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<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Black Movement in Art &amp; Protest, Imaginative Realms- A Worldbuilding Laboratory, Experiential and Historical Understanding of Chinese Dance: </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">These are the titles of courses that second-year MFA Dance candidates are teaching in the Department of Dance this quarter.

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Department of Dance is thrilled to announce that Dr. Monica Rojas will be joining the UW Dance full-time faculty as an Assistant Professor of Dance beginning in July 2024. </span></p>

<blockquote><p>“What if part of being whole means that we choose to see one another’s memories as sacred?”</p>

<p><a href="https://artsci.washington.edu/news/2023-06/love-hustle?fbclid=IwAR0cWIn…; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read the <em>Perspectives Newsletter</em> article here.</a></p>

<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rogue Reflection, </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">a film by<a href="/people/juliet-mcmains" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Juliet McMains</a> starring UW Dance Class of 2022 graduate Rachael Zuraek, with music by part-time faculty <a href="/people/alex-dugdale" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Alex Dugdale</a> won the Best Sound and Music award at WILDsound’s Under 5 Minute film festi

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On March 3rd, the UW Dance Capoeira class (Dance 287) hosted first and second graders from the</span><a href="https://seattleamistadschool.org/about-us/mission-values-vision/&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Seattle Amistad School</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On March 4th, students from the Department of Dance performed with the UW Campus Philharmonia Orchestras, conducted by Daren Weissfisch, to selections from Tchaikovsky’s </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Swan Lake </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">at the Orchestras’ </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">2023 Winter Concert</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> at Meany Hall. </span></p><

<p>Read The Seattle Times article written by Brendan Kiley about UW Dance MFA Candidate Abdiel Jacobsen and their innovative teaching of the Hustle!  <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/from-disco-days-to-sea…;

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<p id="jsc_c_z" class="x1heor9g x1qlqyl8 x1pd3egz x1a2a7pz x1gslohp x1yc453h"><span class="xt0psk2"><strong><span>from the Association of Professional Advisers &amp; Counselors (APAC) at UW: </span></strong></span></p></div>