History
2018
February: 5th KSU Dance Festival
Festival Recognition: Great Gig Dance Co.
March: National American College Dance Festival (5th Successive National Selection)
Suspended Vision Choreography: Lisa K. Lock
October: The internationally acclaimed Spellbound Contemporary Ballet from Rome, Italy
2017
October: Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company launches professional presenting season
March: Dance Theater opens with premere of Ivan Pulinkala's "Metamorphosis"
April: 4th KSU Dance Festival
Festival Recognition: Georgia Metropolitan Dance Theatre
2016
August-Dec: Schusterman Guest Artist Grant received from the Israeli Foundation
August: Dance Theatre Board started
May: Education Abroad in Israel started
April: 3rd KSU Dance Festival
Festival Recognition: North Springs High School
2015
August: 10 - KSU Dance celebrates a decade of program history.
April: 2nd KSU Dance Festival
Festival Recognition: Great Gig Dance Co.
2014
April: Inaugural KSU Dance Festival
Festival Recognition: Atlanta Academy of Ballet and Dance
May: National American College Dance Festival (4th Successive National Selection)
Cranial Graffiti Choreography: Stevan Novakovich
2013
April: Phase II Chastain Pointe Dance Facility opens
January: KSU Dance Festival Board started
2012
July: Formation of the Department of Dance
Chair: Dr. Ivan Pulinkala
June: Rialto Dance Series Partnership started to host professional dance companies
May: National American College Dance Festival (3rd Successive National Selection)
Rhizome
Choreography: Ivan Pulinkala
Scenery: Ming Chen
Lighting: Rebecca Makus
January: Dance Canvas Choreographic Partnership started to promote student choreography
January: KSU in partnership with the Rialto and gloATL host inaugural "Off The Edge"
2011
April: gloATL Artistic Partnership started to promote collaborative performance
January: Chastain Pointe Dance Facility opens
2010
September: Bill T Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company residency
D-Man in the Waters (NEA American Masterpiece Grant)
May: National American College Dance Festival (2nd Successive National Selection)
CHAKRA
Scenery: Ming Chen
Performed at the KENNEDY CENTER, Washington D.C.
April: Department name change approved to include dance
Department of Theatre, Performance Studies & Dance
March: National Endowment for the Arts- American Masterpiece Grant
Project Director: Ivan Pulinkala
January: Nu Delta Alpha (National Dance Honors Society) started at KSU
2009
November: Atlanta Ballet Educational Partnership started to promote collaborative education
June: Summer Dance Clinic started at KSU
January: Bachelor of Arts in Dance started at KSU
2008
August: Friends of Dance Board started at KSU
May: National American College Dance Festival (1st National Selection)
INCUBUS
Choreography: Ivan Pulinkala
Scenery: Ming Chen
Performed at the Miller Theatre, NYC
April: Board of Regents (University System of Georgia) approves B.A. in Dance
April: Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center partnership started to promote educational outreach- SYNERGY
2007
August: Dance minor enrollment crosses 100 students
July: Atlanta Ballet summer program hosted at KSU
July: KSU Dance Company performs with the Atlanta Gay Men's Chorus Misbehavin'
2006
September: KSU Dance Advisory Board formed to serve community engagement mission
March: Outreach partnership developed with the Dozier Center for the Arts (Kennesaw)
March: KSU Dance Company registered as an official student organization
Janauary: Recreation Center dance studio opens
2005
December: KSU Dance minors travel to Shanghai, China to perform in Monkey King
Project Director/Designer: Ming Chen (NEA grant recepient)
Director: Karen Robinson
Choreographer: Ivan Pulinkala
August: Dance Program started in the Department of Theatre & Performance Studies
Founding Director: Ivan Pulinkala
