The Dance Program is now part of the Department of Performing Arts and Technology.
Contact Amy Sawyers-Williams in the Office of Arts Outreach & Engagement to set up or communicate a connection (e.g. offer extra credit for your students who attend a virtual workshop)! acsawyer@ncsu.edu.
Spring 2023
The Lunchbox Series
virtual conversations to enrich your lunch hour
featuring content about social issues in the dance world and also at the intersection of the arts and our day to day lives
Click here for a full lineup
Class Connections
- AFS 241 Introduction to African American Studies
- AFS 248 Survey of African-American Literature
- AFS 342 Introduction to the African Diaspora
- AFS 346 Black Popular Culture
- ANT 252: Cultural Anthropology
- ARS 353 Arts and Cross-Cultural Contacts
- COM 417 Communication & Race
- DAN 210 Current Trends in Afrocentric and World Dance
- DAN 240 Social Dance
- DAN 260 Hip-hop Dance
- DAN 263 Tap Dance
- DAN 264 Ballet I
- DAN 273 Jazz Dance I
- DAN 274 Modern Dance I
- DAN 279 Yoga I
- DAN 281 Pilates
- DAN 290 Special Topics in Dance
- DAN 295 Problems of Dance Performance
- DAN 320 Movement Improvisation
- DAN 322 Dance and Society
- DAN 328 Dance Composition – Group Forms
- ED 508 Exploring Diversity in Classroom and Community
- ENG 287 Explorations in Creative Writing
- ENG 288 Fiction Writing
- ENG 305/WGS305
- ENG 327: Language and Gender
- ENG 476 Southern Literature
- ENG 590 Studies In Creative Writing
- HI 254 Modern American History
- HI 345 American Popular Culture
- PHI 221 Contemporary Moral Issues
- REL 472 Women and Religion
- SW 312 Multicultural Social Work
- WGS 200 Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- WGS 204 Sociology of Family
Spring Concerts
Panoramic Dance Project Spring Concerts
Thurs. March 23 & Fri. March 24 7pm, Stewart Theatre
State Dance Company Concerts
Thurs. April 6 & Fri April 7 7pm, Stewart Theatre
Click here for concert details
Thematic Content in State Dance Company’s Concert:
State Dance Company director Tara Mullins stumbled upon Revival Season in her local library and could not put it down. The debut novel by writer (and Duke alumna) Monica West explores both feminism and faith through complicated characters set in a Southern Black evangelical community. Tara was inspired to create a new solo based on the character Miriam that will be performed by student dancer Tiana Smith.
Class Connections
- HI 254 Modern American History
- HI 335 The World at War
- HI 350 Modern Military History
- SOC 203 Current Social Problems
- WGS 200 Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- ENG 281 Introduction to Creative Nonfiction
- BAE 474 Principles and Applications of Ecological Engineering
- BAE 584 Introduction to Fluvial Geomorphology
- ENG 252 Major American Writers
- ENG 262 English Literature II
- ENG 262 American Literature II
Past Events
Virtual Masterclass: Afro Latin Fusion with Bianca Medina
March 11
6-7:15PM
This class will explore Afro Latin social or traditional movement, explore the inherent connection to the Earth in both the dances of Afro Latin Diaspora and in Modern Release, and draw from my personal movement research of the intersection of the two. As an example of someone who is merging the dances of my (latinx) culture with modern dance to formulate my personal artistic research, I’d love to encourage students to find power in uniting, rather than compartmentalizing, their identity, culture, and politics with their dance making towards the evolution of their personal narratives as artists.
Level: All Levels
Class Connections:
- AFS 346 Black Popular Culture
- AFS 241 Introduction to African American Studies
- ANT 252 Physical Anthropology
- ANT 325 Andean South America
- ANT 395 Culture in Latin America
- ANT 411 Anthropological Theory
- COM 112 Interpersonal Communication
- COM 392 International Crosscultural Communication
- COM 417 Advance Topics (Communication and Race)
- HI 216 Latin America Since 1827
Virtual Masterclass: Beginning Belly Dance
February 18
6-7:15PM
Via Zoom Join Li for shimmies, hip drops, and more as you learn to match classic bellydance movements to Egyptian rhythms like the Masmoudi Kabir, Baladi, Maqsum, and Saidi. Each of these rhythms has a particular flavor, character, and history, so have fun, exercise, and learn about history and music all at once!
Class Connections:
- ANT 252 Physical Anthropology
- ANT 411 Anthropological Theory
- COM 112 Interpersonal Communication
- COM 392 International Cross cultural Communication
- COM 417 Advance Topics (Communication and Race)
- FLA 102 Beginning Arabic
- FLA 330 Media Arabic
- HI 207 Ancient Mediterranean World