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Incoming Dance Students
Welcome to the Dance Program at Loyola University Chicago! Check out our Incoming Student page for important information and dates as you prepare to join us in the fall.LEARN MORE -
Engaged Learning
Loyola Students Restage Dance Concert Piece “Atlas” for Momenta Dance Company and Physically Integrated Dance
Atlas, the Greek Titan, bore the sky aloft. With the same strength and conviction of the god, Loyola dancers and faculty have cultivated a culture of support and uplift that has extended past the campus grounds and into the greater Chicago dance community. “Atlas,” a new work choreographed by Loyola Lecturer of Dance Sarah Cullen Fuller in collaboration with the original cast, premiered at the annual Mainstage Dance Concert, The Dream of Home, at the Newhart Family Theatre in November 2022. In attendance one evening was Sarah Najera, the Artistic Director of Momenta Dance Company, based in Oak Park, Illinois. Taken by the performance, Najera was inspired to bring “Atlas” into the repertoire at Momenta Dance Company in celebration of their 40th anniversary season.
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Faculty Spotlight
Amy Wilkinson, Senior Lecturer of Dance, reflects on the success and expansion of the MEd + Dance Residency program
“The program embraces arts education as a fundamental aspect of Cura Personalis,” Wilkinson said, referring to Loyola’s value of caring for the whole person.
Wilkinson and Loyola launched the first cohort in 2021. Students in the program experience the following benefits as they work towards their Master’s degree:
• A paid year of on-site team training, plus full benefits
• Opportunity to collaborate and learn alongside endorsed and experienced mentor teachers
• Discounted University tuition, financial aid and federal loan forgiveness
• A guaranteed full-time role in CPS after successfully completing the program
“We are set to graduate our second cohort soon and are currently in the process of recruiting for our third cohort,” said Wilkinson. “We are also expanding the program to include theater education and we’re on track to have our largest cohort to-date.”
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Student Research
Loyola Dance Senior Molly Kaiser Presents “The Dreamer’s Ball” in Mainstage Dance Concert
The mainstage dance concert student choreography piece is a unique opportunity for Loyola dancers to create a fully realized work together. “I loved working with my peers who also happen to be my best friends,” reflects Molly. “I wanted to give them a piece where they would shine and feel a sense of pride to perform. They did the same for me, putting in so much hard work and supported my vision being brought to life.”
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Study Abroad
Loyola Dance Students Perform with Mandala Dance Company in Rome, Italy
Following a year of online instruction, the John Felice Rome Center reopened its doors to study abroad programs for Fall 2021. Students in Loyola’s Dance Program were among those who jumped at the opportunity to extend their classroom and learning experience overseas. Dance faculty Dr. Amy Wilkinson has lead students in summer study abroad programs for several years, creating a long-standing relationship with the Mandala Dance Company in Ladispoli, Italy. This summer, Dr. Wilkinson and a group of Loyola dance students traveled to the John Felice Rome Center for an immersive learning experience.
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Engaged Learning
Loyola Dance Students Attend the American College Dance Association Conference (ACDA)
This spring, the Loyola Dance Program attended the American College Dance Association North-Central Conference at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Led by faculty members Dr. Amy Wilkinson and Sarah Cullen Fuller, dance students in DANC 398: Research in Dance performed in concerts and danced in workshop classes during a five-day weekend event. These conferences were held in person for the first time since 2019, and Loyola dancers were excited for the opportunity to dance with fellow college dance students from the Midwest.
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Academics
Senior Solo Showcase
Palm Court sits on floor four of the Mundelein Center for the Fine and Performing Arts, overlooking the red brick campus and restless Lake Michigan. Each spring, family and friends gather under the glass ceiling to celebrate the graduating seniors of Loyola University Chicago’s Dance Program. After a year of virtual programming and unknowns, the Senior Solo Showcase returned to Palm Court with a stunning and emotional performance by the Class of 2022. Graduating seniors include Naomi Alvarado, Emily Carroccio, Hannah Hinerman, Arielle McKeever, Merritt Stults, Alysha Grancorvitz, Sophia Seger-Pera, and Nia Montgomery.
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In the Media
How College Dancers Can Marry Their Passion to Activism
The Loyola Dance Program and it's student-led Dance Honor Society are featured in a Dance Magazine article that surveys undergraduate programs that merge the arts and social justice.
“Why should I be dancing now? Shouldn’t I be doing something more ‘serious?’ ”
In the midst of a turbulent political climate, racial injustices and a global pandemic, a lot of dancers might find themselves asking the same questions. But rather than abandoning the arts, college dancers are discovering ways to marry their schoolwork with activism, using movement to respond to the world around them.
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Social Justice
Chicago Inclusive Dance Festival featured on NBC Chicago
The 2021 Chicago Inclusive Dance Festival, founded by Loyola Dance faculty Deborah Goodman, was recently featured on NBC Chicago. This year's online gathering offered three days of workshops and film screenings celebrating everyday movement. WATCH VIDEO -
In the Media
Spectral Heartbeats featured on See Chicago Dance
"Even though we are still in the throes of the COVID-19 global pandemic and witnessing the majority of dance virtually, the Loyola University dance program has found a way to showcase the things that brings us all together—the common denominator of humanity. Spectral Heartbeats is an apt title for a program which takes personal stories literally to heart creating a ghostlike vision of what we are missing during this pandemic: human connection.READ MORE -
Faculty
Art with Impact: Activism Through Dance
Sandra Kaufmann, Director of Dance, speaks about using dance as an aesthetic instrument of change at Loyola.READ
