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Faculty Graduate Concert

Renovations to Space Place Theater improve experiences for audience and performers

Tuesday, October 3, 2023
Located in North Hall on the University of Iowa campus, Space Place Theater is home to various performances in dance and other arts throughout the year. This past summer, it underwent several aesthetic and technical renovations.
Rebekah Kowal’s 2020 book "Dancing the World Smaller"

CLAS professor Rebekah Kowal shortlisted for prestigious dance research award

Wednesday, August 9, 2023
Kowal, the Executive Officer of the Department of Dance, has recently been shortlisted for the Oscar G. Brockett Prize for Dance Research for her 2020 book, Dancing the World Smaller: Staging Globalism in Mid-Century America.

UI professor George de la Peña takes the stage in ‘God’s Fool’

Wednesday, June 15, 2022
UI professor George de la Peña takes the stage in ‘God’s Fool’

Kieron Dwayne Sargeant visits UI dance department as Grant Wood Fellow

Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Kieron Dwayne Sargeant visits UI dance department as Grant Wood Fellow

Three-part UI Dance Thesis Concert to premiere at Space Place Theatre

Monday, April 11, 2022
Three-part UI Dance Thesis Concert to premiere at Space Place Theatre (Daily Iowan article)

Student Spotlight: Graduate student duo prepare for dance thesis concert

Tuesday, March 8, 2022
At the University of Iowa’s fall 2021 Dance Gala, dance duo Michael Landez and Juliet Remmers performed the piece The Moor’s Pavane, originally choreographed in 1949 by revolutionary dancer José Limón.

Department seeks Grant Wood Fellow for 2022-23

Sunday, January 23, 2022
The University of Iowa Division of Performing Arts seeks applications from emerging to mid-career artists in dance making, choreography and/or performance for the Grant Wood Fellowship Program for the 2022-2023 academic year.