Current and Upcoming News and Events:
June 15 - June 30, 2008 MANCC
The Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography hosts Dean Moss June 15 - June 30, 2008. Moss is the first recipient of our new partnership project with Dance Theater Workshop (NY), one of the leading contemporary dance presenters in the United States. Through this partnership Moss receives a two-week research and development residency at MANCC and then will be presented by Dance Theater Workshop in 2009. For more information visit mancc.org
Student Congratulations!
Congratulations to Rachelle McClure for receiving one of the 2007-2008 Graduate Student Research and Creativity Awards! [Department of Interior Design]
Congratulations to Denae Hannah for receiving the Wilson-Auzenne Graduate Assistantship for Minorities for next year! She will receive a stipend of $5000.00 plus a tuition waiver. [Department of Dance]
Congratulations to Michelle Fletcher for receiving the University's Graduate Teaching Excellence Award! [Department of Dance]
Congratulations to Indira Goodwine for receiving the College of Visual Arts, Theatre and Dance Humanitarian of the Year Award! [Department of Dance]
News:
MoFA
The SPRING 2008 edition of MoFA NEWS is now available online.
New MANCC Research Highlights Released!
The Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography (MANCC) is pleased to share with you our latest Research Highlights (five-minute videos) featuring two of our 2007 - 2008 Choreographic Fellows, Kate Weare and Luciana Achugar. Both Fellows utilized their MANCC residencies as research and development time for the newest works. To learn more about the development of Kate's "Bridge of Sighs" and Luciana's "The Sublime Is Us". For more information on these artists and the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography, please visit www.mancc.org
Artist blends nature, technology in her work
By FABIOLA SANTIAGO
Miami artist Wendy Wischer [MFA Sudio Art at FSU] grew up in Wisconsin surrounded by spreads of farmland, lush woods and Native American reservations. On good weather days, the family went camping, and Wischer remembers being mesmerized by the wide sky, as beautiful in the twinkling darkness as it was in the light of day.
''My favorite thing to do was climb a tree and read a book where no one could find me,'' Wischer says. ``We spent nine months out of the year in the house, so when it was nice, we wanted to be outside.''
It's been a long journey from the rural grace of her childhood to the neon limelight of Miami's contemporary art scene, where the 36-year-old Wischer is one of the emerging stars.
Read More... www.miamiherald.com/tropical_life/story/457061.html
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Student Features
Sarah Mattern
Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity Award, Theatre
Aline Wachsmuth
Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity Award, Dance
Liza Smirnova
Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity Award, Art History
View past VAT&D student features.
Visiting Artists & Scholars Lecture Series
The College of Visual Arts, Theatre & Dance Presents: Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series
Dean Sally McRorie announces a lecture series in the College of Visual Arts Theatre and Dance devoted to distinguished figures in the arts. The series is funded by a generous gift from the late Vincent and Mary Agnes Thursby.
This Year in VAT&D
A listing of 2007 College of Visual Arts, Theatre & Dance Events
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