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dancEnsemble Features a Collection of Dances Choreographed By Students

dancEnsemble Features a Collection of Dances Choreographed By Students


Department of Dance


The College of Fine Arts and Communications puts on many productions and concerts, but dancEnsemble never has trouble setting itself apart. The contemporary dance company’s concerts - which happen once per semester - give students the chance to participate through dancing in and choreographing the majority of the concert’s works.

“This semester is what we call a ‘dancEnsemble Classic’ semester,” said Kiersten Robertson, one of the student choreographers involved in the company. “At the end of last semester we had the choreographer audition and a number of students presented an excerpt of choreography for a concept that they wanted to work on. From those proposals, eight pieces that showed potential for development and complexity were chosen.”READ MORE