Division and Alumni News
Dance alumna Amy Funderburk Tidwell named Corsicana Main Street Program Director
1/14/21
TWU dance alumna Amy Funderburk Tidwell has taken the reins as Corsicana’s Main Street Program Director. Designated an official Texas Main Street City in 1985, Corsicana’s Main Street Program supports downtown revitalization through a focus on historic preservation and economic development, in order to boost the quality of life for residents and tourists alike. In 2012, Funderburk Tidwell was named team director of the Corsicana High School Calico Dance Team.
TWU Dance alumna named 2020-2022 Phi Kappa Phi Artist
8/6/20
Lisa A. Fusillo, professor of dance in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, has been selected by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi—the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society—as the 2020-2022 Phi Kappa Phi Artist. Fusillo received her doctorate from Texas Woman’s University in 1982.
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.