Dance
Waco Mammoth National Monument presents two performances of Merli V. Guerra's research at the annual Fall Fossil Festival. With interactive video projections by Tim Weaver and production by Jam Martinez, the site-specific performances combine dance, motion capture, video projection and paleontology inside the active dig shelter. Performers include Abby Ruehlen; undergraduate dance students Rylee Burns and Macey Vasquez; and graduate dance students Sophie Jordan and Grant McGee.
Choreographers — including faculty members in the Dance program — presented their work at the Physical Education Activity Program Building.
The Sept. 19 concert is at 7 p.m., followed by 2:30 and 7 p.m. shows on Sept. 20 in the Black Box Theater at the Physical Education Activity Program Building.
A partnership between Texas A&M's Merli V. Guerra and the National Park Service combines visualization and 3D printing technology with the arts, bringing new life to some very old bones.
Zoe Nygren has been dancing since she was 4, from ballet and modern to Chinese folk dance. Throughout her dance journey, Nygren said she saw fellow students face injuries that led to chronic pain. It was through those experiences she decided to pursue a career path in physical therapy at Texas A&M.
Bailey Zettler has been dancing since she was 3. In middle school, she choreographed her own dance routines. And she hasn’t looked back since.
Dance students and faculty are heading to Washington, D.C., to present work at the ACDA National College Dance Festival, which begins Friday at Georgetown University and George Washington University.
Dance Science students will present 14 new choreographic works during the sold-out Student Choreography Showcase on Friday and Saturday. Sixty students will perform at the Black Box Theater in the Physical Education Activity Program Building, presenting modern, contemporary, jazz, musical theatre, ballet and tap dances.
Faculty in the Texas A&M College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts showcased a wide variety of research during the 2025 Research and Creative Works Day. The third-annual spring symposium was held Feb. 3 at the Stella Hotel in Bryan, and included three keynote speakers and several performances by faculty members.
Innovation has been a consistent theme throughout Tim McLaughlin’s career, both in higher education and the visual effects industry. The Longview native’s degrees at Texas A&M University helped to take him to Industrial Light & Magic, where he played a major role in how digital creatures look and move in films including “Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace,” “Mars Attacks!” and “Jumanji,” along with a prototype project for “Avatar.”