School for Classical & Contemporary Dance

Annual Festival Celebrates and Connects Texas Dancers  

October 16, 2025

Launched in 2009 as a small dance gathering, the Texas Improvisation Dance Festival (TDIF) has evolved into a dynamic annual event drawing over 250 da...

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A Yearlong Collaboration with a Renowned Dance Company 

September 22, 2025

The School for Classical & Contemporary Dance (SCCD) will build on its rich history of professional collaboration through a yearlong residency wit...

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Suki John Presents Acclaimed Choreodrama Across Europe 

August 15, 2025

Suki John, professor in the School for Classical & Contemporary Dance (SCCDance), presented her choreodrama “Sh’ma: A Story of Surviva...

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Suki John Wins 2025 Chita Rivera Award for Outstanding Choreography

May 22, 2025

TCU Professor of Dance Suki John, Ph.D., has won the prestigious 2025 Chita Rivera Award for Outstanding Choreography in a Feature Film for “Sh’ma...

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Meghan Bailey ’25 Finds Mentorship, Opportunity at the Carmel Dance Festival

April 16, 2025

For Meghan Bailey ’25, an Andrews Scholar in the John V. Roach Honors College and recipient of the Sullivan Excellence in the Arts Award, dance is m...

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Humanizing Ballet Pedagogies: Shifting the Hierarchy of Dance Education with Jessica Zeller

March 25, 2025

Jessica Zeller, associate professor of dance in the School for Classical & Contemporary Dance (SCCDance), has published her second book, “Humani...

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Advancing Dance Scholarship: SCCDance Faculty at ACDA

March 24, 2025

The School for Classical & Contemporary Dance (SCCDance) was well represented at the American College Dance Association’s South-Central Conferen...

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Exploring Cultural Connections at the Third Annual Diasporic & Indigenous Dance Conference 

November 15, 2024

Lindsay Puente, an adjunct professor at the School for Classical & Contemporary Dance, hosted the third annual Diasporic & Indigenous Dance Co...

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