• UW Chamber Dance: vibrant Tharp, passionate Possession

    The Seattle Times reviews the 2013 program of the Chamber Dance Company.
    10/11/2013 | Seattle Times
  • Dance Performances for fall 2013

    Dance performances around the Puget Sound area through September-November, including performances by the UW World Series and Dance Program
    09/11/2013 | The Seattle Times
  • UW to offer new musical theatre degree

    Students looking to develop their singing, acting, and dancing abilities will have a new pathway at the UW beginning in September with a degree in musical theatre.
    07/10/2013 | The Daily
  • A Dancer's Second Act

    When a foot injury sidelined dancer Anna Zemke (BA, Dance, Biochemistry), she gave up one dream to pursue another. But she never lost her passion for dance, even as she pursued a second degree in biochemistry.

    July 2013 Perspectives
  • Arts Roundup: Dance, poetry, art, music -- and slapstick ballet

    Dance and drama talents combine for the annual MFA Dance Concert, which leads a busy week of UW arts events. The week also features exhibits, visiting performers, the 50th annual Theodore Roethke Poetry Reading, and much more.
    UW Today
  • UW College of Arts & Sciences names divisional deans of Arts, Humanities

    Robert Stacey, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, announced the appointments of Betsy Cooper and Michael Shapiro to Divisional Deans of the Arts and Humanities, respectively. Both Cooper and Shapiro have served those positions in the interim since January, 2012.
    press release page
  • Arts Roundup: Dance, art, music, lectures - and students stage 'Cyrano'

    Drama leads this week's busy UW arts schedule, if by a nose, with the Undergraduate Theater Society's staging of the Cyrano de Bergerac story and the School of Drama's production of "Pentecost" - a play about art, which ought to count double.
    UW Today
  • Compagnie Marie Chouinard captivates at UW World Series

    As part of the Rite of Spring Centennial Celebration the University of Washington joined forces with Compagnie Marie Chouinard to once again bring this groundbreaking work to the stage.
    Examiner.com
  • Joanna Farmer killed it at Meany Hall on Saturday night

    A rave review for UW undergraduate dance major, Joanna Farmer.
    The Stranger SLOG
  • Then and Now: MFA Program in Dance

    April 2012 Perspectives
  • Dance with a Twist

    The Dance Program's new online course, Understanding Dance, combines online lessons and discussion forums with assignments that get students dancing and attending performances. 

    January 2011 Perspectives
  • Dancing Lessons in Yakima

    As part of a Dance Program course on teaching methods, UW undergraduates traveled to Yakima to teach dance to high school teens involved in the GEAR UP Program. 

    May 2010 Perspectives
  • Dance as Social Commentary

    The Chamber Dance Company performs works from the 1930s that were driven by the social issues of the time.

    September 2009 Perspectives
  • Dance as Social Commentary

    A visiting artist in dance, a fall Chamber Dance Company concert, and a Wednesday University lecture series explore the role of the arts in dissent and social change. 

    September 2009 Perspectives
  • Salsa Dance

    Juliet McMains, assistant professor of dance, studies the rise in salsa’s popularity and its transformation over time.

    July 2007 Perspectives