The Department of Dance will welcome choreographer Marcus White for an intensive residency October 14-21 at UNC Charlotte. During the residency, White will set a new work on dance students and will also offer open workshops on urban street and social dances and dance for the camera. The new work that White develops with students during his residency will be performed during the fall and spring dance concerts.
A native of North Carolina, White is now based in Detroit, where he is the founder and creative director of White Werx, a company that uses movement-based performance to promote cultural exchange. He is also the co-director of Moving 24fps, a project that pairs dance-makers and filmmakers to create screendance videos in a single weekend. The Department of Dance will join other local partners to co-present Moving 24fps in Charlotte, October 19-22.
The workshops that are open to the UNC Charlotte community are:
Sunday, October 15, 8:00-9:30 pm: Dance for Camera Workshop, Robinson 118
Monday, October 16, 12:30-1:45 pm: Urban Street and Social Dance, Robinson 118
Wednesday, October 18, 12:30-1:45 pm: Urban Street and Social Dance, Robinson 118