Classes of all styles and levels!
The IVC Dance Department’s mission is to provide a high quality, comprehensive dance program dedicated to excellence and committed to meeting the current and future learning needs of our diverse community.
09/05/2026
Join us for our Master Class with Waeli Wang in TWO weeks! She’ll be teaching a fusion of contemporary and classical modern, also influenced by qigong and capoeira. This class is free and open to all. See you there!
🗓️ Friday, September 18
⏰ 2:00pm - 4:00pm
📍 W2.131 (formerly MD 141)
09/03/2026
PREMIERING NEXT ON YOUTUBE…
“The Heart Sees What the Eyes Cannot”
Choreography: Gabrielle Angeles (Faculty)
Costume Design: Christina Perez
Lighting Design: Crystal Shomph
Photography: Skye Varga
Watch this piece on YouTube Friday at 7pm!
🎥🔗: https://youtu.be/KdGUn6CYvPM
*clickable link in bio!*
Photo description:
Two soloists wear light blue and white casual outfits, while the rest of the ensemble is dressed in orange and dark blue long dresses with white leggings underneath and white masks covering their faces below their eyes. The ensemble group also dances with small hoops used for juggling and spinning.
1) The ensemble is lined up in the center, spinning their hoops at various heights while the soloists are posed on either side reaching towards the center line.
2) The soloists are together on the ground, connected at the hips while one leans over the other.
3) One soloist is passing a hoop to a kneeling ensemble dancer, with another posed in the background.
4) The soloists sit back to back with outstretched legs.
5) All dancers pose for a cast photo.
08/27/2026
PREMIERING NEXT ON YOUTUBE…
“The Ineffable Pursuit”
Direction and Choreography: Isabella Casillas (Student)
Music Production and Videography: Nathan Waters
Additional Camera Work: Bailey Hall-Diaz, Ellye Shay
Video Editing: Isabella Casillas, Ellye Shay
Lighting: Brant-Jake Ceralde, Nathan Waters
Costume Design: Christina Perez
Watch this piece on YouTube Friday at 7pm!
🎥🔗: https://youtu.be/GUIfE0qoh_s
*clickable link in bio!*
Photo description:
1) Close up of a dancer in a dark room. Her head is surrounded by hands with outstretched fingers with another dancer looking at her.
2) A clump of dancers hug with varying levels in the dark room.
3) The camera peers over someone’s shoulder to focus on a girl standing in a doorway.
Interested in performing with a 360 degree audience?? Come to our Dancer Auditions, because this semester, we’re back in the studio theatre!
Auditions start tomorrow! Sign up early with the forms in our bio and come dance!
✨ Student Choreographer Audition
Friday August 21 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | W2.133 (formerly MD 143)
Application due at 2pm TOMORROW
✨Dancer Audition
Saturday August 22 | 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm | W2.133 (formerly MD 143)
12:00 pm registration opens
12:30 pm costume measurements
📸: Skye Varga
👗: Christina Perez and Gwen Sloan
💡: Crystal Shomph
Video Description:
Each clip shows a professional photo taken during the performance of our last dance show in the round, along with a snippet of the choreography where that pose takes place. Some clips have promo message about upcoming auditions.
08/19/2026
PREMIERING NEXT ON YOUTUBE…
“Nunc Dimittis”
Choreography: Michel Gervais (Faculty)
Costume Design: Christina Perez
Lighting Design: Crystal Shomph
Photography: Skye Varga
Watch this piece on YouTube Friday at 7pm!
🎥🔗: https://youtu.be/5vGFvVcKdns
*clickable link in bio!*
Photo description: Dancers are dressed in floor-length brown hooded robes with bare feet.
1) Three dancers in a line face the audience while kneeling with their hands above their heads.
2) The group lifts one dancer to reach up towards a lightbulb overhead.
3) The group reaches and lunges towards one side of the stage in a clump.
4) Three dancers in a line hold a boat pose with extended legs, facing side stage.
5) The dancers pose for a cast photo, smiling.
08/17/2026
Happy first day, dancers! There’s still time to enroll in dance classes! Just check banner to see what’s available and get an add code from the instructor.
And don’t forget to sign up for our auditions THIS WEEKEND! All the info is in our pinned post and the sign up forms are in our bio. Let’s kick off a whole new semester together!
📸: Skye Varga
Photo description: flyer with a message celebrating the start of the Fall semester, overlaying a muted photo of two dancers, mid-leap on stage