Dance News

TJC presents dance production of ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ March 13-16
Audiences of all ages are invited to follow Dorothy and company on a Yellow Brick Road as they’ve never seen it before in Tyler Junior College’s original dance production of “The Wizard of Oz.”

‘Nutcracker’ auditions set Sept. 7, 2024 at TJC
Auditions will be held Saturday, Sept. 7, in the dance wing of the Ornelas Center for Band, Apache Belles & Dance, located at Apache…

TJC professor earns national award for research in dance education
When Tyler Junior College dance professor Kristi Franks was working on the thesis for her master’s degree, she hadn’t anticipated that her research would earn national recognition.

TJC presents dance production, ‘Cinderella’
Audiences of all ages are invited to experience the wonder of Tyler Junior College’s special dance adaptation of the classic fairy tale, “Cinderella.”

TJC’s DanceFest, ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ set April 12-14
For its annual DanceFest presentation, the Tyler Junior College Academy of Dance is telling “a tale as old as time.”

A holiday tradition: TJC celebrates 30 years of ‘The Nutcracker’ ballet
The Tyler Junior College Academy of Dance’s 30th anniversary presentation of Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet, “The Nutcracker,” is fast approaching.

TJC’s DanceFest features ‘Sleeping Beauty’
Tyler Junior College’s Dance Department and Academy of Dance present DanceFest 2018, featuring a full-length, contemporary production of the classic fairytale, “Sleeping Beauty.”

NYC ballet dancer teaches master class at TJC
It’s not often the teacher becomes the student, but that’s what happened to TJC dance director Carolyn Hanna when a ballet dancer from New York City stopped in to teach a master class.

Tickets on sale Feb. 15 for TJC spring musical, ‘Mary Poppins’
Chimney sweeps who step in time. Those precocious, kite-flying Banks children. The bird woman on the cathedral steps. A spoonful of sugar. That mysterious nanny who’s practically perfect in every way.