UVU Insomnia 2023
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UVU Gender in Dance Presentation
Reading Time: < 1 minute Courtney Larson covers UVU’s Gender in Dance presentation.
MOMIX visits the Noorda Center
Reading Time: < 1 minute International dance group MOMIX visited the Noorda Center on September 8th, 2022.
Institute is a place where students can learn and have fun
Reading Time: < 1 minute “It’s a place where you can come and belong,” said Sean Dixon, the director of the Utah Valley Institute of religion. UVU’s institute offers a place where everyone can learn and share. Join institute and see what it’s all about!
Dancing through the pandemic
Reading Time: 8 minutes Last spring, when UVU went full online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, several dance concerts were canceled last minute. This semester, UVU’s dance companies have been working hard to keep dancing, even though it might have to look different than normal. Ballroom Dance Company: The ballroom dance company has been hit the hardest. One of […]
The COVID-19 Impact on UVU’s Department of Dance
Reading Time: 3 minutes (Illustration by Riley Andersen) In the era of social distancing, the students and faculty of Utah Valley University’s Department of Dance have had to drastically adjust both their learning and teaching styles. Following a summer of tireless work from the department’s faculty members to create a new curriculum, dance students are now learning through a […]
UVU’s Ballroom Dance Teams Unite to Put on Their End-of-Semester Concert
Reading Time: < 1 minute The ballroom dance company at Utah Valley University put on their end-of-semester ballroom concert Nov. 23-24 at the Scott and Karen Smith Theater in the Noorda Center for the Performing Arts. UVU’s Ballroom Dance company is comprised of four different teams; Tour, Back-Up Tour, Advanced Back-Up Team and Beginning Back-Up Team. The concert lasted 1 […]
UVU’s To the Pointe highlights Utah County’s contributions to the dance world
Reading Time: 2 minutes The production included choreography by UVU associate professors Mark Borchelt and Jamie A. Johnson, and was bookended by choreography by Jacqueline Colledge and Bill Evans. Each one of these is a major name in the dance world with roots in Utah County.
Students take center stage as UVU’s Noorda Center for the Performing Arts opens
Reading Time: 3 minutes The performing arts at UVU are now “literally on the map” because of the addition of the soon-to-be-open Noorda Center for the Performing Arts, according to Linda Moore, assistant dean of the School of the Arts. “The Noorda” — the center’s common name — is a $58 million building specifically designed for students earning their […]
Lane Swenson – UVU dancer with lofty ambitions
Reading Time: 2 minutes When Lane Swenson was young, he was always drawn to music. He grew up doing theater and choir and was aware of dance, but never considered doing it until his late teens. At 16, he saw an ad for a salsa class and that’s where it all started. That was 10 years ago. Since then, […]