Events
Final Showing
Final Showing is an adjudicated performance featuring original choreography created by Texas Woman’s University undergraduate and MFA dance students. Works presented in this showing are evaluated as part of a selection process for inclusion in the department’s upcoming concert series, including Dance UpClose and performances in the Margo Jones Performance Hall. This adjudication provides student choreographers with professional feedback while determining which pieces will move forward into fully produced performances. The Final Showing serves as an important milestone in the creative process, highlighting developing artistic voices within the TWU Dance program.
ACDA
The American College Dance Association (ACDA) South-Central Conference is a regional gathering of collegiate dance programs that brings together students, faculty, and guest artists for performances, adjudication, master classes, and scholarly exchange. The conference provides a professionally adjudicated concert experience and opportunities for selected works to advance to the National College Dance Festival, while fostering artistic growth, community, and dialogue within the South-Central region.
The Depth of Becoming
The Depth of Becoming was a culminating choreographic project presented by a graduate student, with the work spanning approximately 20 minutes. The piece explored themes of community and shared experiences through faith, while honoring how those experiences looked different for each dancer. Caroline performed the work as part of a Texas Woman’s University showing in an intimate black box theatre, where the close proximity of the audience deepened the emotional impact and connection within the space. The process emphasized collaboration, vulnerability, and personal storytelling, creating a powerful shared experience between performers and viewers.
Library Dance
The Library Dance at Texas Woman’s University was a site-specific choreographic work created and performed within the university library. Developed as part of a graduate-level course centered on choreographic methodology and research practices, the piece investigated how movement can respond to and transform nontraditional performance spaces. Through structured improvisational tasks, compositional frameworks, and research-driven exploration, the work emerged from methods such as spatial analysis, score-based creation, embodied research, and collaborative inquiry. Dancers engaged with the architecture, atmosphere, and energy of the library, allowing the environment itself to inform timing, dynamics, and interaction. The result was an immersive performance that blurred the line between public space and performance, inviting viewers to experience movement integrated within an everyday academic setting.
Dance Upclose series
Dance UpClose is an intimate concert presented by the Texas Woman’s University Division of Dance, featuring original choreographic works by undergraduate and MFA students alongside faculty-created pieces. Designed for a more personal performance experience, the concert invites audiences into a close, immersive setting where subtle movement details, emotional nuance, and choreographic intention can be fully experienced. The works presented reflect a wide range of artistic voices, research interests, and creative processes developed throughout the academic year. Caroline performed as part of this curated concert, contributing to an evening that highlights innovation, collaboration, and the evolving perspectives of emerging dance artists within the TWU community. Dance UpClose serves as both a performance platform and a creative laboratory, supporting new work while strengthening connections between performers and audience members.
DanceMakers series
DanceMakers is a fully produced concert presented by the Texas Woman’s University Division of Dance that highlights original choreographic works by students and faculty. The concert serves as a platform for emerging choreographers to present developed pieces in a formal theatrical setting, complete with lighting design, costuming, and production elements. DanceMakers emphasizes artistic voice, innovation, and the continued growth of choreographic research within the university’s dance program.
Configuration
Configure was an experimental performance built around a continuous, hour-long configuration score presented at the Greater Denton Arts Council. A configuration score is a structured improvisational system that prioritizes spatial relationships, shifting formations, and real-time compositional decision-making rather than fixed choreography. Throughout the performance, movement emerged from evolving proximity, directional changes, and the ongoing reorganization of bodies within the space.
Caroline performed the duration of the score with one partner, sustaining physical awareness, responsiveness, and compositional clarity for the full hour. Presented in a gallery-style environment, the work emphasized endurance, presence, and the visible architecture of movement as it unfolded in real time, inviting audiences to witness process as performance.