School of Dance

Programmed by Jennie Park (Art, Creative Writing MFA 22) and Fabian Vasquez Euresti (Film/Video MFA 10), the Feeler Gauge Festival opened virtually earlier this month, featuring 32 films by CalArts BFA, MFA, and alumni filmmakers from across the Institute.  The overarching concept of the...

The 2021 Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema presents a virtual screening of CalArts faculty Francesca Penzani’s (Dance-IM MFA 99) short dance film “Double Up” (2017) as part of its Black History Month programming, running from Friday, Feb. 26 to Sunday, Feb....

On Friday, Dec. 18, students from CalArts’ Choreographers & Composers course will present their final works over Zoom. Choreographers & Composers is co-taught by David Rosenboom and Dimitri Chamblas, deans of The Herb Alpert School of Music and The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance,...

Following its first French edition at Luma Arles and Lafayette Anticipations Paris in 2019, Slow Show, conceived and led by The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance Dean Dimitri Chamblas, travels for the first time to Africa. The performance takes place as part of the Dialogues de...

On Friday and Saturday (Dec. 4-5), The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts presents its annual Winter Dance Concert featuring an ambitious, multitrack, online experience. In partnership with REDCAT, CalArts Dance faculty and students have put together an immersive and imaginative...

The Betweens by CalArts School of Dance faculty Jermaine Spivey and Spenser Theberge brings live dance back to Los Angeles. Commissioned by L.A. Dance Project (LADP), The Betweens is a drive-in dance experience performed in the space surrounding LADP’s downtown Los Angeles studios. The show...

Iris Company Artistic Director Sophia Stoller’s (Dance MFA 15) electrifying short dance film Screaming Shapes is now available to watch online. Characterized by Stoller as a “visceral and raw” piece, Screaming Shapes is a display of undulating choreography against a near-frantic modulated...