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Frances Herr wins College of Arts & Sciences Dean's

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<p dir="auto">Congratulations to <a href="/people/frances-herr">Fran Herr</a> on being awarded the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://artsci.washington.edu/news/2022-06/arts-sciences-fab-four-2022?… of Arts &amp; Sciences Dean's Medal in the Natural Sciences!</a></span> Fran graduated with a double degree with majors in mathematics and dance.</p>
<blockquote><p dir="auto">"In her UW dance courses, “Fran’s joy in learning is a gift to those around her, elevating discussions and prompting deeper thinking,” says Rachael Lincoln, associate professor of dance. Herr participated in three Department of Dance performances on film during COVID, and choreographed a work for the 2022 Dance Majors Concert using mathematics — specifically a solution to the Tower of Hanoi puzzle — as her inspiration. The result, says Lincoln, was “a layered and metaphor-rich dance."</p>
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Long Playing: New dance by long-time collaborators

<p>Associate Professor <a href="/people/rachael-lincoln">Rachael Lincoln</a> is joined by her long-time collaborator Leslie Seiters in a new dance duet showing at Base: Experimental Arts + Space on June 3rd &amp; 4th, 2022. </p>
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<p>Long Playing is a training, a tribute, a trial, a social gathering for bodies still learning how to be animals, fully together and lost in a crowd. Lincoln and Seiters oscillate between decisive action that is explicit, clear, and demanding, and a receptive stance that is patient, wide, and behind the scenes. Between making a stand and making space, they navigate the impacts and limitations of each of these modes. Viewers of Long Playing have found evidence of a mercurial relationship, a critique of capitalism, an unfolding ritual, and of transformation. It calls on fictitious guides, animal instincts, and a long history of making together.</p>
<blockquote><p>“While much of the pleasure of the piece stems from the cleverness in the choreography, Lincoln and Seiters’ seamless performance is the most satisfying aspect. They seem totally at ease in their bodies, as if it were just as natural to climb up a wall as walk across the floor. With an attic an exit, they have struck a perfect balance of precision, play, and masterful pacing that frames their choreographic images with an almost sacred aura.” Kaitlin McCarthy, Seattle Dances, 2016</p>
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<p>Created and Performed by: Rachael Lincoln (Seattle, WA) and Leslie Seiters (San Diego, CA)</p>

Long Playing: New dance by long-time collaborators Rachael Lincoln &amp; Leslie Seiters

<p>Associate Professor <a href="/people/rachael-lincoln">Rachael Lincoln</a> is joined by her long-time collaborator Leslie Seiters in a new dance duet showing at Base: Experimental Arts + Space on June 3rd &amp; 4th, 2022. </p>
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Announcing The Helene Tsutsumoto Yorozu and Arthur S.

<p>The UW Department of Dance is delighted to announce that Mr. Arthur Yorozu has created a new fellowship in the Department of Dance. The Helene Tsutsumoto Yorozu and Arthur S. Yorozu Endowed Fellowship in Dance will support graduate students who perform in the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="/chamber-dance-company">Chamber Dance Company</a>.</span> Helene Tsutsumoto Yorozu was an accomplished modern dancer, actress, and Japanese classical dancer. A 1955 graduate of the University of Washington, she served as the president of the Orchesis Dance Club during her time here. We are so grateful for Mr. Yorozu’s tremendous gift to the department.</p>
<h2>About Helene Tsutsumoto Yorozu</h2>
<p><span> </span>Helene Yorozu was a strong, inspirational, and resilient woman of color. She was born on September 30, 1932, to immigrant parents from Japan. From the age of five, she and her older sister May studied Nihon Buyo, Japanese Classical Dance, which she continued through adulthood. </p>
<p>At the University of Washington, her passion and love for modern dance was ignited. She had an insightful moment realizing she was incorporating her Nihon Buyo training into modern dance. Through nuanced gestures, isolations, thrusts, contractions, and stillness, she was able to express her artistic creativity. She truly loved modern dance—the feeling of being connected to the earth and dancing barefoot was her favorite.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p><span>Helene Tsutsumoto Yorozu and Arthur S. Yorozu Endowed Fellowship in Dance</span> is aligned with the University of Washington’s values to support diversity, equity, and inclusion among the student body. Passionate, creative, enthusiastic, vibrant, an ineffable spirit—these are the qualities the recipient in need of financial aid embodies—as did Helene.</p>

Announcing The Helene Tsutsumoto Yorozu and Arthur S. Yorozu Endowed Fellowship in Dance

<p>The UW Department of Dance is delighted to announce that Mr. Arthur Yorozu has created a new fellowship in the Department of Dance. The Helene Tsutsumoto Yorozu and Arthur S. Yorozu Endowed Fellowship in Dance will support graduate students who perform in the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="/chamber-dance-company">Chamber Dance Company</a>.</span> Helene Tsutsumoto Yorozu was an accomplished modern dancer, actress, and Japanese classical dancer.

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