Division and Alumni News

DanceMakers returns Nov. 14-16

The pieces making up this year's fall DanceMakers deal with some pretty diverse concepts. It's a mix of Egyptian queen meets alien goddess, jazz solo dance, contemporary ballet folklórico, dynamic time shift and a taste of the Rio Grande Valley.

Dance meets engineering in AR project

TWU's Adesola Akinleye is developing choreography and performance pieces for Space+Dance+Digital, an augmented reality system.

A very mariachi Circle of Light

Music's mariachi ensemble and the International Dance Company will perform a folklórico at Thursday evening's Circle of Light Festival.

Improvisation Festival returns to its roots

The Texas Dance Improvisation Festival, born at Texas Woman's University 15 years ago, returns this week to Denton for the first time in five years. The TWU campus will host the TDIF Oct. 5-7. It's an annual event to teach and inspire artists in the improvisational dance community, and features classes, jams and performances.

TWU Dance opens 2023-24 season

The annual Jordan Fuchs Company Concert will examine dancer agency, the development of the TWU dance curriculum, and the evolution of the head of the division. The show takes place Sept. 8-9 at 7 p.m. in the Dance Studio Theater, room 208.