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June 13, 2025 - 10:31am
Congratulations to the UW Department of Dance undergraduate award recipients for the upcoming 2025-2026 school year!
Sydney Nguyen, awarded the Irene Dickson McFarlane College of Arts & Sciences Scholarship
The Irene Dickson McFarlane Tuition Scholarships rotate annually between the four divisions of the University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences, and are intended to honor and support the College's very best undergraduate students.
Kate Hancock, awarded the UW Department of... Read more
June 12, 2025 - 8:31am
Congratulations to Annie Franklin for receiving the prestigious 2025 Division of the Arts Graduate Dean’s Medal for the University of Washington College of Arts & Sciences!
Annie Franklin is graduating this June with a Master in Fine Arts degree in Dance. During her time at the UW, Franklin taught Commercial Dance, Contemporary Modern Dance, Street and Club Dances, and choreographed for the 2024 Chamber Dance Company Concert and for MFA Dance Concerts. Franklin was active in organizing... Read more
June 3, 2025 - 11:44am
The University of Washington has announced the 2025 Awards of Excellence Recipients. Congratulations to Dance Professor Emerita, Hannah C. Wiley, who has been awarded the Marsha L. Landolt Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award!... Read more
October 18, 2024 - 10:12am
Congratulations to the UW Department of Dance Chair, Christina Sunardi, for the publication of her new book, Fashioning Femininities, Making Masculinities: Gender, Performance, and Lived Experience in Java, Indonesia, which is intended as course reading material.
In Fashioning Femininities, Making Masculinities, Sunardi asks the question, “What can the lived experiences of performing artists in Java, Indonesia tell us about... Read more
October 7, 2024 - 2:16pm
The University of Washington Department of Dance Music Director Paul Moore composed the soundtrack of Suburban Flury, a compelling nonfiction drama that will be premiering at the Lincoln Center at the 62nd Annual New York Film Festival this weekend!
“It’s a poetic, artsy documentary,” Paul shares, “about... Read more
September 11, 2024 - 2:11pm
Two dance films created by Professor Juliet McMains will be featured at the Local Sightings Film Festival at Northwest... Read more
September 10, 2024 - 4:32pm
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Dance Costume Assistant
Are you passionate about costumes and organizing? The Department of Dance is seeking two enthusiastic and detail-oriented students to join our team as Dance Costume Assistants. This position offers the opportunity to work closely... Read more
August 28, 2024 - 10:52am
Congratulations to dance majors Gavin Besteman and Joan Swartwood on receiving prestigious awards for their outstanding academic excellence from the College of Arts and Sciences as well the UW Department of Dance for the 2024-2025 school year!
George & Barbara Akers Scholarship
Recipient: Gavin Besteman
The purpose of the George & Barbara Akers Scholarship fund is to provide financial assistance to deserving undergraduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences... Read more
August 22, 2024 - 2:41pm
Read the Perspectives Newsletter article featuring the UW Department of Dance course, Activating Place, taught by Professor of Dance Jennifer Salk.
From Greig Garden to the Art Building courtyard, students in "Activating Place" — a Department of Dance course — created... Read more
May 28, 2024 - 10:47am
Congratulations to UW Department of Dance Acting Assistant Professor Dr. Christine Sahin, on the recent publication of her new book, ... Read more