Department of Dance
2024
January: Hosted BODYTRAFFIC from Los Angeles
February: ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Dance Festival. Festival Recognition: Druid Hills Dance Center
April: Student Dance Concert, featuring original works created during the spring 2023 semester.
May: Dance Education in NYC program; LuminAI: A performance Collaboration of Dance and AI by ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Dance Professor Andrea Knowlton and research partners from Georgia Tech
July: Hosted choreographers Tristan Griffin and Christian Denice for the Pomare/Connor Summer
Choreographic Residency
2023
January: Hosted Boca Tuya from New York, NY in Amor
February: ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Dance Festival. Festival Recognition: Great Gig Dance Co.
March: Presented Clowns & Political Mother on Film by Hofesh Scheter
April: Student Dance Concert, featuring original works created during the spring 2023 semester
May: Hosted Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre in Form|Flow; Dance Education Abroad in Amsterdam started
July: Hosted choreographers Lior Lazarof and Nicola Wills for the Pomare/Connor Summer
Choreographic Residency
August: Double Exposure featuring two world premieres by Lior Lazaroff and Nicola Wills
November: Sage by ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Dance Company featuring choreography by Provost Pulinkala, Lisa K. Lock, Autumn
Eckman and guest artist Kaolack sponsored by the Year of Senegal
2022
January: Hosted Tentacle Tribe from Montreal, QC in Ghost
February: ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Dance Festival. Festival Recognition: Great Gig Dance Co.
March: Presented YAG: The Movie featuring Batsheva Dance Company; ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Dance students performed at the American College
Dance Association Southeast Conference at Florida State University
April: Student Dance Concert, featuring original works created during the spring 2022 semester
May: Hosted Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre, Long Ago and Only Once
July: Hosted choreographers Tsai Hsi Hung and Chuck Wilt for the Pomare/Connor Summer Choreographic
Residency
August: Double Exposure featuring two world premieres by Tsai Hsi Hung and Chuck Wilt
September: Department of Dance Receives Accreditation through the National Association of Schools
of Dance
November: Carte Blanche by ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Dance Company featuring choreography by McCree O’Kelley, Lisa K. Lock, Autumn Eckman, and guest artist Jamal White
2021
April: run(A)way, choreographed by Prof. Thang Dao and featuring ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Dance Co. students, wins accolades by ACDA and international film organizations.
July: Hosted Omar Román De Jesús and Annalee Traylor through the first Eleo Pomare-Glenn Connor Summer 2021 Choreographic Residency program.
2020
January: Hosted the ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ President's Concert, MOON DUST, featuring evening length works by Dr. Ivan Pulinkala and Lisa K. Lock, in collaboration with the College of Computing and Software Engineering
February: ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Dance Festival. Festival Recognition: diPA Center
March: Hosted Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre, Modern Myths
July: Marsha Barsky named Chair of the Department of Dance.
November: Presented Threshold, the ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Dance Company's first Dance-for-Camera virtual event, with choreography by Andrea Knowlton, McCree O'Kelley, Sean Nguyen-Hilton, and Thang Dao.
2019
February: Hosted Off the Edge, featuring Ballet X and Terminus Modern Ballet Theater, in partnership with the Rialto Center for the Arts
March: Hosted American College Dance Association Southeast Conference
March: Hosted BODYTRAFFIC from Los Angeles, featuring an evening of Israeli choreographers
April: Performed at NCUR at ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ State University
April: Student Dance Concert, featuring innovative student works created during the 2018-2019 academic year
September: Hosted Charlotte Ballet from Charlotte, NC, Walking Mad and Redbird
November: Slang by ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Dance Company featuring choreography by guest artist Jimmy Orrante, Andrea Knowlton, Sean Nguyen-Hilton, and Thang Dao.
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2018
February: ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Dance Festival. Festival Recognition: Great Gig Dance Co.
March: National American College Dance Festival (5th Successive National Selection) featuring Suspended Vision with choreography by Lisa K. Lock
October: Hosted internationally acclaimed Spellbound Contemporary Ballet from Rome, Italy
November: Pariah by ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Dance Company featuring innovative contemporary choreography by McCree O'Kelley, Lisa Lock, Andrea Knowlton, and Sean Nguyen-Hilton
2017
March: Dance Theater opens with premiere of Ivan Pulinkala's Metamorphosis
April: ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Dance Festival. Festival Recognition: Georgia Metropolitan Dance Theatre
October: Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company launches professional presenting season
2016
April: ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Dance Festival. Festival Recognition: North Springs High School
May: Education Abroad in Israel started
August: Dance Theatre Board started
August: Schusterman Guest Artist Grant received from the Israeli Foundation
2015
April: ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Dance Festival. Festival Recognition: Great Gig Dance Co.
August: ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Dance celebrates 10th anniversary.
2014
April: Inaugural ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Dance Festival. Festival Recognition: Atlanta Academy of Ballet and Dance
May: National American College Dance Festival (4th Successive National Selection) featuring Cranial Graffiti with choreography by Stevan Novakovich.
2013
January: ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Dance Festival Board started
April: Phase II Chastain Pointe Dance Facility opens
2012
January: ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ, in partnership with the Rialto and gloATL, hosts inaugural Off The Edge
January: Dance Canvas Choreographic Partnership started to promote student choreography
May: National American College Dance Festival (3rd Successive National Selection) featuring Rhizome with choreography by Ivan Pulinkala, scenery by Ming Chen, and lighting by Rebecca Makus
June: Rialto Dance Series partnership started to host professional dance companies
July: Department of Dance is formed with Dr. Ivan Pulinkala, chair
2011
January: Chastain Pointe Dance Facility opens
April: gloATL artistic partnership started to promote collaborative performance
2010
January: Nu Delta Alpha (National Dance Honors Society) started at ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ
March: National Endowment for the Arts American Masterpiece Grant featuring project director Ivan Pulinkala
April: Department name change approved to include dance; now Department of Theatre, Performance Studies & Dance
May: National American College Dance Festival (2nd Successive National Selection) featuring CHAKRA with scenery by Ming Chen.
September: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company residency featuring D-Man in the Waters (NEA American Masterpiece Grant)
2009
January: Bachelor of Arts in Dance started at ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ
June: Summer Dance Clinic started at ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ
November: Atlanta Ballet Educational Partnership started to promote collaborative education
2008
April: University System of Georgia Board of Regents approves B.A. in Dance
April: Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center partnership Synergy started to promote educational outreach
May: National American College Dance Festival (1st National Selection) featuring INCUBUS with choreography by Ivan Pulinkala; scenery by Ming Chen; and performed at the Miller Theatre, NYC
August: Friends of Dance Board started at ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ
2007
July: Atlanta Ballet summer program hosted at ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ
July: ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Dance Company performs with the Atlanta Gay Men's Chorus Misbehavin'
August: Dance minor enrollment reaches 100 students
2006
January: Recreation Center dance studio opens
March: Outreach partnership developed with the Dozier Center for the Arts (²ÝÁñÊÓƵ)
March: ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Dance Co. registered as an official student organization
September: ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Dance Advisory Board formed to serve community engagement mission
2005
August: Dance Program started in the Department of Theatre & Performance Studies by Ivan Pulinkala, founding director
December: ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Dance Co. students travel to Shanghai, China to perform in Monkey King featuring project director/designer Ming Chen (NEA grant recipient); director Karen Robinson; and choreographer Ivan Pulinkala
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