Community Impact

Hannah Wiley
Hannah C. Wiley, Awarded the 2025 Marsha L. Landolt Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award!
June 3, 2025
Suburban Flury Still
Paul Moore Composes Music for Thrilling Documentary
October 7, 2024
Still screen from Juliet McMains' film
Videodance Portraits with Professor McMains 
September 11, 2024
Annie Franklin teaching dance class wearing a bright orange hoodie.
Ongoing Changes to the MFA in Dance
April 25, 2024
Dancers in UW Dance Presents Concert
UW Dance Presents | SeattleDances Review
April 8, 2024
body space time residency recipients in collage
bst Residency Recipients Announced 
November 27, 2023
UW Alumni posing at the National Dance Education Organization Conference
UW Dance Represented at the NDEA 
November 20, 2023
Dancers in Chamber Dance Concert
Seattle Shines in Chamber Dance
November 9, 2023
Juliet McMains leading procession with raised arms
Ephemeral Altars, Lasting Impact
July 19, 2023
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Articles by UW Dance Professor and Alumni published in innovative Dance Textbook
June 21, 2023
eika Suzumura, left, and Silvio Dos Reis (also known as Mestre Silvinho) of the Union Cultural Center take part in a blessing ceremony for the space on the corner of South Cloverdale Street and Rainier Avenue South in November 2022.
UW Dance Capoeira Instructor in the Seattle Times
June 16, 2023
Rouge Reflection Poster
Professor Juliet McMains creates Award-Winning Film starring UW Dance Alum and music by Alex Dugdale 
May 15, 2023
Mestre Silvinho teaches the elementary students capoeira with a pool noodle
Seattle Amistad Elementary Students Play & “Celebrate Life” through Capoeira at UW
March 15, 2023
Dancers gleefully high-fiving each other.
UW Club Classroom in the Seattle Times 
January 31, 2023
UW students rehearse dance steps in a new “Street Style” class.
CrossCut: UW Dance Pivots Toward More Accessible Diverse Curriculum 
January 30, 2023
Reika Hattori dancing
A Dance Residency, Worth the Wait; Ronald K. Brown & Arcell Cabuag 
December 9, 2022
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UW Dance in solidarity with protests in and beyond Iran 
October 13, 2022
Rachael Lincoln directing Chamber Dance Company Rehearsal in the Meany Studio Theatre
Chamber Dance Company shifts focus, reimagines repertoire in return to stage
October 13, 2022
photo of studio in meany hall
bst Residency Call for Proposals 
August 4, 2022
Abdiel
Abdiel in the NY Times 
July 12, 2022
pride flag with Seattle skyline
Celebrating Pride Month 
June 20, 2022
Christina Sunardi playing an instrument
Department Chair Christina Sunardi in The Whole U: Meet Ethnomusicologist Christina Sunardi
June 13, 2022
Silvio playing capoeira
Mestre Silvinho in the Seattle Times 
June 13, 2022
Dancers leaping in the studio, as musician plays piano
Announcing Ronald K. Brown Guest Artist at UW Dance
March 17, 2022
Members of UW community gathered in Red Square to show support for Ukraine and denounce Putin's aggression
UW President Ana Mari Cauce shares statement on Ukraine Attack 
March 7, 2022
Etienne Cakpo dancing in a wide orange dress
Etienne Cakpo: Traditional & Contemporary African Dance 
December 21, 2021
Dance Conservatory Seattle Logo
MFA Alum Open New Dance Studio in Seattle
November 8, 2021
Dances leaping and tumbling over and around each other in the studio
Chamber Dance in the Seattle Times 
October 11, 2021
Silvio in handstand playing capoeira
Silvio Dos Reis; Capoeira Angola Mestre Silvinho
August 11, 2021
majinn mike leaning back
"Majinn" Mike O'Neal; Dance that Brings Joy
July 16, 2021
Rujeko Dumbutshna cups her hands upwards while wearing a magnificently colorful African textile skirt that sweeps down and across the pedestal on which she sits.
Rujeko Dumbutshena; Zimbabwean, Guinea West African, and Congolese Dance
July 2, 2021
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UW President Ana Mari Cauce shares her statement on the verdict on Derek Chauvin
April 21, 2021
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Dean Catherine M. Cole’s book launched as part of the National Humanities Center’s Virtual Book Club
March 2, 2021
Monica Rojas Stewart dancing in a red dress with a partner and handkerchief
Monica Rojas-Stewart, Ph.D.; Afro-Peruvian and Afro-Latinx Diaspora Dance
February 25, 2021
Brown skinned woman adorned in African gold jewelry and black paint.
Kiné Camara; Afro and Traditional West African Dance Choreographer and Instructor
February 2, 2021
Juliet balances laying on top of Cristian who is tilted and standing on one leg
McMains with Moses; RMK Around the USA
December 9, 2020
Alexandra Bradshaw-Yerby
Alumni News: Alexandra Bradshaw- Yerby named Utah Higher Education Educator of the Year; Fausto Rivera joins Ririe Woodbury Dance Company
November 4, 2020
CN-H receiving the 2010 Astaire Award
A Reflection from Charlie Neshyba-Hodges, Class of 2009
October 20, 2020
Etienne Cakpo plays percussion and smiles
Etienne Cakpo is the DEAW 2020 Dance Educator of the Year 
September 28, 2020
Corrie teaching dance class
bst Residency Postponed
March 30, 2020
Dani Tirrell
Dani Tirrell Receives Mayor's Arts Award  
September 3, 2019
Photo of Kevin Lam
Kevin Lam Awarded Fulbright Fellowship 
June 14, 2019
A pink flyer for Restorative Sketching Workshop
Student Groups Kick Off Spring Quarter with Free Workshops and a Show 
April 4, 2019
bst Resident, sitting at a table outside smiles at the camera
Body- Space- Time- Spring Residency 
March 19, 2019
Dance Crush
University of Washington Alumni and Faculty Receive 2018 DanceCrush Awards. 
December 3, 2018
(L to R, back to front) Rebecca Goes, Yoav Kaddar, Alexandra Bradshaw-Yerby, Bruce McCormick, Jason Ohlberg, Dale Merrill, Adele Nickel, Duanne Zimmer, Matthew Henley, Barbi Powers, Paula Peters
UW Dance Represented at NDEO Conference
October 9, 2018
Lincoln and Seiters, "an attic an exit" photo RJ Muna
Alumni and faculty win Dance Crush Awards
December 5, 2016
Photo by Steve Korn
A View Through the Looking Glass: Dance & Sustainability 
October 6, 2016
Dance Alum Monique Courcy is Executive Director of TeenTix
Dance Alum Monique Courcy to head up TeenTix
September 23, 2016
UW Dance Alum, Gabri Christa is a BUSY woman!
Update from UW Dance Alum Gabri Christa
July 5, 2016