2023-24 School of Dance Performance Season

UNCSA has announced its 2023-24 performance season for the School of Dance.

“I am very excited about next season in the School of Dance,” said Dean Endalyn T. Outlaw. “We have faculty, successful alumni and guest artists returning to create gorgeous ballet and contemporary works on our talented students! With festive family-favorite performances during the holiday season, dance at UNCSA in 2023-24 is going to be a year to remember.” 

With festive family-favorite performances during the holiday season, dance at UNCSA in 2023-24 is going to be a year to remember.

Endalyn T. Outlaw, Dean of Dance

Dance Season Highlights

"The Nutcracker"

The School of Dance returns with the beloved holiday favorite, “The Nutcracker,” as choreographed by faculty artist Ilya Kozadayev — presented for the first time this year at the Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts in Greensboro.

Fall Dance and Emerging Choreographers

Fall Dance kicks off the School of Dance’s inclusive and eclectic performance season followed by the popular Emerging Choreographers Concert, featuring senior contemporary dance students.

Winter and Spring Dance

In celebration of Black History Month, Winter Dance will feature premieres by prominent choreographers of color, including UNCSA alum Juel Lane, Rena Butler, and adjunct faculty member Wesley Williams. A West African dance instructor, Williams, founder and artistic director of SUAH African Dance Theatre, will be choreographing an African dance – the first time this style has been performed at UNCSA.

In addition to these new works, an excerpt from Robert Garland’s “Joplin Dances,” premiered by Dance Theatre of Harlem in 1995 and set to music by renowned African American composer Scott Joplin, is on the program.

The season will conclude with an exciting Spring Dance highlighted by a version of Stravinsky’s “The Firebird” set in a Caribbean environment, with the UNCSA Symphony Orchestra performing the dazzling score, under the baton of conducting faculty member Mark Norman.

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Tickets and information are available at uncsa.edu/performances.

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