Dance News Archive

11 Department of Dance students and nine faculty members attended the National Dance Education Organization’s annual conference in Miami

The company will present a broad range of styles in their fall concert Nov. 15-16

Students perform original works Nov. 8-9

BYU’s Theatre Ballet performs Shayla Bott’s work in Philadelphia

Students from the Department of Dance travel internationally to gain real-world experience and share their talents while studying abroad, competing, performing and interning

Jamie Kalama Wood is honored to accept the new role and hopes the community knows how much the group has affected her life for good

Rachel Barker and dance students McCall McClellan, Jared McClure and Abby Roush traveled to Moab in southern Utah for a site-specific dance film. (Harrison Trinca)

BYU dance professor Pam Musil spoke to students about change through the Savior in Tuesday’s devotional. (Madeline Mortensen/BYU Photo)

Being pregnant felt like a door closing on a big part of her life and identity, says dance professor Keely Song Glenn (BA ’08). She remembers not knowing how to “navigate moving from a dance identity to then a dance-and-a-mother identity.”

KUED PBS gives a behind-the-scenes look at BYU’s International Folk Dance Ensemble, which celebrates cultures throughout the world through dance

The devotional will take place at 11 a.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall of the Harris Fine Arts Center.

Adam Conte danced in the 2019 China tour with the Living Legends nearly 37 years after his parents traveled to China to perform in the same group. (Jaren Wilkey, BYU)

Lauren Halversen, Nathan Balser, and Kate Monson talk about dancing with members of the NW Dance Project and about making mistakes

The Ballroom Dance Company will perform their “Ode to Joy” and “Ritmo del Corazon” medleys for the last time

At the beginning of her pregnancy, Heather Francis described herself as fearful and in denial. She wasn’t necessarily scared of pregnancy or delivery, but of becoming invisible in her career as a dancer. Keely Song Glenn, BYU professor of dance, calmed her co-worker’s fears when she invited Francis to participate in an all-pregnant cast of dancers she was putting together. Read more in this Deseret News article.

Kate Monson, creative director of DancEnsemble, discusses the upcoming concert and the benefits of collaboration

“Ballet in Concert” brings “Sleeping Beauty” and modern masterpieces by Balanchine and Arpino to audiences.