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UA Dance Advisory Board 2019-2020

ACTIVE MEMBERS

Barbara Algire – Chair
Jessica Andrews
Mary Christoph
Merrily Davis
Fran Epsen
Sally Gershon
Rachael Goldwyn
Soozie Hazan
Marie-France Isabelle
Lynn Karabinas
Catherine Kelly
Tina Klaber
Joe Knott – Vice Chair
Ruth Kolker
Donna Kreutz
Mary Magill
Gary Miller
Matt Neely
Bill Parker
Dorothy Parker
Herschel Rosenzweig
Elizabeth Schulman
Kyria Sabin Waugaman
Janet Seltzer
Donald Snyder
Sallie Tofel
Nina Trasoff
Margy Vaughan
Nanette Warner
Michelle Wik
Neil Weinstein
Margaret Yonkovich

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

Ann Hasselmo
Sandy Heiman
Terry Moore
Martha Perl
Amanda Saffer
Mirea Sharifi

LIFE MEMBERS

Kathleen Assar
Patricia Van Metre*
Jean Wagner

*deceased

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~Introducing...The Class of 2020~

Today we celebrate The UA School of Dance Graduating Class of 2020. From the countless hours spent in the studio to all of your shining moments on stage, you each have worked so hard and triumphed in the face of adversity. Today, WE CELEBRATE YOU!
We encourage everyone to visit graduation.cfa.arizona.edu to partake in the College of Fine Arts virtual ceremony tonight at 4:00 pm PDT (7:00 pm EDT). ... See MoreSee Less

2 weeks ago

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You are all amazing artists. Congratulations on your achievements.

Congratulations! 🎉🍾🎈🎊 The world is waiting for you!

Congratulations to everyone!❤️

Congratulations..

Congratulations!!🎉

Congrats Class of 2020! 🎉

Congratulations

Congratulations Grads!!!

Congratulations graduates!!

Congratulations

CONGrats to All!!

Bravi class of 2020!

Congratulations graduates! ❤

Congrats Class of 2020!!! ♥️💕♥️

Congratulations Vivianna DeSantiago👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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/// Exciting News ///

We’ve launched “Alumni Stories” on our website! This new interactive feature will help keep us connected to all the UA Dance alumni around the globe. To our current and soon-to-be alumni, we want to hear from you! bddy.me/2WgrG8b

Photo by Ed Flores featuring UA Dance Ensemble members Jaclyn Hamric and Jada Pearman ... See MoreSee Less

3 weeks ago

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Jaclyn Hamric

Congratulations to Delphine Chang for being voted as the class of 2020 School of Dance Outstanding Senior! Delphine was also chosen as the Arizona Arts Outstanding Senior!
We are so proud of you Delphine!

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Fantastic and congratulations! 🎉 Best wishes for your bright future!

Congratulations Delphine! You’ve always been a star 💫 to me❤️ You move through life as you do dance with beauty, style, and utmost grace.

#Bethechang You are a force of good in this world. Go forth and spread those wings! Thank you The University of Arizona School of Dance and every single person in her circle who ever believed in her, challenged her, and supported her journey so far. Thank you village. We are all so proud of you Delphine Chang💗

🌹Congratulations beautiful job! My son's girlfriend dances with UofA, another amazing talent, absolutely loves it and speaks very highly of it.

Amazing Such a dedicated hard working human! Congrats!

Congratulations Wildcat!

Congratulations 💓 So proud of you!!

Well deserved!!!!! Congratulations!!!!!!

Congratulations, Delphine!

Thank you for this! So much love for my UA Dance fam ♥️

Congratulations!

Congratulations!!!

Wow, what an honor! Congrats!

Congratulations!!!❣️ 👏👏👏

Congratulations!

Congratulations Delphine!!!

Congrats Delphine Chang!💕

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Congratulations to Jared Baker for being voted as the class of 2020 School of Dance Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant! Cheers to you Jared! ... See MoreSee Less

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Congratulations Jared🌺So well deserved. You’re a magnificent dancer and a very special person. We adore you . Best of luck for the future.

What a great person for this honor!! Congratulations Jared!!

Well deserved!!! It was amazing watching how you bring your vision to life. Sad we won’t be watching your final piece this weekend, but we will get to see your masterpieces again on stage.

Well deserved! Congratulations Jared.

Congratulations! Ariana loved your class

Wonderful! Congratulations!

Congratulations Jared!

Congratulations, Jared!

Congratulations 🎉!

So well deserved! Very excited and proud of you Jared Baker!

Well deserved!

We luv JB at SPAC in Lenexa!

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Tonight would have marked the halfway point of our Spring Collection concert series. Although we wish we could be dancing for all of you in person, we are proud to be doing our part in stopping the spread of Covid-19. Until we are together again, we hope you enjoy this video highlighting faculty member Amy Ernst’s piece “In The Shadows of the Dreamers.” The piece originally premiered in 2015 and was set to be included in this year's Spring Collection concert. ... See MoreSee Less

4 weeks ago

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So beautiful Amy!

Meaningful, haunting, and beautifully danced. Congratulations to Amy Ernst on her great accomplishment!

Just beautiful Amy💖

Such a beautiful dance! Elizabeth Sutton, bring back memories? 😍

Beautiful!

Que ESPLENDIDO REALMENTE UN ARTE FELICITACIONES JUNITO DESDE LA DISTANCIA UN ABRAZO.

Kadance Kassi Chesnie Patrick

This work will forever have my heart 😇

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>>> This is Us <<<

The UA Dance Ensemble and faculty are proud to present our “Inspirational Playlist.” This student generated video was created to remind us to stay connected and keep dancing!!!

Our Playlist:

Rise Up - Andra Day

Secret Love Song - Little Mix

Praying - Kesha

This Is Me - The Greatest Showman

No One - Alicia Keys

Alive - Sia

Stand By You - Rachel Platten

Don’t Stop Me Now - Queen

Thanks to all the dancers

(In order of appearance) :

Justine Hannan, AZ

Lauren Best, AZ

Ally Hauke, OR

Erina Ueda, AZ

Eduardo Zambrana, AZ

Emigdio Arredondo Martinez, AZ

Reginamarie James, VA

Christian Blue, AZ

Eric Klich, AZ

Brandt Czerniski, AZ

Julia Hansch, WI

Talia Hintermeister, MN

Noelle Schramm, CO

Christina Calden, WA

Kyle Halford, AZ

Hannah Weinmaster, NE

Talia Luzzo, MA

Bridgette Jensen, AZ

Sasha Reist, NY

Autumn Eckman, AZ

Felisya Soqui-Garcia, AZ

Chanyng Floyd, KY

Megan Ulatowski, MI

Vivianna DeSantiago, AZ

*We do not own the rights to this music* ... See MoreSee Less