Washington and Lee Presents ‘W&L Dancers Create…’
The W&L Repertory Dance Company will perform ‘W&L Dancers Create…’ on Nov. 3–5.
Dance Archive (44 Stories)
W&L Repertory Dance Company and University Jazz Ensemble Present Public Performance
The groups will present a combined dance and music performance on March 10-12 at 7:30 p.m. on the W&L campus.
W&L Presents Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
The all-male dance group will perform their delightful parodies of great ballet classics at the Lenfest Center for the Arts on Feb. 15.
Washington and Lee Presents ‘W&L Dancers Create…’
The W&L Repertory Dance Company will perform ‘W&L Dancers Create…’ Nov. 11-13 at 7:30 p.m. each night.
Lenfest Center Opens Ticket Sales for Upcoming Season
Tickets for the 2022 season can be purchased online using a credit card or in-person at the Lenfest Center box office beginning Nov. 30.
W&L’s Davies Receives National Dance Award
Professor Davies received the National Dance Education Organization 2021 Outstanding Dance Education Researcher Award.
Aerial Dance Class to Present Spring Term Performance
The performances will take place live and online on May 20 and 21 at 2:30 p.m.
W&L’s Repertory Dance Company Presents ‘Dancing with the Camera’
The W&L Repertory Dance Company performance will stream for free online on March 25 and 26 at 7 p.m., March 27 at 6 p.m. and March 28 at 2 p.m.
W&L Hosts Jocelyn Bioh for Two Streamed Events in March
Bioh's hit comedy "School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play" will be screened online March 16, and a virtual talk by Bioh will occur March 18.
W&L Graduate Returns to Teach Dance Master Class
Elliot Reza Emadian ’17 will teach a virtual master class in screendance, a form that merges cinematography and choreography.
Washington and Lee Presents ‘W&L Dancers Create … 2020’
The award-winning W&L Repertory Dance Company will perform W&L Dancers Create … 2020 virtually on Nov. 5 and 6 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 7 at 2 p.m.
Washington and Lee University Presents a Virtual Performance of ‘Tartuffe’
The performance will run Oct. 15-18, and it is free and open to the public to watch via livestream.
Annual Artist Series Honors Diversity in Dance
Six accomplished artists will give virtual master classes for the Washington and Lee community this academic year, covering a wide range of dance styles, from hip-hop to K-pop.
United by Dance
When the 25 members of W&L’s Repertory Dance Company were dispersed by COVID-19, director Jenefer Davies found a creative way for them to perform together again.
W&L Presents ‘EVERYBODY’
Writer Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, who based this play on the anonymous 15th-century "Everyman," presents a new take on an old story and the old question of what happens when we cross over to the other side.
W&L Hosts Public Lecture with Rachel Louise Snyder
Snyder is a journalist known for her works on the topic of domestic violence.
W&L Lenfest Center presents ‘Step Afrika!’
Tickets to the show can be ordered online or at the box office.
W&L Repertory Dance Company to Perform “W&L Dancers Create…”
Call the Lenfest Center box office today at 540-458-8000 to reserve tickets.
W&L Presents Pickens World Music Concert: Nobuntu
The group will light up the stage with their traditionally Zimbabwean music ranging from genres such as Afro Jazz and Gospel music.
W&L Awarded Associated Colleges of the South (ACS) Collaborative Curricula Themed Grant
The grant will help fund a project to bring professors from the six ACS dance departments to participating campuses and create a model for shared teaching.
A Celebration of the Life of Anne Wilson
W&L students and faculty, as well as members of the Rockbridge Ballet, will participate in the event.
New Aerial Dance Part of W&L Repertory Dance Co. Program
The program will include multifaceted dance works created by nationally renowned choreographers, as well as new aerial dance technology.
From Portland, Oregon, Comes BodyVox Contemporary Dance
BodyVox comes to Lexington for a one-night performance at the Keller Theatre at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 10.
It’s Nearly Showtime!
Take a peek behind the Lenfest curtain for 2018-19.
Informed by Child’s Play
This summer, Davis Straske '19 is researching children's play in psychology professor Megan Fulcher's Gender Development Lab.
Straughan Addresses Alumni Opening Assembly, ODK Holds Spring Initiation
ODK inducted four honorary and seven student initiates
Washington and Lee University Presents Che Malambo
Che Malambo comes to the Keller stage for a one-night performance on April 26.
W&L Repertory Dance Company Features Poet Nina Maria Donovan
Her poem "Nasty Woman" and performance were the inspiration for a student-created dance.
Defying Gravity
Professor Jenefer Davies talks about her new book on aerial dance and the physical and artistic challenges of working against gravity.
W&L Associate Professor of Dance to Give Anne and Edgar Basse Jr. Author Talk
Jenefer Davies will talk about her recent book, “Aerial Dance: A Guide to Dance with Rope and Harness.”
W&L Presents ‘The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet’
Performances will run March 1-6.
Quick Hits: Setting the Stage at Lenfest Center
Students play a key role in creating the visual styling for upcoming productions by the theater department.
W&L’s Repertory Dance Company to Perform in NYC
Students and alumni members of the award-winning W&L Repertory Dance Company will perform in NYC the last weekend in Jan.
Washington and Lee University’s Lenfest Center Presents BODYTRAFFIC
The stand-out, 10-member ensemble is praised for its confident execution of a wide range of styles.
W&L Repertory Dance Company to Perform “W&L Dancers Create…”
The performance will be comprised of work choreographed, designed and performed by students.
Annual Dancing with the Professors Event to be Held Nov. 16
The event is a fundraiser for the W&L Chapter of the National Honor Society of Dance Arts.
Slideshow: Backstage with ‘The Addams Family’
The show will run Thursday, Oct. 26 through Sunday, Oct. 29.
Meet the Addams Family at Washington and Lee University
W&L's Theater, Dance and Film Studies, along with the Department of Music, present the Robert O. and Elizabeth M. Bentley fall musical, “The Addams Family, A New Musical.”
Choreographing with the Stars: Elliot Emadian ‘17
Dancer, choreographer, musician, mathematician: Elliot Emadian '17 has many roles, both on and off the stage.
W&L’s Department of Theatre, Dance and Film Studies presents Aerial Dance
Free performances will take place at Wilson Hall at 3:30 p.m. on May 18 and 11 a.m. on May 19.
W&L Repertory Dance Company to Perform March 17, 18 and 19
The Washington and Lee University’s Department of Theatre, Dance and Film Studies presents the W&L Repertory Dance Company’s winter concert in a program of multifaceted dance works created by nationally renowned choreographers.
Complexions Contemporary Ballet Celebrates the Diversity of Dance
Complexions Contemporary Ballet comes to the Lenfest Center for a one-night engagement on Jan. 11.
Relishing the Role
Matthew Reichel '17 didn't expect to be cast as Edward in Washington and Lee's production of "Sense and Sensibility," but now he is embracing the part.
W&L Dancers Create…
On Nov. 10-12, the award-winning Washington and Lee Repertory Dance Company will perform "W&L Dancers Create….”
