Hamilton. VCU Dance alum Johnnie Cruise Mercer performed as well! Wanna know something amazing? VCU Dance guest artist MK Abadoo taught a workshop on the Ring Shout to the Black Religion students of fellow iCubed scholar Dr. Onaje Woodbine! We love interdisciplinary study! @VCUarts Guest Artist Ching-I Chang Bigelow teaching our @vcudancemajors Chinese fan dancing in workshop! @VCUarts Here’s a special sneak peak into VCU’s hosting of the 2018 ACDA Mid-Atlantic South Conference: Enjoli Moon will be moderating 2 panel discussions! Get to know her and her incredible work here: twitter.com/karlanbc12/sta… Opening night was a roaring success! You have 3 more chances to see VCU Dance NOW: Program B tonight at 8 and tomorrow at 2, and Program A one more time tomorrow night at 8. Don’t miss out! @GraceStTheater @VCUarts IT IS OPENING NIGHT of VCU dance NOW! Check out our story! We’re here @gracestreettheater warming up the space! #moderndance #shownight #VCUdance #VCUarts #rvaarts #rvadance Speaking of @amzrenegade, come see his piece SWAY, along with other faculty, student, and guests works, at VCU Dance NOW, opening tomorrow night! Tickets at showclix.com or by calling 804-828-2020 Thank you, Style Weekly for the shout-out about VCU Dance NOW 2018! https://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/vcu-dance-now-at-grace-street-theater/Content?oid=7016989

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