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Article: Heartland hotspot: university faculty models performance careers for students.(TEACH-LEARN CONNECTION)
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- Dance Magazine
- Article date:
- May 1, 2005
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NOT THAT LONG AGO, it was common for young dancers to dismiss university programs as second-rate tracks to performing careers. But increasingly, college and university dance departments are challenging that perception. By including professional dancers and working choreographers on the faculty, schools like the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign provide students with a vital link to the larger dance world.
When professor emeritus Beverly Blossom came onboard at UIUC in 1967, she brought her experience as an original member of the Alwin Nikolais Dance Theater and an independent choreographer. While teaching, she continued her professional activities, as do ...