Four Arizona State University dance students — Kyla Kabat, Isabella Lepp, Karla Marquez and Fernanda Viera — have been chosen to represent ASU at the 2022 American College Dance Association (ACDA) regional conference, which will be held at the University of Oregon starting March 23. The conference brings students and faculty together to share responses to choreography and performance.
Karen Schupp, associate professor of dance and associate director of the School of Music, Dance and Theatre at Arizona State University, recently published a book titled “Dancing Across the Lifespan: Negotiating Age, Place and Purpose.”
Editor's note: This story is part of a series of profiles of notable spring 2022 graduates.
Audi Miller, who is graduating this May with a degree in dance from the School of Music, Dance and Theatre, came to Arizona State University after completing her freshman year of college in California. A native of Arizona, she wanted to be closer to home.
Editor's note: This story is part of a series of profiles of notable spring 2022 graduates.
Julia Chacón is graduating from Arizona State University in May with an MFA in dance and an MA in creative enterprise and cultural leadership, and beginning her requirements as a doctoral candidate in the Theatre and Performance of the Americas program.
Editor's note: This story is part of a series of profiles of notable spring 2021 graduates.
Vashawn Arora’s intellectual curiosity and musical drive have challenged him to explore snippets of musical styles that have intrigued him and led him on a path to create his own unique style.
During a year with little to no opportunities in the conducting field, Argentinean-born Arizona State University music alumna Michelle Di Russo has been awarded two esteemed conducting fellowships. Di Russo has been selected to participate as a conducting fellow in the 2020-21 Project Inclusion with Chicago Sinfonietta and the Dallas Opera Hart Institute for Women Conductors.
Di Russo earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in orchestral conducting from the School of Music, Dance and Theatre in spring 2020.
An Arizona State University alumna whose dissertation focused on Ukraine’s first female composer and who studied Ukrainian in Kyiv through the ASU Melikian Center has become deeply involved in humanitarian and anti-war efforts in Ukraine.
Erica Glenn, a visiting professor at BYU-Hawaii, will travel to Poland next month on a Fulbright grant to conduct research and assist refugees who have been displaced.
Arizona State University alumnus and Tempe, Arizona, native Patrick Fanning will return home to ASU Gammage as music director and conductor for a national tour of the
In a return to live performances, Arizona State University's School of Music, Dance and Theatre announces the upcoming 2021–22 theater season.
“We had a challenging year doing virtual performances that were experimental,” said Mary McAvoy, associate professor and community engagement coordinator. “There’s a lot of joy being back in rehearsal spaces and feeling like we are starting anew.”
James “Hud” Hudson, director of Arizona State University’s athletic bands and professor of practice in the School of Music, Dance and Theatre, received the 2023 Arizona Educator of the Year Award at the Arizona Music Educators Association’s (AMEA's) annual conference.
The award is the highest honor bestowed by AMEA, with the recipient exemplifying excellence in teaching, leadership and advocacy for music and arts education in Arizona.
