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Congratulations to UW Dance Alum Emily Schoen Branch (MFA, 2025) who has had her research article, “Financial Trends in American Concert Dance Festivals,” published in the American Journal of Arts Management! @emily_schoen_branch
Congratulations to Rachael Lincoln who has been awarded a UW Royalty Research Fund (RRF) Award! The RRF award will fund three newly commissioned duets co-created and performed by Associate Professor of Dance Rachael Lincoln and her longtime collaborator, Professor Leslie Seiters (San Diego State University). Drawing on literary, scientific, and philosophical sources, the work…
Congratulations to this year’s recipients of the body-space-time Residency! The residents are as follows: Amy O’Neal (Winter), Tshedzom Tingkhye (Winter), C. Asa Call (Spring), Sharbani Datta (Spring), Nia- Amina Minor (Summer). Read about each of the artists below: Amy O'Neal (Winter)Amy O’Neal (she/her) is a dancer, choreographer, curator, and…
Read the University of Washington Magazine article about Rachael Lincoln and Low Fly Dancing! While some dancers only appear weightless, Rachael Lincoln—with the help of climbing technology—literally defies gravity. - Shin Yu Pai, UW Magazine
Autumn 2025 Kawasaki Artists in Residence; Vikas Arun & Hilary Grumman & Alethea AlexanderAt the start of Autumn Quarter, the UW Department of Dance began the first of five years of exciting events made possible by a generous gift from the Glenn H. Kawasaki Foundation. The Kawasaki Artist in Residence (KAIR) fund supports local and national guest artists, with the goal of giving students…
Congratulations to Professor of English and Dance Catherine Cole who has been recognized with the 2025 American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR) Distinguished Scholar Award! As explained in her award letter, “The Distinguished Scholar Award is the Society’s highest recognition, presented annually to a scholar whose body of work has profoundly shaped the field of theatre and performance…
Rachael Lincoln joins her long time collaborator Leslie Seiters at, “In Tandem: A Trio of Duets” at On The Boards, showing December 18- 20th, 2025. Fast Craft: Still Unlike Diving is a new duet in the Fast Craft series created by Lincoln and Seiters. Built from fragments developed during micro-residencies with Bebe Miller and Amelia Rudolph, Still Unlike…
A short film by UW Department of Dance Professor Juliet McMains is playing in a film festival in Argentina! The film features music by UW Dance Music Director Paul Matthew Moore, and is also available for viewing online until October 30th. View "Augenblick Lost Moments," A film by Julite McMains and other one minute films selected in the Cuerpo Mediado Festival.
Congratulations to UW Dance Alum, Jeremy Zihao Yuan (MFA, 2024) on the publication of his firstarticle as a dance researcher in the Journal of Dance Education! His paper "A Call for Advocacy and Empathy: A Study of Gay Men in Chinese Dance" (2025) also won the National Dance Education Organization 2024 Doug Risner Prize for Emerging Dance Researchers. Bio:Jeremy Zihao…
Five UW Department of Dance alumni and current UW dance major students are starring in Village Theatre’s production of Brigadoon! Performing in Issaquah from September 16th- October 19th, then in Everett from October 25th to November 16th, Hill & Loewe’s Brigadoon is a romantic musical set in the Scottish highlands. The cast includes UW alumni…