About Dance Alumni Showcase

Featuring choreography by selected Dance Department alumni: 

  • The Travelers by Leslie Dworkin & Kent De Spain (1991 & 1997) - a playful and poignant dance theater piece exploring the ramifications of being an outsider.
  • Dragon by Weiwei Ma (2016) - fusing contemporary dance with elements of traditional Chinese dance.
  • deprogram by Megan Mazarick (2007) - a humorous piece exploring gender, video games and commercialism.
  • Riddim & Bass by Makayla Peterson (2020) - showcasing the inextricable link between dance and music, and how it shapes our movement.

 

For information about performance accessibility, please call (215) 204-6177

 

Dance performances are sponsored in part by the Rose Vernick Fund and Temple University's General Activities Fund.

 

Boyer College of Music and Dance

The Dance Department at Temple University is committed to excellence in teaching, scholarship and artistic practice. Understanding that we experience life through our bodies, our programs encourage students to consider how minds in motion contribute to knowledge, transform the social world, and facilitate community engagement. 

A founding member of the National Association of Schools of Dance, Boyer's Dance Department has provided a multi-layered creative, reflective, and inclusive dance learning environment for over fifty years. We continue to honor traditions while exploring new ways of knowing dance.

For more information about our programs and events, please visit: boyer.temple.edu