Division and Alumni News
Alumna Kayla Hamilton discusses disability in dance
7/23/20
"I’m interested in asking questions about surveillance and how it strips and heightens our identities, especially in the context of Blackness, genders and disability," said Kayla Hamilton, an artist, producer and educator originally from Texarkana, TX and now residing in Bronx, NY. Kayla earned a BA in Dance from Texas Woman’s University and an MS Ed in Special Education from Hunter College. She is a member of the 2017 Bessie-award winning cast of Skeleton Architecture.
TWU alumna named dean of Texas Tech visual and performing arts college
7/7/20
Genevieve Durham DeCesaro was named dean of the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts at Texas Tech University. She has been serving as vice provost for academic affairs and is a professor of dance at the university. Professor Durham DeCesaro earned a master’s degree and a master of fine arts degree from Texas Woman’s University.
TWU dance senior Greyson von Trapp creatively adapts to new COVID-19 limitations
4/22/20
TWU dance senior Greyson von Trapp said the instructors for his dance technique classes now upload videos of themselves demonstrating a phrase — a short piece of choreography — for the class to view. Students learn the phrase and then upload a video of themselves performing it.
TWU Dance presents virtual dance concert ‘1200 Seconds’ April 24
4/14/20
The Texas Woman’s University Department of Dance is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic by presenting its first virtual dance concert, “1200 Seconds.” The online event will feature 20 60-second dance solos in a digital video streaming format on Facebook Watch and Instagram TV Friday, April 24 at 7 p.m.
TWU dance alumni and kNOwBOX co-founders launch podcast, present film festival
12/11/19
Martheya Nygaard and YeaJean Choi, former classmates in the dance program at Texas Woman’s University, founded kNOwBOX last year when they weren’t sure where their respective careers would take them and wanted to keep collaborating. Using film, video and social media, they want to help dance artists transcend geography and expand their imaginations. Lovers of dance can glimpse kNOwBOX’s dream of the future in Oak Cliff Dec. 13-15.