Let's celebrate this amazing group of graduating UVM Dance majors! Amanda, November, Maddie, Lexie, and Sadie - you all are amazing artist-scholars! Congratulations on all you have accomplished and contributed to our community. We wish you nothing but the best as you soar into the future! @uvmsoa@dance_uvm
Thank you for making the UVM Dance Program a special, rich, and meaningful community!! A huge congratulations to all our graduating Dance majors and minors!! We will certainly miss you - but look forward to all that you will do! Keep dancing, keep exploring, and keep shining bright! ✨🪩🌎💕🔥 And stay tethered! You always have an artistic home here!
@erin_mullenex was there too!! ❤️
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Last student dance showcase of the year! New works by Anna Caruso, Olivia Davis, Ellen Gray, Beatrice Guariglia, Malka Halliwell, Kaylee Kendra, Abigail Kortering, Melanie Labrecque, Viviana Mejia, Elliot Murray-Gurney, Katie O'Gorman, Mia Reischer, and Cordelia Senecal. 6 pm in the Music Recital Hall on Sun, 5/3. Come support the choreographers and all the dancers!! @uvmsoa@dance_uvm
Next Saturday!!! Get hyped!
DNCE 3600 and Honors showcase, featuring choreography by Chloe Cashman, Noah Saltzman, and Kat Terrell. Two showtimes at 6 & 8pm in Cohen 110, no ticket reservations required.
Come see us crawl…
✨Senior Spotlight✨
Lexie Divers (She/Her) is a Psychological Science and Dance double major.
Her piece, Invitation to Linger, was guided by research on behaviors that strengthen social connections and structures that support developing friendships. The piece explores how we reconcile individuality with who we become when embraced by community. If we slow down and savor beautiful, mundane moments in life, what might we notice?
I’d like to express my deepest appreciation for the support and guidance of my cherished UVM Dance family. To be surrounded by such wonderful faculty and peers is truly a privilege, and I’m filled with such gratitude for being able to grow in this magical little community these four years. This wouldn’t have been possible without my stellar cast who breathed the life into this piece, so thank you all endlessly! Further, a huge thank you to my parents and sister for giving me the priceless gift of dance 18 years ago and loving me throughout the journey! - Lexie
✨Senior Spotlight✨
Maddie (She/her) is a Public Health Science and Dance Double Major.
Her piece, “No time like the past”, explores the world as we know it, now coming to an end. The ideas behind it came from similar topics in the popular show The Twilight Zone and themes common in the 60s. When there is only one person left, are they there or are they not? It explores the realities of being the last people alive in a world that may be different in what we come to know. Are they someone that can be trusted, or is it your other half?
I would like to thank all of my friends who convinced me to join this amazing program. A huge thank you to Paul, the dance professors, and the other capstone seniors for making every bit of my UVM dance experience so special. Thank you for all the support and care. Finally, a huge thank you to all of my friends and family who have come to support me in all of my UVM dance shows; it means the world to me! - Maddie
✨Senior Spotlight✨
November Staples (He/Him) is a Dance and Psychology double major.
His Piece, "The transsexual1 said, "I'm bored." Who, thirty-six seconds ago, while standing by the public bathroom sink, had been shot twice in the chest." asks what happens to someone when the world is so hostile to them that fear becomes commonplace. When does that fear turn into frustration? When does that frustration turn into boredom? How can we exist in many emotions, while also still, always, existing in fear? How do many people live alongside each other this way?
To the UVM dance department: I can’t even begin to say how lucky I am that I found this amazing community. Being welcomed here and encouraged to create my own art and develop my own style has inarguably made me a better person. It makes me very hopeful that places like this can exist. Thank you to all of my professors and peers for showing me there is a future. <3 - November
✨Senior Spotlight✨
Amanda Smith (She/Her) is a Dance and Political Science double major.
Her Piece, “You can’t take it with you” centers around the idea of change. Change is relentless, inevitable, and cyclical. Despite knowing it’s coming, we still resist it. Does this dread hold us back? I reflect on my time coming to college in this piece, and it gives me comfort to know that I once felt this dread and then found something so incredibly meaningful. Nothing will ever be the same again but just maybe, we can carry pieces of it with us.
Thank you to the UVM Dance Department for allowing me to have this opportunity to create, especially Paul Besaw and Maddy Grant for their guidance through my time in this program. I want to thank my family and friends for their support and my incredible cast of 17 for their dedication and commitment! - Amanda
🎉Can't get enough of our Seniors? 🎉Come to the free Solo works showcase this Saturday April 25th at 2:00. This showcase is free and open to the public.
✨Senior Spotlight✨
Sadie Martin (she/her) is a Studio Art and Dance Double Major. Her piece, “Because I Found a Feather”, explores and celebrates the phenomenon that we are all a combination of everything and everyone around us, yet still unique and irreplaceable. It is ultimately a practice in gratitude for ourselves, those around us, and the elements that shape us and our individual mosaics.
Thank you to all the warm and vibrant souls who make up UVM dance; it is a beyond special community to be a part of. A huge thank you to Paul Besaw and Julian Barnett for their encouragement and enthusiasm throughout these past four years. You both inspire me more than I could ever express. Endless thanks to my lovely dancers for dedicating their time and artistry to this piece! And to my family, for being my forever friends and spirited supporters. Much love to you all! - Sadie
