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People in the Department of Dance

The Department of Dance is a nurturing, creative community. Get to know our dedicated faculty, outstanding alumni and hard working students.

Explore this page to learn more about the amazing people who make up UNC Charlotte’s Department of Dance. Our faculty spans expertise in the dance industry from professional dancers, artistic directors, dance education leaders, somatic practitioners, dance scholars and more. Our alumni create successful careers across a wide range of dance and dance-related fields. Our students have traveled to New York City and beyond to perform, worked with incredible guest artists, served as Charlotte Research Scholars and presented at national conferences. Get a glimpse of our community below!

Faculty & Staff

Our accomplished faculty include a former member of the Martha Graham Dance Company, founders and directors of local dance companies, and award-winning scholars and educators who are specialists in contact improvisation, African Brazilian dance, Odissi Classical Indian Dance, Hip Hop and more.

Faculty & Staff

Alumni Spotlights

Among our alumni are private dance studio directors, dance professors at universities, and members of professional dance companies in New York City, Portland, Chicago and London. One LA-based alumna has worked with artists like Chance the Rapper and performed at the Grammys with SZA; another is a member of dance duo Cost n’ Mayor.

Alumni Spotlights

Student Spotlights

Recently, our students have traveled to New York City to perform at The Joyce Theater, worked with Broadway artists, trained in intensives at the Martha Graham and Paul Taylor Dance Companies, served as Charlotte Research Scholars and presented at national dance education conferences.

Student Spotlights