Dance at Illinois: October Dance

Event details Date: Friday, October 16, 2026 Time: 7:30 PM to 7:30 PM Location: Colwell Playhouse Type: Krannert Center About this event General Events Calendar home Calendar search Share on Facebook Tweet Email add to calendar contact add an event Event subscriptions General Events Dance at Illinois: October Dance Dance at Illinois: October Dance Oct 16, 2026 7:30 pm Colwell Playhouse Krannert Center Sponsor Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Registration Tickets Views 54 Originating Calendar Krannert Center In this year of the 250th anniversary of our nation, Dance at Illinois celebrates collaboration as the key concept of democracy. Associate Professor Paige Cunningham Caldarella creates a new work assisted by senior BFA student Cheyenne Smith and in partnership with the mighty first-year undergraduate students of Dance at Illinois. Second-year MFA student Hollis Bartlett reconstructs a work by his mentor, contemporary choreographer Doug Varone, and two groups of dance faculty combine forces and methodologies to unleash powerful premieres with designs by Illinois Theatre students. Learn more about Dance at Illinois: October Dance Official event details: https://calendars.illinois.edu/detail/7/33559541