International Dance Company - TWU

All students enrolled in performance are eligible to join the TWU Dance International Dance Company (IDC). Becoming a member of IDC gives you performance credit for the semester and is an opportunity to have the experience of performing and working in a company setting.

Whether you are going to be a dance educator, performer, choreographer, or dance artist, joining IDC will provide you with the variety of experiences a company setting offers including performing, costuming, videography/photography, managing social media, leading/teaching as a performing member of dance company.

IDC rehearsals for Spring 2024 will be held on Mondays & Wednesdays from 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm in DGL 208.

This semester TWU IDC will be performing traditional Ballet Folklorico works set by guest artist TWU Alumna Karla Hardaway.

Students who are interested in joining TWU IDC should email Professor De La Rosa at [email protected] stating their interest in joining IDC no later than Friday, January 26, 2024, by 1 PM.

TWU Dance & TWU Mariachi collaborations check out this article below!

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TWU Dance Presents - 𝗗𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗥𝗦
Featuring original choreographic works created by faculty, graduate and undergraduate students
from the TWU Dance Division.

November 16-18, 2023: Performances at TWU's
Margo Jones Performance Hall

November 16 at 4 pm
November 17 & 18 at 7 p.m.

General Admission is $7, tickets are available online at tinyurl.comTWUDanceTix
(link in our bio).

*This is a Culture card event *

See you there!

had a blast Perfoming today at Branch Arts Live! Such a lovely day of dance ❤️💛🩷💚💜

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All TWU Dance students enrolled in performance are eligible to join The TWU Dance International Dance Company (IDC). Becoming a member of IDC gives you performance credit for the semester and is an opportunity to have the experience of performing and working in a company setting. There is an Interest Meeting on Thursday, August 31, 2023, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM, DGL 202.

Whether you are going to be a dance educator, performer, choreographer, or dance artist, joining IDC will provide you with the variety of experiences a company setting offers including performing, costuming, videography/photography, managing social media, leading/teaching as a performing member of a dance company.

IDC rehearsals for Fall 2023 will be held on Tuesdays & Thursdays from 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM in PH 328, All TWU Dance students are welcome.

Last chance to see this show featuring , Danza Chikawa, , ,

📸 Michael Modecki

Friday April 14, 2023 7pm

tinyurl.com/TWUDanceTix

TWU Dance presents Water Sources as Embodied Archives: Ecosoamtic Dances & Traditional Knowledges in Teotihuacan/Mexico City & Denton with Danza Chikawa & TWU International Dance Company.

Join us for this exciting performance with live Dance, Music & Film at TWU Dance DGL Black Box Studio 208. April 13 at 4 pm & April 14 at 7 pm, 2023.

This production is a result of research funded by the Texas Woman’s University Creative Arts and Humanities Grant.

For tickets visit:
tinyurl.com/TWUDanceTix
General Admission Tickets are $7.00
For more information please contact: [email protected]

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Choreography by:
Featuring: TWU
Performances Fall 22 & ACDA 2023
Photography

All students enrolled in performance are eligible to join The TWU Dance International Dance Company (IDC). Becoming a member of IDC gives you performance credit for the semester and is an opportunity to have the experience of performing and working in a company setting. There is an Interest Meeting/Audition on Wednesday, January 18, 2023, 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM DGL 208.

Whether you are going to be a dance educator, performer, choreographer, or dance artist, joining IDC will provide you with the variety of experiences a company setting offers including performing, costuming, videography/photography, managing social media, leading/teaching as a performing member of a dance company.

We are excited to announce that this semester IDC will feature a collaborative new work by TWU Dance Assistant Professors Adesola Akinleye & Artistic Director Elisa De La Rosa.

IDC rehearsals for Spring 2023 are held Monday & Wednesday 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM in DGL 210, and 208. All TWU Dance students are welcome.

About the Dance Work:

TWU Dance Assistant Professors Adesola Akinleye & Artistic Director Elisa De La Rosa
We will be working together on an original collaboration that will offer the dancers an exchange with artists & activists particularly concerned with global issues with water. This also includes a collaboration with artists in Mexico including Danza Chikawa. The creation process will include an evening-length dance concert in April 2023 featuring performances by IDC, Dr. Adesola Aiknleye, Professor De La Rosa, and Danza Chikawa.

Lou Site-Specific Dances
November 9th & 10th
DGL Foyer Bathrooms

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All TWU Dance students enrolled in performance are eligible to join The TWU Dance International Dance Company (IDC). Becoming a member of IDC gives you performance credit for the semester and is an opportunity to have the experience of performing and working in a company setting. There is an Interest Meeting & Audition on Thursday, September 1, 2022, 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM DGL 210.

Whether you are going to be a dance educator, performer, choreographer, or dance artist, joining IDC will provide you with the variety of experiences a company setting offers including performing, costuming, videography/photography, managing social media, leading/teaching as a performing member of a dance company.

We are excited to announce that IDC will feature TWU Dance Alumna Sarah Tran, MFA & a collaborative new work by TWU Dance Assistant Professors Adesola Akinleye & Artistic Director Elisa De La Rosa.

IDC rehearsals for Fall 2022 are held Tuesday & Thursday 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM in DGL 210, and 208. All TWU Dance students are welcome.

About the Dance Works:

Sarah Tran, MFA
Through setting an original choreographic work fusing contemporary modern dance with hip-hop movement, Sarah hopes to create a collaborative space and exchange with the artists of TWU International Dance Company.

TWU Dance Assistant Professors Adesola Akinleye & Artistic Director Elisa De La Rosa
We will be working together on an original part that will offer the dancers an exchange with artists and activists particularly concerned with global issues with water. This also includes a collaboration with artists in Mexico including Danza Chikawa. The creation process will include experiential performance opportunities and site-specific work.

For more information visit: https://linktr.ee/twudance

Join us at Sundance Square Downtown Fort Worth featuring Tarrant County College District Faculty & Invited Guest Artists TWU International Dance Company - TWU will present two works at this Free event for the entire family 5:30-7:00 PM Thursday April 14!

Just finished performing at

Proud to share our newest dance work “cuentos fronterizos (border stories)” premieres today, at 4pm, Friday & Saturday at 7pm.

Come support our brilliant students and their phenomenal work!

🎟 Ticket Link in Bio $7.00

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Don't Forget! TWUDance presents DanceMakers "Daring You to Enter Creative Worlds on Stage & Screen" April 7-9, 2022 with seven original works- including 2 screendance premieres!

Performances at TWU's Margo Jones Performance Hall April 7th at 4pm, and 8th and 9th at 7pm.
General Admission is $7 and tickets are available online at https://tinyurl.com/TWUDanceMakersSp22

Join our FB event for more information and let us know you're coming! We look forward to seeing you at Margo Jones.

See you there!

Choreography by:
Rebeca Gamborino, Tate Navarro, Rae Perry, Hayley Duplantier, Daniel Garcia, Allen LaPoint, Annalise Boydston, Truc Ly Tran, International Dance Company - TWUand Elisa De La Rosa

Thank you and for hosting us ❤️‍🔥The future IS fem, y’all!❤️‍🔥

Join IDC for its Spring 22 Interest Meeting/Audition
Wednesday, January 26, 2022, 4:30 PM-5:45 PM

This semester the IDC student choreographer is MFA in Dance Candidate Riley McCallum, Riley has a broad background of movement experiences, ranging from martial arts, color guard to concert and vogue dance. In the final year of earning his BFA in performing arts from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, he was the artist in residence at the Acadiana Center for the Arts. It was at this time that he began exploring the integration of dance and extended reality technology, and he is using his time at TWU to further his research.

Riley McCallum’s work this semester will be about introductions. Introducing the cast to vogue dance and ballroom culture, and introducing the dancers to the audience. Community starts with your entrance and introduction, formal or otherwise.

Elisa De La Rosa’s work this semester will be a dive into Mexican, Mexican American, & Tex-Mex Culture. We will be fusing traditional ballet Folklorico skirt work with contemporary dance.

All are welcome no previous experience is needed. All students interested should be enrolled in performance.

IDC rehearsals are held Monday & Wednesday 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM in DGL 210, and 208.

Announcing our 2nd dance short film!
Elisa De La Rosa developed, "mundo chaótico (chaotic world)", a group work featuring 15 Texas Woman’s University International Dance Company dancers who incorporate roses in their movement while performing in individual alternative spaces and together through Zoom. The dancers touched on their emotional journey related to the current pandemic in a chaotic world to the tunes of a traditional Mexican song “cucurrucucu paloma”.

Get your tickets today!
https://matchouston.org/events/2021/la-vida-es-cortoslife-shorts-festival-2021

Dance UpClose Choreographer Spotlights continue with Rebeca Gamborino for the

TICKETS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE ONLINE AND ARE VERY LIMITED.
The Dance UpClose & In Person Concert, presents screen and live dances created by graduate and undergraduate students and performed at the Dance and Gymnastics Laboratory (DGL). Dates and Times: Thursday, November 18 at 4 p.m. and Friday and Saturday, November 19 & 20 at 7 p.m. Venue: TWU Dance Studio Theater, DGL 208.
Tickets $7 General Admission.
https://tinyurl.com/TWUDa

We are incredibly proud of the work of TWU- Dance GTA Rebeca Gamborino and the International Dance Company - TWU!

The performed today at the National First Generation Celebration! Many of our IDC company members are first generation college students 🤍.

****Update New Class Date Wednesday 10-27-21****

Class title: Baila Reggaeton con Esmi ( Dance reggaeton with Esmi)

Class Description: This class is intended to provide a free space that welcomes everyone to have fun and learn basic reggaeton hip-hop steps. Furthermore, the class will start with a warmp-up and stretch, which will lead to learning a short phrase. Lastly, the students have the freedom to modify movements for their needs.

Artist Bio:
Esmeralda Ledesma was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. She was a former member of the Sunset High school dance company and Bisonette drill where she has also served as a guest choreographer. She also taught kpop classes at the Centre for dance under the Kpop Dance Dallas organization and was Captain for the kpop/ hip hop dance team IZAVIBE. Additionally, she is currently attending Texas Woman's University majoring in dance, and was a part of the international dance company.

Esmeralda says: I am excited to teach for the student community because I not only want to share the reggaeton hip hop movements with others but I also want people to come together and be a part of the Latin community.

Esmeralda Ledesma Promo Video: https://tinyurl.com/HHMEsmeralda

Join us on the TWU amphitheater for a fun free outdoor live dance class, this class is open to all TWU students, staff, and faculty.

****Update New Class Date Wednesday 10-20-21****

Class title: Baila Reggaeton con Esmi ( Dance reggaeton with Esmi)

Class Description: This class is intended to provide a free space that welcomes everyone to have fun and learn basic reggaeton hip-hop steps. Furthermore, the class will start with a warmp-up and stretch, which will lead to learning a short phrase. Lastly, the students have the freedom to modify movements for their needs.

Artist Bio:
Esmeralda Ledesma was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. She was a former member of the Sunset High school dance company and Bisonette drill where she has also served as a guest choreographer. She also taught kpop classes at the Centre for dance under the Kpop Dance Dallas organization and was Captain for the kpop/ hip hop dance team IZAVIBE. Additionally, she is currently attending Texas Woman's University majoring in dance, and was a part of the international dance company.

Esmeralda says: I am excited to teach for the student community because I not only want to share the reggaeton hip hop movements with others but I also want people to come together and be a part of the Latin community.

Esmeralda Ledesma Promo Video: https://tinyurl.com/HHMEsmeralda

Join us on the TWU amphitheater for a fun free outdoor live dance class, this class is open to all TWU students, staff, and faculty.

UPDATE: CLASS IS POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER. Stay tuned here, on our stories, or at for updates and reschedule details.

Class title: Baila Reggaeton con Esmi ( Dance reggaeton with Esmi)

Class Description: This class is intended to provide a free space that welcomes everyone to have fun and learn basic reggaeton hip-hop steps. Furthermore, the class will start with a warmp-up and stretch, which will lead to learning a short phrase. Lastly, the students have the freedom to modify movements for their needs.

Artist Bio:
Esmeralda Ledesma was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. She was a former member of the Sunset High school dance company and Bisonette drill where she has also served as a guest choreographer. She also taught kpop classes at the Centre for dance under the Kpop Dance Dallas organization and was Captain for the kpop/ hip hop dance team IZAVIBE. Additionally, she is currently attending Texas Woman's University majoring in dance, and was a part of the international dance company.

Esmeralda says: I am excited to teach for the student community because I not only want to share the reggaeton hip hop movements with others but I also want people to come together and be a part of the Latin community.

Esmeralda Ledesma Promo Video: https://tinyurl.com/HHMEsmeralda

Join us on the TWU amphitheater for a fun free outdoor live dance class, this class is open to all TWU students, staff, and faculty.

Class title: Baila Reggaeton con Esmi ( Dance reggaeton with Esmi)

Class Description: This class is intended to provide a free space that welcomes everyone to have fun and learn basic reggaeton hip-hop steps. Furthermore, the class will start with a warmp-up and stretch, which will lead to learning a short phrase. Lastly, the students have the freedom to modify movements for their needs.

Artist Bio:
Esmeralda Ledesma was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. She was a former member of the Sunset High school dance company and Bisonette drill where she has also served as a guest choreographer. She also taught kpop classes at the Centre for dance under the Kpop Dance Dallas organization and was Captain for the kpop/ hip hop dance team IZAVIBE. Additionally, she is currently attending Texas Woman's University majoring in dance, and was a part of the international dance company.

Esmeralda says: I am excited to teach for the student community because I not only want to share the reggaeton hip hop movements with others but I also want people to come together and be a part of the Latin community.

Esmeralda Ledesma Promo Video: https://tinyurl.com/HHMEsmeralda

Join us on the TWU amphitheater for a fun free outdoor live dance class, this class is open to all TWU students, staff, and faculty.

Our celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month continues with our FIRST dance class!
Class Title: Baila Esta Cumbia con Miranda (Dance This Cumbia with Miranda)

Class Description: This class is intended to create a space that welcomes people to have fun while learning some basic cumbia steps. The class will begin with a nice warm-up stretch that will lead us into a short movement phrase. Students are free to modify based on their needs.

Artist Bio: Miranda Rashelle Zapata (Miranda Zapata) was born and raised in San Juan, Texas. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from Sam Houston State University. After receiving her BFA, she moved to Los Angeles, California where she danced professionally and taught at a Fine Arts Charter School. She is currently pursuing her Master of Fine Arts in Dance and a certification in Multicultural Women’s and Gender Studies at Texas Woman’s University. In Zapata’s artistic process, she reflects and draws on both personal and collective experiences. She uses her work as a form of activism and advocacy for social justice.

Promo Video Miranda Zapata: https://tinyurl.com/HHMZapata

Miranda Says: I am excited to share good energy with our TWU student body through some cambia style movement.

Join us on the TWU amphitheater for a fun free outdoor live dance class, this class is open to all TWU students, staff, and faculty.

Upcoming Hispanic Heritage Events
Wednesday, October 6th, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Rebeca Gamborino teaches: Latin Pop (Salsa, Cumbia, Samba, etc.)
Wednesday, October 13th, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Esmeralda Ledesma teaches: Baila Reggaeton con Esmi (Dance Reggaeton with Esmi)