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Jacinda Ratcliffe, in blue, dancing in one of her recent shows with one leg in the air.

‘It just always felt like my field’: NU alumna Jacinda Ratcliffe talks dance career, from Chicago to Sundance

November 3, 2021

When imagining her future as a young girl, Jacinda Ratcliffe (Communication ’15) saw dance. Long before she was performing in venues across the country, the 28-year-old Virginia native fell in love...

“Let’s Get Wicked” actress Annabel Forman, seen in a red dress and top hat, raises her arm in performance in front of background dancers.

Q&A: Annabel Forman talks working at Hong Kong Disneyland while attending NU

October 10, 2021

Like most Northwestern students, Communication sophomore Annabel Forman is balancing extracurriculars with her classes. The difference? She’s currently acting in Hong Kong Disneyland’s Halloween special...

Three dancers lean to the side in a line, their arms creating a continuous wave. Another line of dancers do the same behind them

Theatre, a cappella and dance groups take the stage with in-person performances at “Rock the Lake”

September 21, 2021

A&E As waves danced and crashed against the Lakefill rocks, Northwestern students gathered for a night of performance — the school’s first large, in-person arts show in over a year.  Singers...

Four dancers on a pink and orange ombre background.

Almost 20 dance groups take center stage on campus

August 15, 2021

During past Wildcat Welcomes, students’ first experience watching on-campus dance groups is Rhythm Nation, a show featuring the talents of Northwestern dance groups. Ranging in styles from contemporary...

On a pink and orange ombre background, four figures dance. From left to right, there is a yellow modern dancer, a blue ballerina, a green hip hop dancer and a teal modern dancer mid-leap.

Members of Dancers Amplified, network of dancers striving for inclusivity, discuss equality in the industry

April 12, 2021

For Evanston dancer Kara Roseborough, making the dance industry more inclusive and accepting has always been a top priority.  Because dance is “deeply rooted in European elitism,” Roseborough said...

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