Department of Dance

The famous Chinese love story, The Butterfly Lovers, is coming to McCaw Hall in September, with the Beijing Dance Academy, thanks to Li Hengda (MFA, Dance, 2006) of Hengda Dance Academy.

In the arts, visit an exhibition of portraits and stories, explore a collection of prints that date back to the 1490s, and more!

Mike O'Neal, a current part-time lecturer and alum from the Department of Dance at the UW, explains how movement can be reflective of who we are.

This week in the arts, partake in the #HEREproject, attend one of the 2019 School of Art + Art History + Design Graduation Exhibitions, and more!

Sixteen UW students and alumni were awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarships for the 2019-20 academic year, and one has been named an alternate.

This week in the arts, partake in an audio augmented reality (AR) experience with hundreds of others on Red Square, explore the newly redesigned ARTSUW website, and more!

Rainn Wilson (BA, Drama, 1989) gained fame as Dwight Kurt Schrute III on NBC sitcom The Office, but not many know that the actor is a born-and-bred Seattleite.

This week in the arts, examine up-close a selection of Peruvian textiles from the Henry’s collection, attend a lecture about Nordic innovation at the Nordic Museum, and more!

Dani Tirrell (Dance lecturer) is a self-described "movement guide," and mines both his personal life and the culture around him to create dance performances with something to say.

Seattle choreographer Mark Haim, a Department of Dance lecturer, crowdsources a new performance.

Need to fulfill your VLPA credits? These courses are sure to transform and inspire you!

Contorting the imagination with choreographer Alice Gosti, ’08.

Through dance, Cheryl Delostrinos (BA, 2013) promotes equity and social justice — and the joy of movement. 

Contorting the imagination with choreographer Alice Gosti, ’08.

Playwrights create written scripts; music composers write down scores. But how do you write down and save a dance?