Playbill recognized OCU for being well represented by alumni on Broadway for the second year in a row.
Video: Bringing Home Broadway Episode 4
Watch a video of the crew and performers for the American Spirit Dance Company’s Spring Show discuss their favorite dances.
Video: Bringing Home Broadway Episode 3
Watch a behind-the-scenes video of technical rehearsals for the American Spirit Dance Company’s Spring Show.
Video: Bringing Home Broadway Episode 2
Watch a behind-the-scenes video of blocking weekend for the American Spirit Dance Company’s Spring Show.
Gallery: Steal the show!
The Ann Lacy School of Dance and Entertainment has their first performance of the semester Oct. 13.
Dance student collects tap shoes for Ugandan children
Christine Caulk, dance management sophomore, is collecting tap shoes for children in Uganda.
Student accused of impersonating dance professors online
A student in the dance school is accused of creating fake social media profiles for her professors, resulting in an ongoing police investigation.
Student offers on-campus tap classes
Amanda Dolph, music theater junior, is teaching tap classes to students on campus.
New performance groups audition students in all majors
Two performance majors created student-run, artistic groups on campus that are seeking new members.
American Spirit Dance Company prepares for spring show
Members of the American Spirit Dance Company are finishing preparations for their annual Spring Show, which promises fresh styles from new instructors.
Rowan receives Lifetime Achievement Awards
Jo Rowan, professor of dance and chairman of the Ann Lacy School of American Dance, received her second and third Lifetime Achievement Awards this semester.
OKC Ballet opens OCU offices
The Oklahoma City Ballet has offices on the second floor of Gold Star Memorial Building.
Alumnus returns as guest teacher, artist-in-residence
Vincent Sandoval was readmitted as a guest artist-in-residence, where he is teaching dance classes in tap, jazz, contemporary partnering and theater dance.
Annual spring show presents ‘something for everyone’
The American Spirit Dance Company Spring Show, Hot Shoe Shuffle, is a two-act Broadway revue.
Good golly, check out Molly!
Molly Smith loves everything from dance to baking to dogs to North Carolina. In fact, she likes about everything except failure and feral pigs.
Dance school changes name to define program
The Ann Lacy School of American Dance and Arts Management will no longer be known by that name. The school was renamed The Ann Lacy School of American Dance and Entertainment to help make the school’s purpose easier to understand, said Melanie Shelley, associate dean and professor of arts management. “It’s an effort for it…
Students featured in seasonal dance show
The American Spirit Dance Company will kick off the Christmas season with the annual Home for the Holidays dance show, performed Dec. 11-14 in Kirkpatrick Auditorium.
Seniors featured in annual cabaret performance
The annual Stargazing Cabaret is hosting their own senior showcase.The Stargazing Cabaret is a student-organized and student-performed show that happens twice a year, once in the fall semester and once in the spring. The show is done to benefit the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids Organization, which is one of the nation’s leading industry-based fundraising and grant-making organizations.
Prospective students visit campus for National Auditions
National auditions are scheduled this weekend for incoming theater and music students.Students get a chance to volunteer and help guide future students through the audition process.
Dance school recognized for programs, training
The Ann Lacy School of American Dance and Arts Management has been getting its share of publicity during the last few months.
The school was named a top dance school by Dance Magazine last month.Several other publications also named OCU as a top-tier dance program.
OCU named one of top three schools for triple threat performers
Dance Magazine has named OCU one of the top three schools in the country for aspiring triple threat performers. In an article titled “In Training: BFA’s for the Great White Way,” OCU was ranked with Point Park University in Pittsburgh and Roosevelt College in Chicago. The rankings were determined due to the performance opportunity available on…
Dancer shares passion, love for the art
By Susannah Waite Megan Campbell, dance performance senior, has been dancing since a young age. Campbell has a passion for dance and said OCU has prepared her for a career after graduation.
OCU offers wide range of undergraduate, graduate degrees
By Susannah Waite Oklahoma City University is a liberal arts university that offers a variety of undergraduate and graduate degrees. The private college is listed as a Top 25 school in U.S. News and World Report rankings of Best Regional University and in America’s Best Christian Colleges.
