At the end of March, 13 students and 2 lovely faculty members had the opportunity to go the annual American College Dance Association conference at Wichita State University. The conference brings together dance majors from various colleges where they are able to take class with professors as well as present both student and faculty works.
Category: Performance
Dance, History & Culture
Ten Loyola Dance majors travel to Rome and study with professional company. By Alexandra Ditoro At the end of May, eight Loyola dancers, including myself, embarked on the journey of a lifetime to Rome, where we rehearsed and performed with Mandala Dance Company, a professional dance company, through a Loyola undergraduate research grant, the Provost
Artist-in-Residence explores the musicality of movement with Loyola Dance
By Jordan Kunkel Loyola’s Dance program continues the celebration of its 10th anniversary this semester with a multifaceted artistic partnership and an interdisciplinary dance concert that highlight the innovation of the program’s faculty, students, and collaborators. 2017 Artist-in-Residence, Matthew Rose, from the Mark Morris Dance Group in New York City, culminates a semester of teaching
Earth Dance: Connecting human behavior to climate change
March 18, Loyola Dance Theatre participated in the Loyola University Climate Change Conference. LDT performed a moving piece to “Earth Song,” sung by our very own University Chorale. Collaborating with the choir made the auditorium come alive, and the performance received one of the two standing ovations of the conference (the other being for the
A look at Tim Eidman’s work on “She Loves Me”
Tim Eidman, senior dance and theatre double major, has devoted part of his final semester at Loyola choreographing and acting in the theatre program’s mainstage musical, She Loves Me. Daryn Robinson, sophomore marketing major and theatre minor, interviewed Eidman on his experience choreographing and performing in the musical for a post on Loyola’s Arts Alive Blog. If
Eeexccelllent! Dance, Roma and an unforgettable experience
“That was one of the craziest weeks of my life.” That, is how I started the journal entry I wrote in the airport while waiting for my return flight from Rome—and what a crazy week it was. From the moment we stepped foot in Rome, my eight peers, our Faculty Mentor Amy Wilkinson and I