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Dance Visions 2022

February 17 - February 19 Irvine Barclay Theatre

This annual premier dance concert of the season presents exhilarating choreography by the UCI Dance faculty, showcasing the talent of undergraduate and graduate performers.
Dance Escape 2022

April 14 - April 16 Claire Trevor Theatre

MFA choreographers return to the stage with original works, featuring UCI dance students.
Physical Graffiti 2022

April 28 - April 30 Claire Trevor Theatre

Undergraduate dance students get a chance to show off their choreography with this annual concert.

New Slate Brings Collaboration and Kindness

By Jezebel Ramirez-Robles New Slate 2021, the first dance concert of the season, brings a show of eight unique performances. Artistic director, Professor S. Ama Wray, is leading this year’s dance graduate students through the process as choreographers. Throughout the creation of this year’s New...

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Elaine Koshimizu Endowed Scholarship for Inclusive Excellence in Dance

The Department of Dance at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts ranks third in California and 10th in the U.S. Despite being nationally acclaimed, each year the department competes with other top dance programs to recruit high-achieving and underrepresented students in dance. Students often select...

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Take it From the Class of 2022: You Got This

By Lauren Knight, B.A. ’21 There are four classes of students heading back to Claire Trevor School of the Arts this fall, but only one class has spent a full year on campus. It’s crazy to think that half of our CTSA community has never stepped foot on campus before Welcome Week! We know that it’s...