Spring news from your favorite 50-year-old

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Scholars Spotlight Series features updates from faculty members designing, implementing, and disseminating meaningful SoTL projects. Kristin Marrs is Associate Professor of Instruction and Director of Graduate Studies in the UI Department of Dance.

Stephanie Miracle, assistant professor of dance, has been named the first ever recipient of the Obermann Interdisciplinary Achievement Award.

The show, created in the form of a dance performance, was developed and performed by Dance Associate Professor Kristin Marrs and Anne Marie Nest.

At a time when the world feels like it’s burning down, we reach for a remedy; a quick pick-me-up, an escape, or the great salve of self introspection. MADCO’s PULSE/imPULSE concert Feb 20 at COCA’s Staenberg Performance Lab explored each approach with collaborator Jennifer Kayle, head of the University of Iowa’s Department of Dance. The evening highlighted the active artistic exchange between Iowa City and St. Louis.

An opportunity to share your memories of Halsey Hall, and an invitation to join us in Iowa City

Marrs is an Iowa-based dancer, choreographer and Associate Professor of Instruction and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Iowa Department of Dance, while Nest is a former regional theater actor and voice and speech professor who now works as an executive coach and communications consultant based in Denver. The two met while teaching at the University of Iowa and began developing Chalk after navigating their own experiences with infertility and miscarriage.

New show developed and performed by Dance Associate Professor Kristin Marrs with collaborator Anne Marie Nest opens discussion on a common issue with devastating effects

In the Fall 2025 semester, Hancher Auditorium welcomed the Trisha Brown Dance Company to the University of Iowa campus for a transformative residency with our students. A new video documented the remarkable experience.