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Weber State University’s Orchesis Dance Theatre performing Where Dance Breathes in November 2021.

Diversity in dance

Lexie Andrew, Asst. culture editor September 27, 2022

The Moving Company at Weber State University has the opportunity to go to Panama to teach dance and learn about the culture and lives of the Panamanian people through Movement Exchange. Amanda Sowerby,...

Adopting the African dance culture, Orchesis performs a piece choreographed by Zim Zim, an expert in African dance culture, at the Val A. Browning Center in 2021.

Diversidad en la danza

Marianna Lopez Luritta, Translator September 27, 2022

El grupo Moving Company de Weber State University tiene la oportunidad de ir a Panamá para enseñar danza y aprender de la cultura y la vida del pueblo panameño a través de Movement Exchange. Amanda...

Orchesis Dance at Weber State University presents a dance adopting African culture. (Nikki Dorber/The Signpost)

La comunicación a través de la danza

Marianna Lucia Lopez Luritta November 22, 2021

Durante siglos la danza ha sido utilizada por multitud de culturas diferentes como forma de comunicación. "Where Dance Breathes" fue el espectáculo de danza de este otoño a cargo del Orchesis...

Weber States Orchesis dancers perform dances choreographed by an African dancer they call Zim Zim. (Nikki Dorber/The Signpost)

Communication through dance

Lexie Andrew November 22, 2021

For centuries, dance has been used by a multitude of different cultures as a way of communicating. "Where Dance Breathes" was this fall's dance performance by Weber State University's Orchesis Dance Theatre...

Orchesis Dance Theatre and Moving Company presented “Sojourners” as part of the first set of Dancing in the Stream performances. (Robert Lewis/The Signpost)

Dancing in the live-stream with Orchesis

Kierstynn King November 23, 2020

This year's Orchesis Dance Theatre theme was about connecting and streaming Orchesis’s performances, which has never been done before, due to COVID-19.Orchesis Dance Theatre and Moving Company presented...

Professor of Dance Michael Hamblin leads the group in the choreography they will perform for their audition.  (Joshua Wineholt / The Signpost)

Weber leaps into the new school year with dance auditions

Alyson Johnson September 5, 2018

Weber State students took the stage on Aug. 31 to audition for the Orchesis Dance Theatre’s fall performance and the Dance Program’s Moving Company. The auditions were held under the direction...

WSU dancers reach out to community

February 5, 2013

Twenty-three years ago, Joanne Lawrence began a community outreach initiative called the Moving Company through community-based learning. Three years ago, Lawrence brought the Green Map Project to Weber...

Students create "green" map of Ogden

November 10, 2011

[media-credit id=35 align="alignright" width="272"][/media-credit]Ogden’s Green Map project, an ongoing venture which aims to place eco-friendly locations such as businesses, recreational areas, transportation...

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