The UTM Dance Ensemble is the Department of Visual and Theatre Arts performance group for students in dance. The UTM Dance Ensemble is made up of a committed and dedicated group of UTM Dance Education Majors, Dance Minors, and Non-Majors alike, who strive to showcase their talents and belief of dance as an art and educational discipline. The ensemble performs in both Fall and Spring in various showcases and community service projects. They offer a major public concert every spring semester, which features student choreography, as well as faculty and guest-artists.

Dance Ensemble performances feature a wide variety of dance forms and styles. In addition, Dance Ensemble embraces their history of collaborations with visual artists, poets, and musicians. The UTM Dance Ensemble has performed at schools throughout West Tennessee, and most recently presented an educational residency, which included students teaching in-class movement activities and a performance.

The Department of Visual & Theatre Arts offers Dance Ensemble opportunities to take part in various national dance festivals and conferences including, ACDFA (American College Dance Festival) and TAD (Tennessee Association of Dance). These conferences offer students opportunities to take classes with dance masters, in addition to possibly showcasing their own work for review by professional panelists.

Guest-Choreographers:

Stacie-Flood Popp, Nadia Beard, South Fulton Beta Club, Teresa Perez, Taurus Hines &   The TMH DANZ Company, Kelly Grider, Justin Paschall, Christin Lewis, Tyler Smith, Carone Tharpe

Dance Education Sponsored Workshops:

Anne Green Gilbert, founder of the Creative Art Center, “Dance and Movement: An Integrated  Approach to Teaching”

Allison Green, “Teaching Children with Special Needs Through Movement”
New Ballet Ensemble, “A Ballet/Hip-Hop Workshop”

Carone Tharpe, Guest Artist

Spring 2012 Pictures

Dance collaboration movie with Visual Arts department - 2 versions
Flash Video Version
Quicktime