Tag Archives: dance
UM-Flint connects incarcerated youth, professional dancers and students with 'Sharing Our Stories Through Dance'
Sharing Our Stories Through Dance was produced by UM-Flint faculty and students, Detroit Dance Collective, and incarcerated youth.
Movement Meets Meaning (dance photo gallery)
A step. A turn. A story told without words. The UM-Flint Spring Dance Concert brought dancers back to the main stage, April 17 & 18, with a showcase of original works shaped by creativity, collaboration and lived experience. Featuring student performers, campus dance groups and a powerful new piece from artist-in-residence Shanzell Page, each moment unfolded with intention—sometimes quiet,[…]
MOVING THROUGH MEANING (Dancing in the Streets Photo Gallery
Flint's movement, dance and performance artists came together with students and faculty, April 11, at the Flint Institute of Arts for "Dancing in the Streets: Thresholds," a free public performance that guided audiences through and beyond the museum in a shared storytelling experience. The event was part of "Cracks in the Pavement," a project that explores and[…]
UM-Flint Spring Dance Concert returns April 17-18 with Flint Artist in Residence, student performers
The 2026 Spring Dance Concert will feature performances but Michigan Momentum, UM-Flint students, and the 25-26 Flint Artist in Residence.
UM-Flint to host Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, Jan. 11-15
Shakespeare might tell us "All the world's a stage," but the spotlight will undoubtedly shine brightest on the University of Michigan-Flint this month. The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival for Region 3 is taking place, Jan. 11-15, on the UM-Flint campus. The event will bring close to 800 college students from Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana,[…]
UM-Flint faculty receive $18,000 grant to support "Unlocking the Arts in Flint" program
An $18,000 grant from the U-M Arts Initiative will assist three University of Michigan-Flint faculty members in helping to foster social change in Flint and Genesee County. The grant will support and strengthen a program titled "Unlocking the Arts in Flint," a joint venture between the Flint-area nonprofit Youth Arts: Unlocked and the UM-Flint Arts[…]
Picturing the Performance: UM-Flint Students, Alumni and Faculty featured in Flint Mural Plays
Standing in front of the Flint Public Art Project mural in front of Hoffman's Deco Deli & Café, UM-Flint sophomore Olivia Maxwell-Cook watched as a group of audience members listened to her original micro audio play, "Resting Garden," using headphones. Not wearing headphones herself, all Maxwell-Cook could do was watch how the crowd was impacted.[…]
Occupational Therapy and Theatre Collaboration takes Center Stage at UM-Flint
What happens when the Theatre program and Occupational Therapy department join forces? The result is the use of standardized patients in a high-fidelity experiential learning experience at UM-Flint. Standardized patients are people trained to take on characteristics of a real patient, affording the student the opportunity to learn and to be evaluated in a simulated[…]
Recognizing Juneteenth: 5 Courses to Take This Fall
Today is Juneteenth, our newest national holiday and the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the abolishment of slavery in the United States. The day memorializes the events of June 19, 1865, in which Major General Gordan Granger of the Union Army announced the emancipation of slaves in Texas, freeing the final remaining enslaved African Americans in the Confederacy.[…]
Dance students "Dream in Color" to create performance video
One UM-Flint student can do amazing things; put two UM-Flint students together and there's no limit to what they'll achieve. Two Dance students – Meredith Sheatzley (BA Dance, BSW '21) and Morgan Nichols (BA Dance '22) – teamed up to create "Dream in Color – A Dance Film." The video follows Meredith's performance from the[…]