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Discover More About Choreographic and Regalia Origins Through the Living Legends New Video Series
The video series provides information about the history behind Latin American, Polynesian and Native American dance
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Benja Cuque Spends Six Weeks with Ballet West Dance Company
By making the world his campus, Benja Cuque is using his training to bless the lives of others through dance
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Theatre Ballet Dancer Trains at Prestigious Italian Ballet School
After only five years of ballet training, Montana Shugars adds international experience to her list of achievements
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BYU Theatre Ballet Train with World Renowned Ballet Expert
Theatre Ballet dancers receive experiential learning through hands-on rehearsals with an Arpino masterwork
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American and Chinese Students Join Together for Dance Cultural Exchange
For the first time in its history, international guests from China joined the International Folk Dance Ensemble on stage for their annual Christmas concert and a life-changing cultural exchange
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Living Legends Visits Nine States During Spring Tour
BYU performing group, Living Legends, enjoys the rich culture of Chicago, Illinois, by taking a memorable photo in front of the famous Cloud Gate, also known as The Bean.
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The Ballroom Dance Company Swings and Sways through South America
Dancers Spencer Crawford and Jessie Dayton share their highlights of performing and volunteering during the tour to Chile and Argentina
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International Folk Dance Ensemble Celebrates 60th Anniversary in Southeast Asia
Ensemble members share favorite memories from their Spring tour
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Dance student opens windows to the world
Dance Education Major Kelli Briggs began her college career at Dixie State University. Briggs attended DSU on scholarship as a dancer, but took a break from school when she realized she wanted to study dance education and that wasn’t available at Dixie.
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Italy Dance Study Abroad Now Accepting Applications
Students will be actively immersed in Italian and French culture and presented rich study content in Dance History, Pedagogy, and Choreography in Paris, Amsterdam, Milan, Florence, and Castellana Grotte. Students will participate in historical lecture and movement experiences, utilize local architecture and artistic masterworks as a catalyst for the creation of movement and study of compositional structure, and learn the origins of the Italian/French methodology of ballet training while on location. They will also participate with other students and professionals in a global dance workshop studying a variety of dance forms and choreography with internationally renowned faculty. Students will have performance opportunities as part of the workshop and have the option to participate in an international dance competition.
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BYU Living Legends give special command performance for the Queen of Tonga and other officials
During their first week on tour, Living Legends visited several Auckland suburbs, as well as Waitomo and Hamilton, New Zealand. Following are a few key events:
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Department of Dance presents April graduates
The Department of Dance, School of Music, Music Dance Theatre Program and Department of Theatre and Media Arts celebrated graduates during a combined convocation in the de Jong Concert Hall on April 22, 2016. The gathering commenced with Dean Ed Adam’s welcome followed by a trombone and piano duet by Lyman Keil McBride and Alissa Marie Freeman. Elizabeth Lloyd Lowe will give her speech on “The Power of Communication” before a musical performance by MDT students and a dance number by dance students. Jeremy Grimshaw presented the master’s degrees and Shayla Bott, Jeffrey Shumway and Stephanie Breinholt presented the graduates.
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Nine Graduates and One Convocation Speaker
Dance faculty pose with Aubry, left to right: Nathan Balser, Ed Austin, Jiamin Huang, Pam Musil, Aubry Dalley, Marilyn Berrett (Dance Department Chair), Rodger Sorensen (TMA), Kori Wakamatsu, and Carolyn Prohosky. Nine students from the Dance Department graduated during summer commencement with bachelor of arts degrees. June graduates in Dance included Hannah Hope Brown, Charis Dexter and Logan Matthew McGill. August graduates were Julia Diane Heffner, Colin Tate Holbrook and Kaley Claire Johnson. Dance Education graduates for August included Aubry Dalley and Amelia Jean Wells. Alicia Jean Pann graduated with a degree in Music Dance Theatre.
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Finding a World of Opportunities: One Grad’s Story of Dancing at BYU
Photograph by Christopher Peddecord Although dance has been a large part of her life since the age of 3, Aubry Dalley found herself faced with a big life decision when she got to college. Should she pick dance for a major or go for something seemingly more practical?
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Joint Convocation Highlights Exceptional Talent and Points Graduates Toward the Future
Quinn Boyack and Abraham Wilson perform “Sonata for Cello and Piano, Mvt. 3, Andante” by Sergei Rachmaninoff. The Department of Dance, School of Music, Department of Theatre and Media Arts, and Music Dance Theatre Program held a joint convocation ceremony for their combined 172 graduates at the annual spring convocation last Friday, April 26.
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Three years, three championships
As Sydney Jensen gets ready to graduate this August, she reflects back on her dance career at BYU, which has been like a roller coaster—filled with nerves, cold sweat, heartache, thrills and triumph.
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BYU performing students doing what they love to pay for school
Thousands of students leave Provo every summer to find work to pay for school in various ways. A lucky few find a way of doing something they love, progressing their education and making money all at the same time.
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