Loyola dance alumni Yariana Baralt-Torres and Maria Blanco of LOUD BODIES are curating their first show, Legalize Menstruation, at the end of this month and are using what they learned, or realized they did not learn, to guide them through the show-producing process. Legalize Menstruation is being produced by LOUD BODIES in partnership with the
This is the second installment in the “Arts Activism in Action” feature, a series of interviews showcasing individual company members’ commitments to social justice issues as dance artists. In the wake of Loyola’s Climate Change Conference, we spoke with senior choreographer and speaker Phoebe Coakley about her passion for environmental justice. 1. What are your identities? How
Loyola’s Dance program hosted Chicago’s dance film festival, In/Motion, March 17-19. The festival was devised and curated by Loyola faculty and Alumni, and it brought a weekend of dance, multimedia productions, and discussions all based around themes of social justice to Chicago. The featured guest artist, Celia Rowlson-Hall, screened her full-length dance film “MA” and
Here at Loyola Dance Theatre, something that we pride ourselves on is using our art to instigate change in the world. We develop and use our own talents in order to find avenues for social equality and justice. With a wide variety of intersectional interests among our dance majors, we decided to begin a continuous
For those of you reading this who are not familiar with the work of Loyola Dance Theatre, we as a company have been engaging in dance projects, performances and collaborations since September. Below is a video recap of everything LDT has been working on this year. Again, follow us to stay up-to-date on the work
This summer, faculty member Amy Wilkinson will be taking ten dance majors to Rome as a part of the My Life Closed Twice project. The dancers will spend one week exploring the city, learning choreography, performing with a professional company and conducting movement-based research. Crowdfunding Research Experiences for Undergraduates (CREU) recently approved the My Life
March 12-15, 13 dance majors attended dance classes, presentations and performances at the American College Dance Association (ACDA). Each year, ACDA holds regional conferences around the United States for university and college dance programs. Dancers at these conferences spend 8am-10:30pm taking classes from professionals, performing and getting professional feedback, and watching other dance programs perform.
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
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
With Loyola University Chicago’s Weekend of Excellence behind us, it is with great pride and joy that I write that all of Loyola’s full-time faculty members have won excellence awards, along with senior dance major, Kelsee Simons, and student organization, The Dance Company. Further details on the awards can be found towards the bottom of