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Dean’s Council Overview

The Dean’s Council is a highly select group of individuals who share a real love and passion for dance. Membership is limited to a small group of committed people, ensuring an intimate atmosphere that will foster the opportunity for all members to contribute in a positive and impactful way. More specifically, members understand that great dancers are shaped through education and inspiration, recognizing that the School of Dance at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts is one of the premier institutions training for professional careers. The Dean’s Council is an advisory committee to the dean, Ethan Stiefel, providing creative, strategic, and financial support in order to bring fresh and innovative ideas to life. Dean Stiefel cultivates the membership as spirited associates, sharing and discussing ideas in a relaxed atmosphere through an open and collaborative dialogue. The Dean’s Council is active in creating scholarship opportunities, initiating special projects and events and in forming artistic exchanges between Dance and UNCSA’s four other arts schools. The Dean’s Council will also play a vital role in promoting dance in our community and beyond, helping to bring ground-breaking artists, repertoire, and resident companies to the School of Dance.

Benefits

• Invitation to an annual exclusive creative retreat with Dean Stiefel and luminaries from the dance world.
• Numerous occasions to meet and build a rapport with the students you are helping to develop.
• Unparalleled access to School of Dance activities. This includes an invitation to view dress rehearsals of all four main presentations, including The Nutcracker, and the ability to schedule observation of our classes and rehearsals in the studio, for a real “behind the scenes” look.
• Priority notification and invitation to travel to various events nationally and internationally to see our dance students and faculty participate in unique symposiums and festivals.
• Recognition on our website and all programs that UNCSA’s School of Dance generates.
• Invitation to a seasonal School of Dance barbeque, with faculty, guest artists and power volleyball. (If you can’t play, cheer!)