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2022 Minnesota Dance Summit
Participants and presenters for the 2022 Minnesota Dance SummitFebruary 18, 2022
The 2022 Minnesota Dance Summit brought dance instructors and dancers together at Perpich Center on February 12, 2022. This event was hosted by Perpich Center for Arts Education in collaboration…
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Perpich Dance Students Stretch Their Learning with Paul Taylor Dance Company Workshop
Perpich Dance students with Michael Apuzzo, a company member and instructor from the Paul Taylor Dance Company.January 19, 2022
When a dance company performs at Northrop Auditorium at the University of Minnesota, typically only the ones performing a school matinee will…
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Perpich Dance Students Unite in “Convergence of 9 – A Dance Concert”
December 6, 2021
Perpich Dance students united to perform their fall concert, Convergence of 9 – A Dance Concert. The event was the culmination of a semester of work. The dancers demonstrated their creativity, choreographic skills, and performance expertise in 13 student-choreographed works, a faculty-choreographed…
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New Library Materials – Professional Dance Books – Fall 2021
Choreographing Copyright: Race, Gender, and Intellectual Property Rights in American Dance – Anthea Kraut
Choreographing Difference: The Body and Identity in Contemporary Dance – Ann Cooper Albright
Contemporary Directions in Asian American Dance – edited by Yutian Wong
Final Bow for Yellowface: Dancing between Intention and Impact…
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Connect and Respond to the Arts of Dakota and Ojibwe People in Mankato
October 27, 2021
As part of the Professional Development on Location Series, the Perpich Center’s Professional Development and Resource (PDR) team led three tracks of professional learning opportunities in Mankato on October 26, 2021. The day centered around the theme of Connect and Respond to…
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Perpich Studio Arts Presents “Active Reactions” Self-Portrait Exhibition, Dance and Literary Arts Students Perform at Opening
September 3, 2021
Perpich Studio Arts students opened their first exhibition of the 2021-2022 school year on Thursday, September 2nd, 2021. The exhibition is showing in the Perpich Gallery through October 30, 2021.
Titled Action Reactions, the show features artwork created over the summer by Perpich…
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Herb Johnson III (Dance 2010) Named Jerome Hill Artist Fellow
Herb Johnson III (Photo by Juiceedope aka Julius Johnson)January 27, 2021
The Jerome Foundation recently announced the 2021 grant recipients in the second round of the Jerome Hill Artist Fellowships program. Among the recipients of the 60 Fellowships awarded is Herb…
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Mary Harding, Dance Instructor, Elected to the Board of Directors of the National Dance Education Organization
October 12, 2020
Mary Harding, Perpich Dance Instructor, was elected to the policy board of directors for the National Dance Education Organization in October, 2020. Her three year term begins in November, 2020.
The National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) is a non-profit, membership organization dedicated to advancing dance…
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Patrick Pulkrabek (Dance 2003) Opens Doors for the Next Generation
August 10, 2020
Fans of NBC’s World of Dance recently saw seventeen-year-olds James Ades and Harris Weiskopf dance in front of judges Ne-Yo, Jennifer Lopez, and Derek Hough. What they also saw was the choreography of Patrick Pulkrabek (Dance 2003) represented by his students, James…
