2024

January: Hosted BODYTRAFFIC from Los Angeles
February: KSU Dance Festival. Festival Recognition: Druid Hills Dance Center
April: Student Dance Concert, featuring original works created during the spring 2023 semester.
May: Dance Education in NYC program; LuminAI: A performance Collaboration of Dance and AI by KSU Dance Professor Andrea Knowlton and research partners from Georgia Tech
July: Hosted choreographers Tristan Griffin and Christian Denice for the Pomare/Connor Summer Choreographic Residency

2023

January: Hosted Boca Tuya from New York, NY in Amor
February: KSU Dance Festival. Festival Recognition: Great Gig Dance Co.
March: Presented Clowns & Political Mother on Film by Hofesh Scheter
April: Student Dance Concert, featuring original works created during the spring 2023 semester
May: Hosted Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre in Form|Flow; Dance Education Abroad in Amsterdam started
July: Hosted choreographers Lior Lazarof and Nicola Wills for the Pomare/Connor Summer Choreographic Residency
August: Double Exposure featuring two world premieres by Lior Lazaroff and Nicola Wills
November: Sage by KSU Dance Company featuring choreography by Provost Pulinkala, Lisa K. Lock, Autumn Eckman and guest artist Kaolack sponsored by the Year of Senegal

2022

January: Hosted Tentacle Tribe from Montreal, QC in Ghost
February: KSU Dance Festival. Festival Recognition: Great Gig Dance Co.
March: Presented YAG: The Movie featuring Batsheva Dance Company; KSU Dance students performed at the American College Dance Association Southeast Conference at Florida State University
April: Student Dance Concert, featuring original works created during the spring 2022 semester
May: Hosted Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre, Long Ago and Only Once
July: Hosted choreographers Tsai Hsi Hung and Chuck Wilt for the Pomare/Connor Summer Choreographic Residency
August: Double Exposure featuring two world premieres by Tsai Hsi Hung and Chuck Wilt
September: Department of Dance Receives Accreditation through the National Association of Schools of Dance
November: Carte Blanche by KSU Dance Company featuring choreography by McCree O’Kelley, Lisa K. Lock, Autumn Eckman, and guest artist Jamal White

2021

April: run(A)way, choreographed by Prof. Thang Dao and featuring KSU Dance Co. students, wins accolades by ACDA and international film organizations. 

July: Hosted Omar Román De Jesús and Annalee Traylor through the first Eleo Pomare-Glenn Connor Summer 2021 Choreographic Residency program. 

2020

January: Hosted the KSU President's Concert, MOON DUST, featuring evening length works by Dr. Ivan Pulinkala and Lisa K. Lock, in collaboration with the College of Computing and Software Engineering

February: KSU Dance Festival. Festival Recognition: diPA Center

March: Hosted Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre, Modern Myths

July: Marsha Barsky named Chair of the Department of Dance. 

November: Presented Threshold, the KSU Dance Company's first Dance-for-Camera virtual event, with choreography by Andrea Knowlton, McCree O'Kelley, Sean Nguyen-Hilton, and Thang Dao.

2019

February: Hosted Off the Edge, featuring Ballet X and Terminus Modern Ballet Theater, in partnership with the Rialto Center for the Arts

March: Hosted American College Dance Association Southeast Conference 

March: Hosted BODYTRAFFIC from Los Angeles, featuring an evening of Israeli choreographers

April: Performed at NCUR at Kennesaw State University

April: Student Dance Concert, featuring innovative student works created during the 2018-2019 academic year

September: Hosted Charlotte Ballet from Charlotte, NC, Walking Mad and Redbird

November: Slang by KSU Dance Company featuring choreography by guest artist Jimmy Orrante, Andrea Knowlton, Sean Nguyen-Hilton, and Thang Dao.

  • 2018

    February: KSU Dance Festival. Festival Recognition: Great Gig Dance Co.

    March: National American College Dance Festival (5th Successive National Selection) featuring Suspended Vision with choreography by Lisa K. Lock

    October: Hosted internationally acclaimed Spellbound Contemporary Ballet from Rome, Italy

    November: Pariah by KSU Dance Company featuring innovative contemporary choreography by McCree O'Kelley, Lisa Lock, Andrea Knowlton, and Sean Nguyen-Hilton

    2017

    March: Dance Theater opens with premiere of Ivan Pulinkala's Metamorphosis

    April: KSU Dance Festival. Festival Recognition: Georgia Metropolitan Dance Theatre

    October: Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company launches professional presenting season

    2016

    April: KSU Dance Festival. Festival Recognition: North Springs High School

    May: Education Abroad in Israel started

    August: Dance Theatre Board started

    August: Schusterman Guest Artist Grant received from the Israeli Foundation

    2015

    April: KSU Dance Festival. Festival Recognition: Great Gig Dance Co.

    August: KSU Dance celebrates 10th anniversary. 

    2014

    April: Inaugural KSU Dance Festival. Festival Recognition: Atlanta Academy of Ballet and Dance

    May: National American College Dance Festival (4th Successive National Selection) featuring Cranial Graffiti with choreography by Stevan Novakovich. 

    2013

    January: KSU Dance Festival Board started

    April: Phase II Chastain Pointe Dance Facility opens

    2012

    January: KSU, in partnership with the Rialto and gloATL, hosts inaugural Off The Edge

    January: Dance Canvas Choreographic Partnership started to promote student choreography

    May: National American College Dance Festival (3rd Successive National Selection) featuring Rhizome with choreography by Ivan Pulinkala, scenery by Ming Chen, and lighting by Rebecca Makus

    June: Rialto Dance Series partnership started to host professional dance companies

    July: Department of Dance is formed with Dr. Ivan Pulinkala, chair

    2011

    January: Chastain Pointe Dance Facility opens

    April: gloATL artistic partnership started to promote collaborative performance

    2010

    January: Nu Delta Alpha (National Dance Honors Society) started at KSU

    March: National Endowment for the Arts American Masterpiece Grant featuring project director Ivan Pulinkala

    April: Department name change approved to include dance; now Department of Theatre, Performance Studies & Dance

    May: National American College Dance Festival (2nd Successive National Selection) featuring CHAKRA with scenery by Ming Chen. 

    September: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company residency featuring D-Man in the Waters (NEA American Masterpiece Grant)

    2009

    January: Bachelor of Arts in Dance started at KSU

    June: Summer Dance Clinic started at KSU

    November: Atlanta Ballet Educational Partnership started to promote collaborative education

    2008

    April: University System of Georgia Board of Regents approves B.A. in Dance

    April: Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center partnership Synergy started to promote educational outreach

    May: National American College Dance Festival (1st National Selection) featuring INCUBUS with choreography by Ivan Pulinkala; scenery by Ming Chen; and performed at the Miller Theatre, NYC

    August: Friends of Dance Board started at KSU 

    2007

    July: Atlanta Ballet summer program hosted at KSU

    July: KSU Dance Company performs with the Atlanta Gay Men's Chorus Misbehavin'

    August: Dance minor enrollment reaches 100 students

    2006

    January: Recreation Center dance studio opens

    March: Outreach partnership developed with the Dozier Center for the Arts (Kennesaw)

    March: KSU Dance Co. registered as an official student organization

    September: KSU Dance Advisory Board formed to serve community engagement mission

    2005

    August: Dance Program started in the Department of Theatre & Performance Studies by Ivan Pulinkala, founding director

    December: KSU Dance Co. students travel to Shanghai, China to perform in Monkey King featuring project director/designer Ming Chen (NEA grant recipient); director Karen Robinson; and choreographer Ivan Pulinkala