dance
April 21, 2023
Better hustle
Over the past two years, MFA candidate Abdiel Jacobsen has brought their love of hustle to the UW.
December 4, 2021
Stepping up
Dance students and faculty once again get a chance to strut their stuff.
September 11, 2021
Ballet in the Cold War
The Cold War played out on exotic battlegrounds. Perhaps none were stranger—and had more unexpected outcomes—than cultural-exchange ballet tours.
December 8, 2018
The language of dance
Contorting the imagination with choreographer Alice Gosti, ’08.
June 22, 2018
Art, identity on display at KEXP
Four Huskies presented the rawness of struggle and survival at the UWAA Short Talks on Art.
September 1, 2015
25 years of dance
The UW's unique master's program influences dance education across the country.
September 1, 2013
The inspiration inquiry
Expanding the boundaries of knowledge in dance, theater and other performing arts requires research of a different stripe.
June 1, 2011
Maestro steps aside
Matt Krashan, the UW’s maestro of music, dance and more, will retire in September from his position as director of the UW World Series, a program that is recognized nationally for its excellence and innovation in the performing arts.
December 1, 2007
Soul searchers
If you kept changing your major and rethinking your career options while you were a UW student, you had lots of company, according to the first truly comprehensive study of undergraduate education in the nation—UW SOUL.
June 1, 2007
Ruthanna Boris, 1919-2007
When Ruthanna Boris began her 18-year stint as dance professor at the UW in 1965, she taught ballet on the top floor of the old Armory building, often competing with the erratic noise of ROTC practices.
June 1, 2006
Magnificent 7
A great university has great teachers. This year, the UW honors seven instructors from three campuses who have touched the lives of thousands.
March 1, 2006
Mating dance
Scientists have been able to link skillful dancing to established measures of human desirability and attractiveness.
Peabody winner
On May 17, 2004, Mathew Shaw and his wife, Juleen, were wide-awake at 5 a.m., and they were nervous. The Peabody Awards would be announced that morning.
September 1, 2005
The last waltz
From parties to salsa competitions to Experimental College dance classes, UW students and alumni alike have been enjoying the Wilsonian Ballroom since the 1920s. That may come to an end, however, as developers plan to demolish the 82-year-old space.
June 1, 2004
Class of distinction
Since 1970, the University of Washington has honored its best teachers for striving to bring knowledge to the next generation.
March 1, 2004
Dancing the classics
The UW has one of the only dance programs that re-create modern dance classics — despite roadblocks from choreographers and problems documenting each step.
June 1, 2002
Award winners
The UW Dance Program and the Friday Harbor Labs Apprenticeship Program share the 2002 Brotman Award for Instructional Excellence for their efforts to improve the quality of undergraduate education at the UW.
December 1, 2000
Stepping out
It isn't just her personality that makes Hannah Wiley ideally suited to run the UW's summer arts festival. It's her choices in the earlier chapters of her life.