Dance Concerts

K-State dance offers many performance opportunities including faculty concerts, student concerts, and community outreach and regional touring opportunities.

Faculty Concerts

K-State Dance presents two faculty concerts each academic year, WinterDance in the fall and SpringDance in the spring, in radically different performance venues, offering dancers at K-State a well-rounded performance experience.

Winter Dance Concert

Held in Mark A. Chapman Theatre (Formerly Nichols Theatre), a "thrust" theatre in Nichols Hall, Winter Dance Concert offers and intimate setting with audience on three sides of the stage. Typically held the first weekend in December, WinterDance runs Thursday through Saturday.

Spring Dance Concert

Performed on a proscenium stage at McCain Auditorium, our local road house.Typically held late March or Early April, SpringDance has Friday and Saturday evening performances.

Student Concerts

Dance Student Spotlight

Dance Student Spotlight is a concert that features student work. Student Spotlight Spring 2024 will be held on Thursday May 2nd at 6:00 pm in Chapman Theatre. K-State students may submit choreographic work and participate. To submit work: Click Here. The application deadline is April 26.

An informal concert for all K-State student choreographers. There is no audition for this concert, only an application. Student Spotlight may include new student choreography, works in progress, experimental works, and works which did not get shown on a faculty concert. Submissions may include works choreographed in the style of Ballet, Jazz, Modern, Tap, Hip-Hop, and other traditional world dance forms. Choreographers setting more than one dance should use a separate application for each piece. Choreographers and dancers must be K-State students.

Senior Concerts

Performed in Mark A. Chapman Theatre and the Purple Masque. Students may choose to produce a senior concert as one option to fulfill the Senior Project requirements for dance minors.

Run-out Performances/Community Outreach

K-State Dance is committed to sharing dance with the community and often does run out performances in the community and surrounding areas with the K-State Dance Ensemble, Tap Ensemble, and African Dance Troupe.

Off Campus Performances/Festivals

K-State Dance is committed to traveling to festivals off campus such as the regional festivals of the American College Dance Festival (ACDFA) and the Kansas Dance Festival.